Power Spot (ECM Touchstones)

Jon Hassell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B001CSQIO6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,637 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behold, one of the original masters!, December 24, 2005

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cubik dervish "mroddyssey" (burque, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Spot (Audio CD)

If one were ahead of the pack and twenty years later the pack had caught up and stomped all over one's then newly demarked turf, is one to blame and to be scorned as cliched by "today's standards"? Certainly not.

The problem is, sometimes it happens. Hassell, Riley, Reich et al are usually in this situation. Now that their studies of non-Western music have been exploited and rampantly overused by anyone from hip-hoppers to electronica artist as well as avant-garders, their legacy is muddled by nay-sayers and not very knowledgeable folks. A shame indeed.

Hence, the music of Hassel in Power Spot and Fourth World Music is what the latter day acolytes should be measured against, not viceversa.

That said, the music itself is a thrill to experience for the first time (and well beyond). Its use of microtonics, polyrhythms, etc puts to shame many a contemporary ripper-off, setting a standard that still has to be upped. Pure class!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Hassell Albums are required: This one and Fourth World I, December 4, 2000

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D. W WISELY "chiffandfipple" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Spot (Audio CD)

Jon Hassell was at the top of his form on this landmark CD. You'll never hear anything like it. For the uninitiated, Jon Hassell plays the trumpet and was highly influenced by Brian Eno, Indian music, Miles Davis, and the minimalist school. He made a series of albums, including the landmark collaboration with Brian Eno, Fourth World: Possible Musics Vol I, in which his trumpet was electronically processed, to essentially create an entirely new sound. This CD provides the tightest and most musical setting for this unique approach. It's good it is being re-released. I have a copy of the original CD and it's a fine recording.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Today's Standards, Today's Schmanders, April 29, 2003

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D. Garcia "cordedpoodle" (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Spot (Audio CD)

Timeless, sublime, beautiful, otherworldly. Forget most of today's derivitive, mixing hip hop, copy cat, [stuff]. This is the real thing. Hassell was there on Terry Riley's original "In C" recording that changed music for all time. He's the first trumpeter with a new sound since Miles. He's deep into it, micro rhythms, polyphony, microtones, electronics everything. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE LIKE HIM. And this is arguably one of the best. Those who think Eno and his ilk invented alternative music should do a little more research, and find out who the real progenitors are.