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Hi! Both Hassell ang Toop plays in Norway next weeek. http://www.punktfestival.no/index.php?articleid=17&expand=8 RF --- rune fagereng <rune_fagereng@yahoo.no> skrev: > Dato: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:45:21 +0200 (CEST) > Fra: rune fagereng <rune_fagereng@yahoo.no> > Emne: Vs: Re: any written material on Hassell`s > harmonic structures/improvisation-approach > Til: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com > > Thanks Boysen ! > > I also got a tip on a book. > Rune F > > There's a bit on Jon in David Toop's book Ocean of > Sound.. A wonderful book I'm sure any Hassell fan > would enjoy! > > Chris > --- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> skrev: > > > Fra: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> > > Emne: Re: any written material on Hassell`s > harmonic > > structures/improvisation-approach > > Dato: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:23:07 +0200 > > Til: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > > > On 19 aug 2007, at 18.51, rune fagereng wrote: > > > > >> I would like to know and understand more about > > >> Hassells music. Are there something written on > > this > > >> subject? Like what are this harmoni-structure > on > > - > > >> lets say, "open secrets" ? How does he think > and > > >> approach when improvising? > > > > > > There's some texts at his web site and some > articles > > on the internet, > > that you should find by Google. As far as I > remember > > no one have > > asked him those questions though... or maybe he > > refuses to answer. At > > least I know he started out studying singing with > > this Indian male > > singer I can't remember the name of right now. > After > > a wile Jon > > started bringing his trumpet, instead of singing, > to > > the lectures. In > > India you learn by playing/singing together with > the > > master by trying > > to copy the phrasing. So what he has always been > > doing is actually to > > play trumpet as close as possible to the > particular > > Indian vocal > > singing tradition (sorry, don't know much about > > Indian vocal > > tradition either). When coming back (to New York, > I > > think it was) he > > wanted to expand his playing into a "music style" > by > > adding drums. He > > took the decision to not fall back on the Indian > > tabla tradition > > because he felt it would be too much of the same > > spice crammed into > > the same sandwich (oops, my expression ;-) and > > that's why he looked > > to African rhythms. He recorded the Burundi > Drummers > > (West > > African..?) and simply flew them into some tracks > on > > the multi track > > tape recorder to go along with his "indian > singing" > > trumpet lines > > (sometimes adding a fifth by harmonizer). Myself I > > have always loved > > the way these hand drumming does not play a > certain > > beat pattern > > (rather sounding like thunder or zebras running by > > etc) and maybe the > > explanation to this is that his early recordings > > were created with > > this collage technique? I don't know if he played > > the trumpet lines > > listening to those > > zebra-thunder-no-beat-drumming-clatter-cluster or > > > if he recorded the trumpet first and then spliced > in > > the drumming > > tape later? Would be nice to find out the truth > > about that. > > > > I'm not sure there is much "harmony structure" at > > all in his music? I > > don't know about his inner ways of approaching > > improvisation but to > > my ears it sounds very Indian, like the Raga > > tradition; using a theme > > an stretching it into different directions during > > different parts of > > the evolving piece. That music is more about Time > > than Harmony. > > > > On last thing; very early he mounted the term > > "Coffee Colored Music" > > as a way to describe the music he wanted to do. He > > meant that he > > takes influences from all cultures and colors and > if > > you mix all > > colors of the entire world it would end up as - > > coffee colored. This > > was "world music for the future" before that term > > "world music" was > > even invented by media. > > > > Think I reached the bottom of my all too thin > Hassel > > knowledge by > > that - over and out. > > > > Greetings from Sweden > > > > Per Boysen > > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > > www.looproom.com (international) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Alt i én. Få Yahoo! Mail med adressekartotek, > kalender og > notisblokk. http://no.mail.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________ Alt i én. Få Yahoo! Mail med adressekartotek, kalender og notisblokk. http://no.mail.yahoo.com