Perfect Sound Forever

Jon Hassell tribute


Tour flyer for Stockholm show

1985 tour photos
courtesy of Jean-Philippe Rykiel
(October 2021)

After doing an interview with keyboard player Jean-Philippe Rykiel about his work with Jon Hassell, he was kind enough to send us these exclusive previously-unseen photos of the tour that they did together in Europe in 1985, which also included J.A. Deane (percussion) and Goran Vejvoda (guitar), including a flyer (above) and tour itinerary (below). The original source of the photos is Thierry Guillemin, who we are VERY grateful to.

Guillemin had these notes about the set up of the sound/stage too:

During this tour Goran played guitars but he had another task. All the sounds of Deane, Rykiel and Jon (and him) were sent to the desk and sent back to the other musicians so they could use them for sampling, looping, etc... Goran was also doing a global mix on stage for everybody.

For the FOH mixing, i had only a few lines: Goran's mix in stereo plus other sounds (Jon's trumpet and processing for example) so i could add them if i thought they were missing. I also took care of the recordings on PCM and backup on tape.



tour itinerary


JH and Rykiel


Deane, Rykiel (back), JH (front), Goran Vejvoda


JH and Rykiel


Deane


Goran Vejvoda


Deane


JH and Rykiel


Deane


JH


JH


Contact sheet of photos


Contact sheet of photos



Also see Jean-Philippe Rykiel's work at his website
And see more of Thierry Guillemin's material from the 1985 tour and 1988 tour with Jon Hassell

See the rest of our 2nd part of our Jon Hassell tribute
Also see the 1st part of our Jon Hassell tribute, with additional interviews and more


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