Nov 9, 2009 | All About Jazz
Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
One of the most significant American composer/musicians of the late twentieth century, Jon Hassell, has served as a synthesist, catalyst, and eventually a sound painter and innovator.
New Release: Ben Neill's 'Night Science'
Though trumpeter/composer/producer Ben Neill has been deeply influenced by both the electronic " Fourth World " music of Jon Hassell and Miles Davis ' dark voodoo groove science of the 1970s, the student has taken his findings further than his aesthetic mentors.
A banner year for ECM in many respects, 2009 has seen two specific releases that, in their intrepid conceptual cross-pollination, stand poised as contemporary masterpieces.
Jon Hassell | Electronic Musician interviews Jon Hassell on His Music Production Techniques
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Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street. Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. June 6. EVEN before the music started it was clear that this was to be a performance free of artifice.
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