Seeing Through Sound

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Seeing Through Sound

| type = studio

| artist = Jon Hassell

| cover = SeeingThroughSound.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2020|07|24}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Studio Venice, California

| genre = Avant-garde

| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=00}}

| label = Ndeya

| producer = Jon Hassell, Rick Cox

| prev_title = Listening to Pictures

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = Pentimento Volume Two

}}

Seeing Through Sound is the eighteenth and final studio album by Jon Hassell. It was released on his own record label, Ndeya, on July 24, 2020 and is a companion piece to his previous release Listening to Pictures.{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Jon Hassell Announces New Album, Shares New Song "Fearless" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jon-hassell-announces-new-album-shares-new-song-fearless-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=5 July 2020 |language=en-us}} It is considered the second volume in his pentimento series.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Jon Hassell

| title1 = Fearless

| length1 = 8:04

| title2 = Moons of Titan

| length2 = 4:23

| title3 = Unknown Wish

| length3 = 2:53

| title4 = Delicado

| length4 = 4:02

| title5 = Reykjavik

| length5 = 2:16

| title6 = Cool Down Coda

| length6 = 1:41

| title7 = Lunar

| length7 = 6:38

| title8 = Timeless

| length8 = 8:11

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.

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Musicians

  • Jon Hassell – trumpet, keyboard electronics
  • Rick Cox – electric guitar, bass clarinet, sample orchestration (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  • Eivind Aarset – electric guitar, sampler (1)
  • John von Seggern – electric bass, synth, keyboard samples (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
  • Kheir-Eddine M'Kachiche – violin, sampler (1)
  • Michel Redolfi - electronic textures (2)
  • Christoph Harbonnier - Lightwave (2)
  • Christian Wittman - Lightwave (2)
  • Peter Freeman - bass, electric bass (3, 5)
  • Hugh Marsh - violin orchestrations, electric violin and orchestration (4, 8)
  • Jan Bang - live sampling (5)
  • Sam Minae - rhythmized bass samples, percussion (7)
  • Adam Rudolph - African drums and orchestration (8)

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Technical personnel

  • Jon Hassell – production
  • Rick Cox – co-production
  • Michel Redolfi – co-production (Moons of Titan)
  • Matthew Jones – executive production
  • Arnaud Mercier – recording engineer / production consultant
  • Al Carlson – mastering
  • Dan Kuehn – art direction
  • Arien Valizadeh – art direction
  • Taska Cleveland – art direction
  • Mati Klarwein – album art sources, inspiration

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References

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