Earthquake Island

Jon Hassell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tomato Music
• ASIN: B00008L3H6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,658 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars subdued grooves, November 6, 2003

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A. Dutkiewicz "jan-luke_adam" (Norwood, South Australia Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthquake Island (Audio CD)

What a superb assortment of musicians: along with Hassell and his trumpets and synths are Miroslav Vitous on bass, Nana Vasconcelas on percussion, Badal Roy on tabla, Dom um Ramao on percussion, Clarice Taylor doing vocals (with Nana), and Claudio Ferreira and Ricardo Silveira playing electric guitars.

The music is jazzier and more energetic than his later projects, probably influenced by Miles's On the Corner and Weather Report and other world music practitioners of the time, but the moods evoked here are not hot, with melody lines and interplaying leads, rather the ryhthms and textures are more important.

Like Eno's Music for films this music tends to disappear into the background a little, it doesn't grab you and rivet you to the chair. It's a pleasant rather than intense experience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pre- 4th World Bliss, September 25, 2009

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John R. Wagner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Earthquake Island (Audio CD)

Lots of World/Jazz sounds, cool beats, organic trippy atmos and his particular trumpet sound add up to perfection even early on in his career. (Well pre-Eno):)