Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox

Label:

Lovely Music, Ltd.

Catalog#:

LCD 1021

Format:

Country:

Released:

1990

Genre:

Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Jazz

Style:

Experimental, Ambient

Tracklist

1	Toucan Ocean	3:50	X
	Congas, Shaker - Nana Vasconcelos* Technician [Buchla Synthesizer Alteration] - David Rosenboom Technician [Special Rhodes Tuning] - Larry Polansky Trumpet, Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Jon Hassell
2	Viva Shona	7:03	X
	Kalimba [Mbira] - David Rosenboom Talking Drum, Bells - Nana Vasconcelos* Trumpet - Jon Hassell
3	Hex	6:23	X
	Claves, Bells - Miguel Frasconi Kanjira, Rattle - William Winant Rattle, Technician [Buchla Synthezizer Alteration] - David Rosenboom Shaker - Nana Vasconcelos* Talking Drum, Kalimba [Mbira] - Nicolas Kilbourn Technician [Arp Synthesizer Alteration] - Andy Jerison Technician [Special Rhodes Tuning] - Larry Polansky Trumpet, Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Jon Hassell
4	Blues Nile	9:54
	Trumpet - Jon Hassell
5	Vernal Equinox	21:58	X
	Congas - Nana Vasconcelos* Tabla, Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - David Rosenboom Trumpet - Jon Hassell
6	Caracas Night September 11, 1975	2:11	X
	Congas - Nana Vasconcelos* Trumpet - Jon Hassell

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - By Design
Edited By [Digital], Mastered By - Allan Tucker
Engineer [Recording, New York] - Rich LePage
Engineer [Recording, Toronto] - Andy Jerison , David Rosenboom , Michael Brook
Producer - Jon Hassell

Notes

Additional sounds:

Ocean [Track 1]
Tropical birds [Track 2]
Drone: Serge synthesizer [Tracks 4,5]
Drone: Motorola scalatron (256Hz pitch standard) [Track 5]
Night creatures of Altamira, Distant barking by Perrasita [Track 6]

Recorded at the York University Electronic Media Studios (Toronto, Ontario), October/November 1976.
Mixdown and additional recording: Mastertone Recording Studios (New York), September/October 1977.

Originally released 1977 on vinyl.