Jon Hassell fitaccen mawaki ne kuma mawakin Amurka. Mawakin avant-garde Ba’amurke, ya shahara da farko don haɓaka manufar kiɗan “duniya ta huɗu”. Samuwar mawakin ya sami tasiri sosai daga Karlheinz Stockhausen, da kuma dan wasan Indiya Pandit Pran Nath.
Yaro da matashi Jon Hassell
An haife shi a ranar 22 ga Maris, 1937, a garin Memphis. Yaron ya taso ne a cikin iyali na talakawa. Shugaban gidan ya buga kaho da kaho kadan. Sa’ad da Yohanna ya girma, ya soma “zaba” kayan kayan mahaifinsa. Daga baya, abin sha'awa na yau da kullum ya girma ya zama wani abu. John ya kulle kansa a cikin bandaki kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin kunna waƙoƙin da ya ji a baya akan ƙaho.
Daga baya ya fara nazarin kiɗan gargajiya a New York da Washington. Horon ya haifar da mummunan sakamako - John kusan ya daina mafarkin zama mawaƙa.
Ya yi sha'awar kiɗan gargajiya, kuma yana tunanin zuwa Turai don koyo daga manyan malamai a duniya. Bayan ya tara kudi, ya cika burinsa. Hassel ya shiga ajin Karlheinz Stockhausen. An shigar da mutumin a cikin ɗaya daga cikin malaman kiɗan da ba a iya faɗi ba. Ya ba da kulawa ta musamman ga kayan kiɗan lantarki da surutu.
“Darussan da malamin ya umarce ni da in kammala suna da ban mamaki. Alal misali, sau ɗaya, ya ce in yi rikodin kutsawar rediyo da ta fito daga mai karɓa tare da rubutu. Na ji daɗin tsarinsa marar al'ada game da kiɗa da koyarwa. Ƙwarewa, da kuma asali, sune siffofin Karlheinz.
Ba da daɗewa ba ya koma ƙasar Amurka. Jon Hassell yana faɗaɗa yawan masu sauraron sani. Ya gane cewa a ƙasarsa akwai isassun mahaukata waɗanda suke mafarkin yin ƙwazo a wani ɓangaren kiɗan.
Hanyar kirkira
Rayuwa ta kawo mawaƙin mai hazaka zuwa LaMonte Young, sannan ga Terry Riley, wanda ya gama aiki a kan kayan kiɗan A cikin C. John ya shiga cikin rikodi na sigar farko na abun da ke ciki. Af, har yanzu ana la'akari da cikakken misali na minimalism a cikin kiɗa.
A farkon shekarun 70s, ya faɗaɗa fasahar kiɗan sa. Hassela ta fara sha'awar repertoire na Indiya. A cikin wannan lokacin, wani Pandit Pran Nath, wanda ya isa Amurka saboda buƙatun LaMonte Young, ya zama hukuma ga mawaƙa.
Nath ya bayyana wa mawaƙin abubuwa biyu. Muryar murya ita ce ginshiƙi na asali, girgizar da ke ɓoye a cikin kowane sauti. Har ila yau, ya gane cewa babban abu ba shine bayanin kula ba, amma abin da ke ɓoye a tsakanin su.
Yohanna ya fahimci cewa bayan ya sadu da Nath, zai sake koyon kayan aikin. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya fara karya ra'ayoyin game da karar kaho. Ya halicci sautin nasa, wanda ya ba shi damar buga wasan Indiya akan ƙaho. Wallahi bai taba kiran wakar sa jazz ba. Amma, wannan salon ya lullube ayyukan Hassell.
A karshen 70s na karshe karni, da farko na artist ta halarta a karon album ya faru. Muna magana ne game da tarin Vernal Equinox. Ya kamata a lura cewa faifan ya nuna farkon ra'ayin kiɗan da ya haɓaka, wanda daga baya ya kira "duniya ta huɗu".
Yakan kira abubuwan da ya yi sau da yawa a matsayin "sauti na farko-futuristic guda ɗaya wanda ke haɗa fasalin salon ƙabilun duniya tare da ci-gaba na fasahar lantarki." LP na farko ya jawo hankalin Brian Eno (daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa nau'in yanayi). A farkon 80s, Jon Hassell da Eno sun fitar da rikodin Matsalolin Kiɗa / Duniya na huɗu Vol. 1.
Abin sha'awa, a cikin shekaru daban-daban ya yi aiki tare da D. Silvian, P. Gabriel, A. Difranco, I. Heep, ƙungiyar Tears for Fears. Har kwanan nan, ya tsara ayyukan kiɗa. Tabbatar da wannan shine ɗakin studio LP Ganin Ta Sauti (Pentimento Volume Biyu), wanda aka saki a cikin 2020. Domin tsawon rayuwa, ya buga rikodin studio 17.
Salon mai zane Jon Hassell
Ya kirkiro kalmar "duniya ta hudu". John ya yi amfani da na'urar sarrafa ƙahonsa. Wasu masu suka sun ga tasirin mawaki Miles Davis akan aikin. Musamman, yin amfani da na'urorin lantarki, modal jituwa da kuma kame lyricism. Jon Hassell ya yi amfani da maɓallan madannai, guitar lantarki da kaɗa. Wannan cakuda ya sa ya yiwu a cimma tsagi na hypnotic.
Mutuwar mai zane Jon Hassell
Mawaƙin kuma mawaki ya rasu a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2021. ‘Yan uwa sun ruwaito rasuwar mawakin:
“Na tsawon shekara guda, John ya yi fama da cutar. Ya tafi da safe. Yana son rayuwar nan sosai, don haka ya yi yaƙi har ƙarshe. Ya so ya raba ƙarin a cikin kiɗa, falsafa da rubutu. Wannan babban rashi ne ba ga ‘yan uwa da abokan arziki ba, har ma da ku, ya ku masoya”.
