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Track List
01) Voiceprint (Blind From the Facts)
02) Pagan
03) Mombasa
04) Tikal
05) In the City of Red Dust
06) Rain
07) Ba-Ya D.
08) Warriors
09) Out of Adedara
01) Voiceprint (Blind From the Facts)
02) Pagan
03) Mombasa
04) Tikal
05) In the City of Red Dust
06) Rain
07) Ba-Ya D.
08) Warriors
09) Out of Adedara
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First Released
1990
Jazz
Enlightened
International
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With 'City-Works Of Fiction' we see Hassell stretch the membrane of fourth world music and have it collide with its more obvious jazz references with a smattering of funk for good measure on top.
Tracks such as the opener 'Voiceprint (Blind From The Facts)' have a scatter funk approach and the kind of jumping slippery bass lines that both Percy Jones and Mick Karn are famous for. The track skitters here and there and never settles on any obvious predetermined beat. Its wordless meander makes it feel like it should be part of a soundtrack for a modern art documentary; and that's what makes it a stunning opener.
'Mombasa' borrows heavily from Hassell's invented fourth world musics as his trumpet scales dizzying heights over rainstorm African-sounding percussion.
Sombre wooden percussion lays the beat down for 'Tikal' and suddenly we are on the move through darkened streets where synths make clipped sounds, and wheeze and ooze textures around us.
Big drum machines and stabbing, Fairlight-style synth noises make 'In The City of Red Dust' almost industrial in its overall sound. It thrusts at us and clatters like falling buildings.
'Rain' is a gentle, soothing jazz piece with the horn taking centre stage over dripping synth lines.
'Warriors' sounds seem to fall from leaden skies and it crosses between almost ambiance and unsettling tones until its strikingly punchy rhythm section hits in.
The final track, 'Out of Adedara' seems to take us on an almost jungle like trek to the edge of a continent, its steady rhythm infused with jazz chordal progressions over the top that take it to a place all of its own.
'City-Works Of Fiction' is a mesmerising record full of unexpected turns of phrase throughout and an odd, disquieting feeling at times as it takes you down abandoned streets.
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With 'City-Works Of Fiction' we see Hassell stretch the membrane of fourth world music and have it collide with its more obvious jazz references with a smattering of funk for good measure on top.
Tracks such as the opener 'Voiceprint (Blind From The Facts)' have a scatter funk approach and the kind of jumping slippery bass lines that both Percy Jones and Mick Karn are famous for. The track skitters here and there and never settles on any obvious predetermined beat. Its wordless meander makes it feel like it should be part of a soundtrack for a modern art documentary; and that's what makes it a stunning opener.
'Mombasa' borrows heavily from Hassell's invented fourth world musics as his trumpet scales dizzying heights over rainstorm African-sounding percussion.
Sombre wooden percussion lays the beat down for 'Tikal' and suddenly we are on the move through darkened streets where synths make clipped sounds, and wheeze and ooze textures around us.
Big drum machines and stabbing, Fairlight-style synth noises make 'In The City of Red Dust' almost industrial in its overall sound. It thrusts at us and clatters like falling buildings.
'Rain' is a gentle, soothing jazz piece with the horn taking centre stage over dripping synth lines.
'Warriors' sounds seem to fall from leaden skies and it crosses between almost ambiance and unsettling tones until its strikingly punchy rhythm section hits in.
The final track, 'Out of Adedara' seems to take us on an almost jungle like trek to the edge of a continent, its steady rhythm infused with jazz chordal progressions over the top that take it to a place all of its own.
'City-Works Of Fiction' is a mesmerising record full of unexpected turns of phrase throughout and an odd, disquieting feeling at times as it takes you down abandoned streets.
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