Power Spot by Jon Hassell

Power Spot

Jon Hassell

1986

Power Spot is a Electronic album by Jon Hassell, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Ambient & Downtempo
  • holographic
  • hypnotic
  • spacey

About

Power Spot opens with the surging, polyrhythmic title track featuring Hassell's sinuous trumpet lines and dense electronic percussion from one of the album's most significant collaborators, J.A. Deane. Ambient keyboard textures drone in the background and, together with the percussion, form a mesmerizing tapestry over which Hassell's trumpet glides and soars. Images of the African continent emerge from the cyclic rhythms and harmonic stasis; a meditative calm hovers behind the swirling surfaces. The opening title track clearly sets the stage for what is to follow. During the murky, down-tempo "Passage D.E.," Hassell conjures stillness from his horn, breathy clouds laced .

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Power Spot7:04
  2. A2Passage D. E.5:25
  3. A3Solaire6:48
  4. A4Miracle Steps4:18

Side B

  1. B1Wing Melodies7:42
  2. B2The Elephant And The Orchid11:00
  3. B3Air5:18

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold