Post #141499 by tiki mick on Wed, Feb 16, 2005 8:53 AM

There is another artist named Jon hassell, who has collaborated with eno in the past..

His debut album was late 60's/early 70's and called "earthquake Island"...and although the music is similar to some of the jazz fusion that was just starting ariound that time, (like electric era miles Davis, or Return to forever)this particular album was very tropical-oriented, and the liner notes exhort the listener to enjoy the "lush, tropical scenery"

The music is dark and scary, though..and more like Voodoo then tiki.

his later albums also had very interesting titles, like "surgeon of the nightsky restores dead things by the power of light" (or something similar.)

Jon hassell is a trumpet player, but developed his peculiar style by studying with an Indian Singer. He calls his music "4th world music" as it represents "the cultural interface between technology and the third world"

His last album was a return to more real trumpet playing (His previous stuff featured electronically treated trumpet) and featured Ry Cooder and a great indian bansuri player..he did several songs in homage to Duke Ellington's "caravan", (perhaps one of the first exotica songs.)

All his stuff is ambient and otherworldy, and very electronic yet primitive at the same time.

If you like Eno, look up Jon hassell. The only problem is that aside from the internet, it might be hard to find his stuff in record stores.

One of my favorites was an album he did with a group of drummers and balafon player from Burkina faso.....very, very cool!