Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street cover

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

Released

Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street lives up to its title, taken from the poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi. A quarter century separates it from trumpeter Jon Hassell’s first appearance on ECM (1986’s Power Spot). Given its place in time, one might think of it as the ambient underbelly of Nils Petter Molvær’s Khmer. Hassell’s primordial sound remains intact despite the technical wizardry involved in this production, intertwining with violin, electric guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, and live treatments. An atmospheric pinnacle in his discography, and proof that true mastery never stops growing.

Tyran Grillo

Recommended by

Suggestions
Ulysses’ Gaze cover

Ulysses’ Gaze

Eleni Karaindrou, Kim Kashkashian
Steamroom 40 cover

Steamroom 40

Jim O'Rourke
Blue Series Continuum: Sorcerer Sessions cover

Blue Series Continuum: Sorcerer Sessions

Blue Series Continuum, Matthew Shipp
SIGN cover

SIGN

Autechre
Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16th, 1979 cover

Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16th, 1979

Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen, Keith Jarrett
Her Eyes Illuminate cover

Her Eyes Illuminate

Gordon Grdina's Haram
Maldoror cover

Maldoror

Erik Friedlander