Name: Flash Of The Spirit
Brand: Jon Hassell / Farafina

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GBCD087

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-02-07

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4030433608722

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jon Hassell / Farafina

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

Tak:Til

The first ever reissue and remastering of Jon Hassell and Farafina’s prescient “Fourth World” masterwork. Co-produced with the legendary studio team of Brian Eno and Dainel Lanois.

Perhaps the most acoustic of all Jon Hassell albums, <i>Flash of the Spirit </i>unites him with the African rhythm group Farafina, who provide a vivid rhythmic foundation for Hassell's trumpeted meanderings. a single, sustained note starts the proceedings and, one by one, awakens the other intruments, which pulse, rise, fall and return throughout the hour-long album.

On its release 32 years ago, <i>Flash of the Spirit </i>was a revelation, a record that had no clear parallel for its encompassing sound. The album remains a testament to both the influence Hassell has quietly exerted on contemporary music, and the forward-looking traditionalism of Farafina, one of West Africa’s great rhythmic ensembles.

Flash Of The Spirit

Music GB