

Bottom/ Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics (EG/Polydor) is an album by Brian Eno and Jon Hassell, released in 1980. "Fourth World" is a term used by trumpeter Jon Hassell to describe a style of music employing modern technological treatments and influenced by various cultures and eras. He wanted the music in this album to be "future primitive", or "a coffee-coloured classical music". Hassell had studied Indian classical music with singer Pandit Pran Nath, and later applied the vocal techniques to his trumpet playing. Together with Eno, he melded the sounds from his instrument with digital delay, echo, and electronic effects to produce a unique blend of ambient and world music. The "Fourth World" is the current world according to the Hopi belief system and Maya mythology; the coming age is the Fifth World. Eno took what he learned from making this album and put it to use in his collaboration with David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Top/ Recorded over the course of three days, immediately after the end of the Woodstock Festival, Bitches Brew (Columbia Records, 1970) was a turning point in modern jazz. American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis had already spearheaded two major jazz movements – cool and modal jazz – and was about to initiate another major change. Some critics at the time characterized this music as simply obscure and "outside", which recalls Duke Ellington's description of Davis as "the Picasso of jazz." Original gatefold cover art by Mati Klarwein.
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