Earthquake Island (album)

Earthquake Island
Studio album by Jon Hassell
Released	1978 (1978)
Studio	Power Station Studios, N.Y.C.
Genre	Ambient [1]
Label	Tomato [2] (Music Works)
Producer	Jon Hassel
Jon Hassell chronology
Vernal Equinox (1977) Earthquake Island (1978) Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics (1980)

Earthquake Island is a studio album by Jon Hassell, released in 1978 by Tomato (Music Works). ^[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jon Hassell.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Voodoo Wind"	9:29
2.	"Cobra Moon"	4:49
3.	"Sundown Dance"	4:43
4.	"Earthquake Island"	10:07
5.	"Tribal Secret"	3:44
6.	"Balia"	4:32
7.	"Adios Saturn"	1:52

Personnel

Adapted from the Earthquake Island liner notes.

Jon Hassell  – trumpet, Arpstrings, Arp & Polymoog Naná Vasconcelos  – drums, Tabla, percussion, Voice, cuica, congas, berimbau, handclaps Miroslav Vitous  – bass Claudio Ferreira – guitars, bass Ricardo Silveira – guitars Badal Roy – tabla Dom Um Romao – percussion Clarice Taylor – Vocals Erasto Vasconcelos – handclaps Haroldo Mauro Jr.  – handclaps

Production and additional personnel Kevin Eggers – executive producer Burt Szerlip – Engineer Raymond Willhard – Assistant Engineer Abdul Mati Klarwein – Cover Art Francis Ing/Daniela Morera - Group photo Milton Glaser - Album Design

References

1. Toop, David (August 2, 2018). Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication. Serpent's Tail. ISBN   978-1-78816-104-6.
2. "New LP/Tape Releases". Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 3, 1979. p. 80.
3. Young, John. "Earthquake Island - Jon Hassell | Album". AllMusic . Retrieved March 31, 2024.

External links

• "Jon-Hassell-Earthquake-Island". Discogs . Retrieved March 31, 2024.