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Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Brian Eno. Those roots explain a lot about how Jon Hassell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fripp & Eno, Joseph Shabason, Holger Czukay, Eivind Aarset and Biosphere, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Haslinger, Dhafer Youssef, Aspidistrafly, lovesliescrushing and Selected Ambient Works Volume II, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Jon Hassell, reaching back through Brian Eno and forward to Paul Haslinger. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jon HassellBrian EnoPaul HaslingerDhafer YoussefAspidistraflylovesliescrushingSelected Ambient Wor…Fripp & EnoJoseph ShabasonHolger CzukayEivind AarsetBiosphereRobert FrippHiroshi YoshimuraGigi Masin

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Jon Hassell connections

Jon Hassell grew out of Brian Eno, shares an orbit with Fripp & Eno, Joseph Shabason, Holger Czukay and Eivind Aarset, went on to shape Paul Haslinger, Dhafer Youssef, Aspidistrafly and lovesliescrushing. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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