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Jon Hassell
Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three)(数量限定/日本語帯付き/解説書封入)
Ndeya
- Cat No.: NDEYA12LPBR
- 2026-10-09
This recording captures the final live performance given during his lifetime by John Hassell—a legendary musician and one of the most important figures of the “Fourth World” in the history of modern music, who is currently experiencing a surge in appreciation even within the contemporary club scene—a trio concert held on May 23, 2015, at St. John at Hackney Church in London (featuring Rick Cox and John von Seggern), held on May 23, 2015, at St. John at Hackney Church in London—the final live performance of his career. Subsequently, Jeff Rona meticulously edited, mixed, and reconstructed the recording, elevating it beyond the scope of a mere live album into a soulful sonic work. This release marks the third and final installment of the “Pentimento” trilogy. It’s finally here! R.I.P. JON HASSELL (Import black vinyl LP with Japanese obi strip and booklet included; limited edition).
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Not only did it inspire the creation of the 1981 African collage masterpiece *My Life Is a Bush of Ghosts* by Brian Eno and David Byrne, but it also served as a catalyst for the emergence of new urban music genres—such as rock and jazz fusion—by blending elements of world music from Africa, Brazil, Southeast Asia—musical worlds that were unknown at ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA) the time—were hybridized into subsequent genres such as rock and jazz fusion, sparking the birth of a new urban music. Known for his 1980 landmark work *The Pulse of the Fourth World*, he is one of the most important musicians in the history of modern music, currently enjoying a massive resurgence in appreciation within the club scene, and John Hassel—whose work is currently receiving immense reappraisal even within the contemporary club scene—is one of the most important figures in the history of modern music. This release captures his final live performance before his passing: a trio concert held on May 23, 2015, at St. John at Hackney Church in London (featuring Rick Cox, John von Seggern), held on May 23, 2015, at St. John at Hackney Church in London—which served as his final live performance. Subsequently, Jeff Rona meticulously edited, mixed, and reconstructed the recording, transforming it into a soulful sonic work that transcends the boundaries of a mere live album and serves as the third and final installment of the “Pentimento” trilogy.
The themes, motifs, and are woven throughout the album—including improvisational elements—making this a fitting finale to the “Pentimento” series. It encapsulates John Hassell’s approach to music, characterized by the repeated deconstruction, reconstruction, and fusion of all musical forms, and serves as a fitting conclusion to his creative musical output in his later years, which seemed to continually challenge infinite possibilities.
Forty-six years after the release of *Fourth World*, even to the ears of 2026—having experienced a wide variety of music—it doesn’t sound the least bit dated or stale. Far from merely “learning from the past to understand the present,” this supreme soundscape, unique to Jon Hassell, embodies and proposes a constantly deepening and evolving sense of the times and the future—it is nothing short of breathtaking. A sampling collage, beatmaking, ambient, dub, jazz, techno—all infused with an avant-garde artistic worldview and atmosphere that can only be described as “John Hassell”? It’s incredible. It exudes elegance and conviction. This work is also released on NDEYA, the new label he founded during his lifetime. The album includes liner notes by John Hassell himself, which explain the origin of the title. Additionally, the cover features the painting “Leh C’est Beau” by his friend Mati Klarwein. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)