Re: Hassell played in Oslo tonight

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 28 sep 2007, at 01.05, rune fagereng wrote:

> Hi !
>
> Tonight I heard Jon Hassell live for the first time -
> Its just about one hour ago :)
>
> Hassell played with Jon Balke at Cosmopolite in Oslo
> (Norway).
>
> It was great ! On the look of the faces of the
> norwegian musicians - they too liked it.
>
> Hassell played with a two unit Eventide and two
> expression-pedals.
> Maybe for the harmonizer and amount of delay or
> reverb.
>
> Apart for the amazing sound - the strange and
> beautiful notes - I am also amazed by the coolness in
> both his appearence and playing.
>
> best regards of Rune Fagereng - Norway



Thanks for reporting! I haven't heard Hassell live for a long time  
now, but what amazes me about the guy is that he sounds "like  
Hassell" acoustically. Ie his sound is not mainly about  
"electronics". I especially like the way Hassell plays both minor and  
major thirds in melodic lines. And of course his beautiful way of  
working with the macro impact of scales, melodies and attitudes - as  
opposed to working particularly with a scale, a melody or an  
attitude. BTW, looping is a great tool for learning that "musical  
split vision" (playing with really good musicians, or a master  
teacher being the traditional way to learn it)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com (international)