Puh-puh-purveyor of "trumpetronics" (my word) whose horn-playing had a Middle Eastern, mournful sound not soon forgotten. Jon Hassell played with Talking Heads on their landmark Remain In Light elpee and recorded two albums with Brian Eno (Possible Musics, Dream Theory). I've heard those plus Magic Realism, saw him in concert too, and the experience is always the same: dream-like, a mixture of real and unreal, and then the sameness makes me sleepy. I've had the same reaction to Robert Fripp's cerebral work, the cultivating of an Om I'm not at home with. Still, everyone should own at least one Jon Hassell album, if only to widen their understanding of music's potentialities.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1977 | VERNAL EQUINOX |
| 1979 | EARTHQUAKE ISLAND |
| 1980 April | FOURTH WORLD VOLUME 1: POSSIBLE MUSICS |
| 1981 | DREAM THEORY IN MALAYA (FOURTH WORLD VOLUME TWO) |
| 1983 | MAGIC REALISM: AKA/DARBARI/JAVA |
| 1986 | POWER SPOT |
| 1987 | THE SURGEON OF THE NIGHTSKY RESTORES DEAD THINGS BY THE POWER OF SOUND |
| 1987 | MYTHS 3: LA NOUVELLE SERENITE |
| 1989 | FLASH OF THE SPIRIT |
| 1990 | CITY: WORKS OF FICTION |
| 1990 | Voiceprint (Blind From The Facts) |
| 1994 April 12 | DRESSING FOR PLEASURE |
| 1994 | Personals |
| 1995 | SULLA STRADA |
| 1999 June 22 | FASCINOMA |
| 2000 September 12 | HOLLOW BAMBOO |
| 2005 May 17 | MAARIFA STREET |
SEE ALSO...
Peter Gabriel: Birdy
Talking Heads: Remain In Light
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