Earthquake Island

by Jon Hassell

Earthquake Island cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Tomato
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:20
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the debut of his "Fourth World" aesthetic, Hassell's heavily treated trumpet floats over complex, shifting polyrhythms provided by percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. The recording beautifully synthesizes avant-garde jazz electronics with non-Western structural forms.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, Fusion, rhythmic, complex, atmospheric, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Voodoo Wind (9:42)
  2. Cobra Moon (4:55)
  3. Sundown Dance (4:53)
  4. Earthquake Island (10:19)
  5. Tribal Secret (3:52)
  6. Balia (4:40)
  7. Adios Saturn (1:57)

Credits

  • Mati Klarwein - artwork
  • Claudio Ferreira - bass, guitar
  • Miroslav Vitous - bass
  • Nan谩 Vasconcelos - congas, percussion, voice
  • Ricardo Silveira - guitar
  • Dom Um Romao - percussion
  • Badal Roy - tabla
  • Clarice Taylor - vocals

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