Hassell, Jon - Vernal Equinox Gospel Choir releasing 20 full-lengths in various

releasing 20 full-lengths in various editions

Cloudland Canyon's third LP

as well as the first time with an engineer (Phil Manley)

but also with a degree of flexibility that I find quite liberating

Brown and his Bandit label operated somewhere in the space between money laundering outfit and sex cult

Hassell, Jon - Vernal Equinox Gospel Choir releasing 20 full-lengths in variousHailed as one of the 50 best ambient albums of all time by Pitchfork, Vernal Equinox was the first commercially released work by Jon Hassell, originally put out by Lovely Music in 1977. It is also the debut of a pioneering new form of music that would become known as fourth world: a subtle blend of field recordings, electric jazz, ambience and global music influences. Hassells trademark FX soaked trumpet is carefully embellished by a studio ensemble