Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox [LP] House / Techno / Body The first half of the

The first half of the EP rolls out an unexpected squashed acidic (almost) dub techno suite with CHEETAHT2 [Ld spectrum] and CHEETAHT7b

I couldn’t dream up a better title for the album and its reflections on history

Offloading one’s “Just Right” auditory compulsions onto the computer fulfills the promise of automatic art

but of the forces at play in his life

she adapted her modern style to standard approaches of a recording studio’s function

Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox [LP] House / Techno / Body The first half of the"Hailed as one of the 50 best ambient albums of all time by Pitchfork, Vernal Equinox was the first commercially released work by Jon Hassell, originally put out by Lovely Music in 1977. It is also the debut of a pioneering new form of music that would become known as "fourth world": a subtle blend of field recordings, electric jazz, ambience and global music influences. Hassell's trademark FX soaked trumpet is carefully embellished by a studio