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Editions EG EEGCD-13
1981 • 36:25
1 Chor Moiré 2:21
2 Courage 3:38
3 Dream Theory 5:15
4 Datu Bintung at Jelong 7:05
5 Malay 10:12
6 These Times... 2:53
7 Gift of Fire 5:01
Jon Hassell—trumpet, pottery drums, Prophet 5, bowl gongs
Brian Eno—drums, bowl gongs & bells
Michael Brook—bass
Miguel Frasconi—bowl gongs
Walter DeMaria—distant drum
Daniel Lanois—mix
All titles by Jon Hassell
Produced by Jon Hassell
album notes
Dream Theory in Malaya is titled after a paper by visionary anthropologist, Kilton Stewart, who in 1935 visited a remarkable highland tribe of Malaysian aborigines, the Senoi, whose happiness and well-being were linked to their morning custom of family dream-telling—where a child's fearful dream of falling was praised as a gift to learn to fly the next night and where a dream-song or dance was taught to a neighboring tribe to create a common bond beyond differences of custom. The Semelai are another tribe not far from the Senoi but who live in the largest swamp area of Malaysia. A recorded fragment of their joy-filled watersplash rhythm was restructured and became the generating force for the composition, Malay, as well as providing a thematic guide for the entire recording.
jon hassell
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