Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street (2009)

25 years after his highly influential “Power Spot” album, Jon Hassell returns to ECM with his collective Maarifa Street and some spacious Fourth World dub-montage music, his uniquely vocal trumpet sailing forth into mysterious soundscapes. Jon Hassell describes “Last night the moon” as “a continuous piece, almost symphonic, with a cinematic construction” and drifting “clouds made out of many motifs”. Core material is drawn from a session at Studios La Buissonne near Avignon in April 2008, with detail added in Los Angeles in November and December. Live recordings from Courtrais, Belgium and London, as well as a remix of a piece originally created for a Wim Wenders movie, are also integrated into the atmospheric, filmic flow, along with short samples snared throughout 2008.





Tracks:

*01.-Aurora
*02.-Time And Place
*03.-Abu Gil
*04.-Last Night The Moon Came
*05.-Clairvoyance
*06.-Courtrais
*07.-Scintilla
*08.-Northline
*09.-Blue Period
*10.-Light On Water



Personnel:

*Jon Hassell: trumpet, keyboard
*Peter Freeman:[ bass, percussion, guitar
*Jan Bang: live sampling
*Jamie Muhoberac: keyboard, drums
*Rick Cox: guitar
*Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche: violin
*Eivind Aarset: guitar
*Helge Andreas Norbakken: drums
*Pete Lockett: drums
*Dino J. A. Deane: live sampling
*Steve Shehan: percussion










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