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Flash of the Spirit
1988 studio album by Jon Hassell/Farafina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Flash of the Spirit is an album by the American musician Jon Hassell and the Burkinabé musicians Farafina.[2][3] It was released in 1988, with an American release the following year.[4][5] A remastered edition was released in 2020.[6]
The album takes its title from the art historian Robert Farris Thompson's book of the same name, an influential study of "African and Afro-American art and philosophy", as the subtitle calls it.[citation needed]
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Production
The album was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Hassell.[7][8] J. A. Deane played electronic drums.[9] The title track was included on Intuition and Capitol Records' The World Music Album.[10]
Critical reception
Robert Christgau determined that "the aural environment neither flashes nor fuses—rather than a 'forced collision of cultures,' it sounds like they just barely missed each other."[13] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album finds Hassell "lofting filigreed, electronically expanded trumpet lines and titanium cloud-chords above ethereal musical settings."[12]
The Boston Globe deemed Flash of the Spirit "tribal music from the global village, sensual, earthy and high tech."[15] The Omaha World-Herald concluded that Hassell "sounds warmer than usual because of the rhythmic density of Farafina ... Hassell's sound, altered and enhanced by electronics, bends and blares."[9]
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Track listing
References
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