- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Vernal Equinox (Remastered)
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYADL2X
- Release Date
- March 20, 2020
-
Vinyl, 1×LP, Special Edition
UnavailableExclusive print edition
Read More- + WAV / FLAC
NDEYA2LPPRINT
- Exclusive art print
- Uncoated 300gsm paper
- Hand numbered
- Limited to 100
-
Vinyl, 1×LP
$22.99Read More- + WAV / FLAC
NDEYA2LP
-
CD
$12.99Read More- + WAV / FLAC
NDEYA2CD
Jewel case with 8-page booklet and outer slipcase
-
Download
$6.99320 kbps, LAME-encoded
Genres
The influence of the fourth world style on modern music is incalculable. An offshoot of the ambient innovations of the 1970s, the utopian sounds of fourth world have played a part in everything from dub techno to Balearic house to new age to whatever you would call the material that Animal Collective were making around the time of Strawberry Jam.
Many consider fourth world’s Year Zero to be Jon Hassell’s 1977 debut LP Vernal Equinox. Over the years Hassell’s name has become synonymous with the genre, but at the time the innovations he and his ensemble made on this LP laid the foundations for a brave new (fourth) world. Backed by percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, synth-player David Rosenboom and an array of guest musicians, Hassell leads us into lush and verdant sonic terrain here. A potent brew of styles can be discerned in the fourth world DNA - Indian raga, spiritual jazz, Brian Eno’s ambient LPs, the devotional music that Alice Coltrane was making around the same time - and the likes of Midori Takada owe Hassell a huge debt.
Ndeya Records are the force behind this reissue of Vernal Equinox. This new edition is the first time that the album has been pressed to wax in over four decades and the first new CD copies for thirty years. To celebrate we are treated to remastered audio and sleeve notes from both Hassell himself and Brian Eno - an artist who would later collaborate with Hassell on the LP Fourth World, Vol. 1 - Possible Musics.
Jon Hassell’s hugely important fourth world LP Vernal Equinox will be physically released, fittingly, on the date of the 2020 vernal equinox (20th March).
Digital Track List
-
1
Toucan Ocean
3:49
Buy
Toucan Ocean
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
2
Viva Shona
7:05
Buy
Viva Shona
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
3
Hex
6:24
Buy
Hex
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
4
Blues Nile
9:54
Buy
Blues Nile
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
5
Vernal Equinox
21:54
Buy
Vernal Equinox
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
6
Caracas Night September 11, 1975
2:07
Buy
Caracas Night September 11, 1975
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
Jon Hassell
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Pentimento Volume One & Two Bundle
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- PENTIMENTOBUNDLE12
- Release Date
- July 24, 2020
- Bundle
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYA7DL
- Release Date
- July 24, 2020
- LP
- CD
- Bundle
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYA1DL
- Release Date
- June 8, 2018
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Earthquake Island
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYADL3
- Release Date
- December 8, 2017
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Vernal Equinox
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYADL2
- Release Date
- December 8, 2017
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Maarifa Street
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYADL6
- Release Date
- December 8, 2017
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- Sulla Strada
- Label
- Ndeya
- Catalogue Number
- NDEYADL4
- Release Date
- December 8, 2017
- Download
-
- Artist
- Jon Hassell
- ReleaseProduct
- City: Works Of Fiction (Expanded Edition)
- Label
- All Saints Records
- Catalogue Number
- WASTDL008
- Release Date
- May 29, 2014
- Download
1970s
-
- Artist
- Sun Ra Quartet
- ReleaseProduct
- The Sky Is A Sea Of Darkness When There Is No Sun To Light The Way
- Label
- Art Yard
- Catalogue Number
- ARTYARD45003
- Release Date
- December 18, 2020
- 7"
-
- Artist
- Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra
- ReleaseProduct
- Love Is Where the Spirit Lies
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT239D
- Release Date
- November 20, 2020
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Rudolph Johnson
- ReleaseProduct
- Spring Rain
- Label
- Real Gone Music
- Catalogue Number
- RLGM11701PMI
- Release Date
- February 12, 2021
- LP
- CD
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Calvin Keys
- ReleaseProduct
- Shawn-Neeq
- Label
- Real Gone Music
- Catalogue Number
- RLGM11671PMI
- Release Date
- February 12, 2021
- LP
- CD
-
- Artist
- Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera
- ReleaseProduct
- Sette Notte In Nero
- Label
- Death Waltz Recording Company
- Catalogue Number
- DW167B
- Release Date
- October 23, 2020
- LP
-
- Artist
- Betty Davis
- ReleaseProduct
- They Say I'm Different
- Label
- Light In The Attic
- Release Date
- September 4, 2020
- LP (special)
-
- Artist
- Somei Satoh
- ReleaseProduct
- Emerald Tablet / Echoes
- Label
- WRWTFWW Records
- Catalogue Number
- WRWTFWW044
- Release Date
- December 11, 2020
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Norman Feels
- ReleaseProduct
- Norman Feels
- Label
- Tidal Waves Music
- Catalogue Number
- TWM58
- Release Date
- October 9, 2020
- Vinyl
Ambient and Modern Classical
-
- Artist
- Auvinen
- ReleaseProduct
- Akkosaari
- Label
- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO286
- Release Date
- January 15, 2021
- Download
-
- Artist
- Heather Leigh
- ReleaseProduct
- Glory Days
- Label
- Boomkat Editions | Documenting Sound
- Catalogue Number
- BKEDITDS05
- Release Date
- July 3, 2020
- LP (special)
- Download
-
- Artist
- Tim Story
- ReleaseProduct
- Threads
- Label
- Dais Records
- Catalogue Number
- DAIS162
- Release Date
- January 15, 2021
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Biosphere
- ReleaseProduct
- Angel's Flight
- Label
- AD 93
- Catalogue Number
- WHYT037
- Release Date
- January 22, 2021
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Phillip Sollmann
- ReleaseProduct
- something is missing
- Label
- Dial
- Catalogue Number
- DialCD08
- Release Date
- December 25, 2020
- Download
-
- Artist
- Lord of the Isles
- ReleaseProduct
- Glisk Science EP
- Label
- Beats In Space
- Catalogue Number
- BIS051digital
- Release Date
- October 9, 2020
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Nailah Hunter
- ReleaseProduct
- Spells
- Label
- Leaving Records
- Catalogue Number
- LR168
- Release Date
- May 29, 2020
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Roberto Musci
- ReleaseProduct
- Melanesia
- Label
- Oxmose
- Catalogue Number
- OXE004
- Release Date
- January 8, 2021
- Download
Vinyl Reissue
-
- Artist
- Stereolab
- ReleaseProduct
- Stereolab Essential Bundle
- Label
- Duophonic/Warp
- Catalogue Number
- StereolabReissuesBundle
- Release Date
- April 9, 2020
- Bundle
-
- Artist
- Sun Ra Quartet
- ReleaseProduct
- The Sky Is A Sea Of Darkness When There Is No Sun To Light The Way
- Label
- Art Yard
- Catalogue Number
- ARTYARD45003
- Release Date
- December 18, 2020
- 7"
-
- Artist
- Tim Story
- ReleaseProduct
- Threads
- Label
- Dais Records
- Catalogue Number
- DAIS162
- Release Date
- January 15, 2021
- LP (special)
-
- Artist
- Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra
- ReleaseProduct
- Love Is Where the Spirit Lies
- Label
- Strut
- Catalogue Number
- STRUT239D
- Release Date
- November 20, 2020
- LP
- CD
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Rudolph Johnson
- ReleaseProduct
- Spring Rain
- Label
- Real Gone Music
- Catalogue Number
- RLGM11701PMI
- Release Date
- February 12, 2021
- LP
- CD
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Calvin Keys
- ReleaseProduct
- Shawn-Neeq
- Label
- Real Gone Music
- Catalogue Number
- RLGM11671PMI
- Release Date
- February 12, 2021
- LP
- CD
-
- Artist
- Wladimir M.
- ReleaseProduct
- Evil / Planet E (Skee Mask Remix)
- Label
- Delsin Records
- Catalogue Number
- dsr-eevo004
- Release Date
- December 18, 2020
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera
- ReleaseProduct
- Sette Notte In Nero
- Label
- Death Waltz Recording Company
- Catalogue Number
- DW167B
- Release Date
- October 23, 2020
- LP