Jon Hassell Book Atmospherics Due Out This Fall
A collection of the late avant-garde composer Jon Hassell’s writings called Atmospherics is set to be released October 1, 2021. It will be published via Ndeya, the imprint founded in partnership with Warp for Hassell’s catalog. Hassell died at 84 natural causes in June. Check out a preview of the book below.
Atmospherics comprises diaristic vignettes originally published on website, including essays and notes on the albums Vernal Equinox, Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics, Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Volume Two, and Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One). The first edition is a 68-page 5” x 8” perfect bound volume; the publisher says that all profits will be directed to the GoFundMe meant to pay for Jon’s medical care in the last year of his life.
The publisher shared a statement from Hassell about his writings, which he had been assembling at the time of his death:
Read about Hassell’s Vernal Equinox in Pitchfork‘s “50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time” list.
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