''Seeing Through Sound'' is the eighteenth and final studio album by
Jon Hassell
Jon Hassell (March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021) was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various w ...
. It was released on his own record label, Ndeya, on July 24, 2020 and is a companion piece to his previous release ''
Listening to Pictures''.
It is considered the second volume in his ''
pentimento
A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'.
Significance
Pentimenti may show that ...
'' series.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
Musicians
* Jon Hassell – trumpet, keyboard electronics
* Rick Cox – electric guitar, bass clarinet, sample orchestration (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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Eivind Aarset
Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils ...
– electric guitar, sampler (1)
* John von Seggern – electric bass, synth, keyboard samples (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
* Kheir-Eddine M'Kachiche – violin, sampler (1)
* Michel Redolfi - electronic textures (2)
* Christoph Harbonnier - Lightwave (2)
* Christian Wittman - Lightwave (2)
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Peter Freeman - bass, electric bass (3, 5)
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Hugh Marsh
Hugh Marsh (born June 5, 1955) is a violinist from Toronto, known for his electric violin sound. Marsh was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the best contemporary jazz album category.
Early days
Marsh was born in Montreal, Quebec and brought ...
- violin orchestrations, electric violin and orchestration (4, 8)
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Jan Bang
Jan Bang (born 21 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician and record producer who has worked with Morten Harket, Sidsel Endresen, David Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen, and Erik Honoré. (in Norwe ...
- live sampling (5)
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Sam Minae - rhythmized bass samples, percussion (7)
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Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph (born September 12, 1955) is a jazz composer and percussionist performing in the post-bop and world fusion media.
In 1988, Rudolph met jazz musician Yusef Lateef, and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for t ...
- African drums and orchestration (8)
Technical personnel
* Jon Hassell – production
* Rick Cox – co-production
* Michel Redolfi – co-production (Moons of Titan)
* Matthew Jones – executive production
* Arnaud Mercier – recording engineer / production consultant
* Al Carlson – mastering
* Dan Kuehn – art direction
* Arien Valizadeh – art direction
* Taska Cleveland – art direction
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Mati Klarwein
Abdul Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a French Painting, painter of German origin best known for his works used on the covers of music albums.
Personal life
Mati Klarwein was born in Hamburg, Weimar Republic, Germany. His ...
– album art sources, inspiration
References
External links
Official link
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2020 albums
Jon Hassell albums
Albums with cover art by Mati Klarwein