Miracle Steps: Music From the Fourth World 1983-2017

by Various Artists

Miracle Steps: Music From the Fourth World 1983-2017 cover art

Compiled by Optimo's JD Twitch, this collection explores the legacy of Jon Hassell's 'Fourth World' musical concept—a theoretical, unified primitive/futurist sound. Spanning decades, the tracks merge highly advanced electronic synthesis with indigenous acoustic instruments, polyrhythms, and environmental field recordings. The anthology beautifully illustrates the ongoing pursuit of an imagined, globally synthesized ambient music.

Genres

  • Tribal Ambient

Tracklist

  1. Plight
  2. Mille Voix
  3. White Tigress
  4. Cloud Cover
  5. Middle Of Nowhere
  6. Subcontinent
  7. Blue River
  8. Woodstock
  9. Desert Equations
  10. Miracle Steps
  11. Ethel I
  12. Tambours D'eau
  13. The Same River Once
  14. El Sue~No Perdido