art direction Taska Cleveland bass Daniel Schwartz composed by Jon Hassell coordinator [project coordination] Matthew Jones design Peter Salmon-Lomas edited by Jon Hassell guitar Gregg Arreguin interviewer Jason Gross keyboards, sampler [sampled percussion] Jeff Rona lacquer cut by Pole liner notes Adam Rudolph liner notes Jason Gross liner notes Jeff Rona mastered by Noel Summerville mixed by [live mix] Brian Eno percussion [acoustic percussion], sampler [sampled percussion] Adam Rudolph trumpet, keyboards Jon Hassell Phonographic Copyright (p) Jon Hassell Copyright (c) Jon Hassell Published By Warp Publishing Mastered At 3345 Mastering Lacquer Cut At Scape Mastering Pressed By Optimal Media GmbH Part of a series of three new archival releases from Ndeya that showcase Jon Hassell and group in the late 1980s exploring a radical tangent on his Fourth World sensibility.
The Living City captures the Jon Hassell Group in September 1989 performing as part of an audio-visual installation inside the World Financial Center Winter Garden in New York City, with Brian Eno mixing the band live. Eno had designed an audio-visual installation in the 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion, inspired by the hunting, ceremony, animals, and weather sounds of the Ba-Ya-Ka pygmy tribe from Cameroon gathered by Louis Sarno.
Jon Hassell and his then band, the musicians who had recently recorded the City: Works Of Fiction album, played in the Winter Garden Atrium over the course of three nights, with Eno mixing the band live with the installation sounds.
The audio presented here is an edited selection from the performance on the second night, available on vinyl for the first time, cut across four sides by Stefan Betke aka Pole. Gatefold vinyl edition includes download card and extensive sleevenotes.