| Seeing Through Sound | ||||
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| Released | July 24, 2020 | |||
| Studio | Studio Venice, California | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde | |||
| Length | 39:00 | |||
| Label | Ndeya | |||
| Producer | Jon Hassell, Rick Cox | |||
| Jon Hassell chronology | ||||
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| Pentimento Volume Two | ||||
Seeing Through Sound is the eighteenth and final studio album by Jon Hassell. It was released on his own record label, Ndeya, on July 24, 2020 and is a companion piece to his previous release Listening to Pictures . [1] It is considered the second volume in his pentimento series.
All tracks are written by Jon Hassell.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Fearless" | 8:04 |
| 2. | "Moons of Titan" | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Unknown Wish" | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Delicado" | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Reykjavik" | 2:16 |
| 6. | "Cool Down Coda" | 1:41 |
| 7. | "Lunar" | 6:38 |
| 8. | "Timeless" | 8:11 |
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
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