Solo Works
Dream Theory in Malaya
Fourth World volume 2
Cover painting:
‘Alexander’s Dream’
by Mati Klarwein
Cover painting: ‘Alexander’s Dream’ by Mati Klarwein
Editions EG EEGCD-13
1981 • 36:25
Editions EG EEGCD-13
1981 • 36:25
A
1 Chor Moiré 2:21
2 Courage 3:38
3 Dream Theory 5:15
4 Datu Bintung at Jelong 7:05
5 Malay 10:12
6 These Times… 2:53
7 Gift of Fire 5:01
B
1 Chor Moiré 2:21
2 Courage 3:38
3 Dream Theory 5:15
4 Datu Bintung at Jelong 7:05
5 Malay 10:12
6 These Times… 2:53
7 Gift of Fire 5:01
Jon Hassell—trumpet, pottery drums, Prophet 5, bowl gongs
Brian Eno—drums, bowl gongs & bells
Michael Brook—bass
Miguel Frasconi—bowl gongs
Walter DeMaria—distant drum
Daniel Lanois—mix
Jon Hassell—trumpet, pottery drums, Prophet 5, bowl gongs
Brian Eno—drums, bowl gongs & bells
Michael Brook—bass
Miguel Frasconi—bowl gongs
Walter DeMaria—distant drum
Daniel Lanois—mix
All titles by Jon Hassell
Produced by Jon Hassell
Lovely Music 1021
1977 • 51:19
1 Toucan Ocean 3:50
2 Viva Shona 7:03
3 Hex 6:23
4 Blues Nile 9:54
5 Vernal Equinox 21:58
6 Caracas Night, September 11, 1975 2:11
Jon Hassell—trumpet, Fender Rhodes (specially tuned and altered by Buchla and Arp Synthesizers)
Nana Vasconçelos—congas, shakers, ocean, talking drum, bells, tropical birds
David Rosenboom—mbira, rattles, tabla, dumbek
Miguel Frasconi—claves, bells
Nicolas Kilbourn—talking drum, mbira
William Winant—kanjira, rattles
Drone—Serge Synthesizer, Motorola Scalatron
Night Creatures of Altamira
Perrasita—distant barking
All titles by Jon Hassell
Produced by Jon Hassell
album notes
Dream Theory in Malaya is titled after a paper by visionary anthropologist, Kilton Stewart, who in 1935 visited a remarkable highland tribe of Malaysian aborigines, the Senoi, whose happiness and well-being were linked to their morning custom of family dream-telling—where a child’s fearful dream of falling was praised as a gift to learn to fly the next night and where a dream-song or dance was taught to a neighboring tribe to create a common bond beyond differences of custom.
The Semelai are another tribe not far from the Senoi but who live in the largest swamp area of Malaysia. A recorded fragment of their joy-filled watersplash rhythm was restructured and became the generating force for the composition, Malay, as well as providing a thematic guide for the entire recording.
– jon hassell