Name: The Living City
Brand: Jon Hassell

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Rough Trade

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Gatefold 2LP+DL

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Limited edition

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Extended format: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Signed copies: No

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Download code: Yes

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Release date

2023-02-17

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NDEYA8LP

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5060263728894

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jon Hassell

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Ndeya

Genre EU

American trumpeter, composer and author Jon Hassell was born on March 22, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. He passed away on June 26, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Known as the creator of Fourth World music, a unique blend of ancient and digital sounds from both Eastern and Western traditions. After studying composition and earning degrees in the USA, he traveled to Europe to study electronic and serial music with Karlheinz Stockhausen. Back in New York, he collaborated with minimalist masters La Monte Young and Terry Riley before meeting Hindustani raga master Pandit Pran Nath. This encounter inspired him to develop a new trumpet sound and style.

Ndeya is a music label that represents the legendary artist Jon Hassell. With a focus on innovative and boundary-pushing music, Ndeya has established itself as a leading force in the industry. The label is known for its commitment to artistic integrity and its dedication to supporting unique and talented musicians.

Jon Hassell, the driving force behind Ndeya, is an acclaimed musician and composer who has made significant contributions to the world of experimental music. His distinctive blend of jazz, electronic, and world music influences has earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.

At Ndeya, we strive to provide our listeners with extraordinary musical experiences. Our roster includes a diverse range of artists who share Jon Hassell's passion for pushing boundaries and exploring new sonic territories. From avant-garde jazz to ambient soundscapes, each release from Ndeya offers something truly special.

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One of three new archival releases from Ndeya that showcase Jon Hassell and group in the late 1980s exploring a radical tangent on his Fourth World sensibility. During this period Hassell was inspired by the increasingly innovative production techniques being used in hip-hop, in particular the hyper-collaged sampledelic barrage of the Bomb Squad’s work with Public Enemy, hearing it as a kind of extension of the tape splicing that Teo Macero brought to his work with Miles Davis. He began to incorporate more of this aesthetic into his own music, playing over loops of his own performances and riffing on angular juxtapositions of noise, rhythm and melody. The resulting sonic stew is a kind of futuristic sci-fi funk with an appropriately melted production aesthetic – instruments and samples jumping to the forefront then disappearing in the manner of the best dub records.The Living City captures the Jon Hassell Group in September 1989 performing as part of an audio-visual installation inside the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City, with Brian Eno mixing the band live.Psychogeography is a situationist re-thinking of the 1990 City: Works Of Fiction album, a carefully edited sequence of alternate takes, demos and studio jams put together by Jon Hassell in 2014 using Debordian philosophy as his guide.Further Fictions is a double CD anthology of the music on the vinyl editions, with a disc devoted to each album in hardbound book style packaging, and an extensive booklet containing sleevenotes and archival images.

The Living City

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