10 February 2024

Fab, Trip 10

Yesterday found Jon Hassell teaming up with Mandalay. Today he's hooked up with Bluescreen to try his hand at the ole Trippitty-hoppity hisself. So, OK, it's not really Trip-hop but if Hassell tried it & wants to call it that, whatever...it's close enough for rock 'n' roll. 

 



Jon Hassell was an American trumpet player & composer best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music. According to Hassell, "Fourth World" is a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining various world ethnic music with modern electronics. The concept first appeared on Hassell's 1980 collaboration with Brian Eno, Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics.

Bluescreen was a loose collective of musicians made up of keyboard player Pete Scaturro, drummer Bryan Mantia, guitarist Joe Gore, & DJ/sampler/programmer BLK Lion.

On Dressing for Pleasure, Trevor Dunn, Islam Shabazz, Flea & Buckethead provide bass on various tracks.

 

Jon Hassell & Bluescreen - Dressing for Pleasure, Warner Bros. Records, 1994.
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G-Spot
Villa Narco
Kolo X
Personals
Club Zombie
Zeitgeist
Steppin' Thru Time
Destination: Bakiff
Sex Goddess
Buzzword
The Gods, They Must Be Crazy
Mati
Blue Night

Enjoy the Trip,

3 comments:

  1. Dressing for Pleasure
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  2. Hassel is a giant. Fierce experimentator till the very end.
    He's missed in our world-
    Diego

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    1. “Fierce experimentator till the very end” sez it perfectly.

      Although Jon had health issues that hounded him through his last year, he was able to release one of his greatest albums in 2020, Seeing Through Sound, the follow-up to 2018s Listening to Pictures, carrying on his Pentimento series.

      Seeing Through Sound starts with “Fearless” & ends with “Timeless”. Timeless indeed.

      Thanks, Diego.

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