Jon Hassell

𝙅𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖 (𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙤) - 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙑𝙤𝙡.𝟭 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙤 - 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 ‘𝟵𝟬𝙨.
Recorded at Bob and Daniel Lanois’s Toronto studio in 1981, Dream Theory In Malaya (Fourth World Volume Two) was titled after and inspired by a paper from visionary anthropologist Kilton Stewart, whose visits to a remote tribe, the Senoi of the Malay highlands, revealed a connection between their happiness and well-being and the tribe’s morning ritual practice of family dream-telling; sharing with each other and discussing the events of their previous night’s dreams, which they would also relay to other tribes in a process of mutual education and enlightenment.

Using this knowledge, plus samples of water-drumming by a tribe from the same region, the Semelai, and his patented, processed trumpet and electronics, Hassell created a definitively solo follow-up to his work with Eno, although as he points out in the liner notes, other personnel such as the Velvet Underground’s 1st drummer, Walter DeMaria also feature.
- Highly recommended!