{"product_id":"pharoah-sanders-bill-laswell-with-a-heartbeat","title":"Pharoah Sanders \/ Bill Laswell – With A Heartbeat","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2003, \u003cem\u003eWith A Heartbeat\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell and Graham Haynes in a collaboration that remains as elusive as it is forward-thinking. Now reissued by Glossy Mistakes, the album receives its first official vinyl edition, remastered and available both in standard black and a limited pink pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the core of the record lies an unusual but striking element: the steady pulse of a human heartbeat. Rather than a conceptual gesture, it becomes the foundation of the music itself-treated as a deep, bass-like rhythm that anchors the entire album. Around it, Laswell builds his unmistakable sonic world, drawing from dub techniques where basslines expand, dissolve, and re-emerge, and where space becomes as important as sound.\u003cbr\u003eAcross its extended compositions, the album unfolds slowly and deliberately. Layers of electric sitar, guitar, keyboards and subtle percussion drift in and out, creating a fluid, almost tidal movement. The heartbeat remains present throughout, grounding even the most abstract passages in something physical and immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center stands Sanders' saxophone-searching, expansive, and deeply spiritual. His playing moves freely across the structures, at times echoing the lineage of John Coltrane, while also reaching beyond it. Alongside him, Haynes adds a complementary voice, weaving through the shifting textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a work that resists easy definition: part spiritual jazz, part future-facing experiment, shaped by dub's sense of space and transformation. Meditative, immersive, and deeply rhythmic, \u003cem\u003eWith A Heartbeat\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds like a living organism-guided not by fixed tempo, but by the pulse of life itself.\u003cbr\u003eWith this release, Glossy Mistakes continues its work of bringing essential and forward-thinking recordings into new formats, preserving their depth while opening them to new listeners. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/glossymistakes.bandcamp.com\/album\/with-a-heartbeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWith A Heartbeat\u003c\/em\u003e” is a kind of concept LP. It has a central idea at its core. It finds legendary bassist \/ producer Bill Laswell operating on his preferred border of dub, jazz and non-Western musics, with a circle of friends, who also happen to be celebrated virtuoso performers: saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, cornet player Graham Hayes, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, with Jeff Bova on keys and Trilok Gurtu on voice and tabla. None of this is out of the ordinary for the perpetually prolific Laswell, however, what makes this set different are the cardiology recordings provided by Dr. Jean-Louis Zink. These, of course, are the heartbeat of the album’s title, and form the pulse that the 4 extended tracks are built upon. The underlying aim of all Laswell’s fusions is to demonstrate humanity’s commonality, the things that bind us, regardless of history, politics or race, and here he uses the slow, steady “lub dub” pump, something everyone shares, to further illustrate this.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening track, “Across Time”, is really a showcase for Sanders, who effectively solos for 13 of its 17 minutes. Initially, softly fluttering, through to short, stuttered blasts. Breath bitten into sharp bleats. Each emission like a carefully chosen word in a philosophical or spiritual text. Climbing to calling, pleading, soaring, skronking skyward, toward the cathartic, the ecstatic as Laswell’s behemoth bass rumbles beneath. Having peaked, the piece closing with the calming, psychedelic strains of Skopelitis’ electric sitar. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/banbantonton.com\/2026\/09\/17\/bill-laswell-with-a-heartbeat-glossy-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBan Ban Ton Ton\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5JoQBHtsG1kZlpL2q1Tlmm?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\u0026amp;si=d947108040544a7e\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Glossy Mistakes\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2026 \/ Originally Released: 2003\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Future Jazz, Ambient\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Modern \/ Future Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glossy Mistakes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67606053322910,"sku":"4251804189644","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a4060292527_10.jpg?v=1792222139","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.com\/products\/pharoah-sanders-bill-laswell-with-a-heartbeat","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}