The soundworld hassell and eno conjure up on this recording was hugely influential. Surrounded by musicians of both musical and technical excellence and with inventive interchangeable rhythm sections, jon weaves his sinuous ragas and breathing scales through a lush, dense backing of faux thirdworld junglescapes. Jon hassell, brian eno, michael brook power spot music. Listen to your favorite songs from power spot by jon hassell now. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
The definition becomes clearer once you immerse yourself in the sounds of power spot. Jan 05, 2012 american composer and trumpeter jon hassell is best known for his music of the fourth world, which he describes as coffeecolored classical. Try amazon prime music 30day free trial jon hassell power spot ratings. Fourth world vol 1 possible musics by jon hassell on tidal. Power spot finds jon hassell at pretty much peak power. Power spot is a music studio album recording by jon hassell jazz. Deane percussion, alto flute jeanphilippe rykiel keyboards michael brook guitar richard horowitz keyboards brian eno bass richard and paul armin raad electroacoustic strings miguel frasconi flute recorded october 1983 and december 1984, grant avenue studio, ontario assistant engineering. Album fourth world vol 1 possible musics, jon hassell. Jon hassell is an american trumpet player and composer active since the 1960s.
Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. Find album release information for power spot jon hassell on allmusic. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Jon hassell born march 22, 1937 is an american trumpet player and composer active since the 1960s. Deane percussion, electronic percussion, alto flute, jeanphilippe rykiel keyboards, brian eno producer, recording engineer, daniel lanois producer, recording engineer, david bottrill assistant engineer, roman. Power spot is an album by american trumpet player and composer jon hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ecm label the cover art reproduces the whirling snakes or whirling mountain sandpainting of the navajo shooting chant, one of the most important and most complex of the navajo healing ceremonies. Find similar albums to power spot jon hassell on allmusic. Power spot by jon hassell on amazon music unlimited. So i had two live samplers, kind of symmetrical on the stage, and peter, kem and. Listening to pictures pentimento volume one jon hassell. Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats flac, alac, wav, aiff.
Song information for power spot jon hassell on allmusic. Maarifa street by jon hassell, released 05 january 2005 1. The larger ensemble sound of power spot expanded on hassell s panglobal fourth world music, which he began with eno on the groundbreaking fourth world, vol. Find jon hassell discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Jon hassell trumpet, fender rhodes specially tuned and altered by buchla and arp synthesizers nana vasconceloscongas, shakers, ocean, talking drum, bells, tropical birds david rosenboommbira, rattles, tabla, dumbek miguel frasconiclaves, bells nicolas kilbourntalking drum, mbira william winantkanjira, rattles. A childhood in memphis, a classical conservatory education, composition and electronic music study with stockhausen in cologne. Power spot is an album by american trumpet player and composer jon hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ecm label. He is best known for developing the musical concept fourth world, which describes a unified primitivefuturist sound combining elements of various world ethnic traditions with modern electronic techniques. The surgeon of the nightsky restores dead things by the power of sound. The partnership resumed with power spot, which eno coproduced with daniel.
The music was recorded in 8384 but sounds as current and modern as any new music out today. Hassell s entire 4th world era catalog should be heard, but this, for me, is the stand out release closely followed by the surgeon of the nightsky restores dead things by the power of sound. His seamless, edgeless, warm, and fluid meld of electronics, manipulated horn and sonic backdrops, and his. Power spot is more groove orientated, with more emphasis and complexity to the strong ethnically flavoured acoustic rhythm patterns, which i find reminiscent of the enobyrne life in the bush of ghosts album. Listen free to jon hassell power spot power spot, passage d. Following 1983s akadabarijavamagic realism coproduced by daniel lanois, hassell did not resurface on record until 1986s power spot. Hassell s irritation with the way music journalists had cast brian eno as the inventor of the fourth world concept did not extend to eno personally or if it did, it was shortlived. May 17, 2005 power spot is an album by american trumpet player and composer jon hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ecm label.
Jul 29, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group power spot jon hassell power spot. Trumpeter, composer, and arranger jon hassell was the originator and unrivaled master of the musical aesthetic he dubbed fourth world music in his own words, a unified primitivefuturistic sound combining features of world ethnic styles with advanced electronic techniques. You can help us by sharing the link with friends, in social networks, message boards and other mass media. Jon hassell s 1977 album vernal equinox is being reissued set to be made available again on vinyl for the first time in 42 years, and cd for the first time in 30 years, the record has been fully remastered for its updated release. Provided to youtube by universal music group power spot jon hassell power spot. Power spot opens with the surging, polyrhythmic title track featuring hassell s sinuous trumpet lines and dense electronic percussion from one of the albums most significant collaborators, j. Fourth world vol 1 possible musics jon hassell to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Richard and paul arminraad electroacoustic strings. Album the surgeon of the nightsky restores dead things by the power of sound. Download torrent jon hassell fast and easy torrent search.
After return to us, he met terry riley in buffalo, new york and performed on the first. Power spot in my view ranks among the essential jon hassell possible musics, and dream theory being the other two. He is best known for developing the musical concept fourth world, which descri. Jon hassell, brian eno, michael brook power spot amazon. Find jon hassell discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Traditional electronic, ambient, modern classical, electroacoustic, experimental. Jun 08, 2018 power spot is an album by american trumpet player and composer jon hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ecm label. Dec 06, 2011 power spot is an album by american trumpet player and composer jon hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ecm label. Stream power spot by jon hassell and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited.
Jon hassell s 1977 album vernal equinox is being reissued set to be made available again on vinyl for the first time in 42 years, and cd for the first time in 30 years, the. He was on power spot and a lot of the records from that epoch. The cover art reproduces the whirling snakes or whirling mountain sandpainting of the navajo shooting chant, one of the most important and most complex of the navajo healing ceremonies. Ja deaneacoustic and electronic percussion, alto flute. The fate of our site directly depends on its relevance.
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