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Hyanis Rain
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Sophisticated and introspective, gentle and melodic, bluesy and jazzy electric guitar.
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Jack Hassall is an independent unsigned guitarist/composer from Manchester, England.
Jack Hassall is the craftsman of eclectic persona strumming down the cosmic road of digital reverberation and subtle ambiance. His shimmering cascades of audio light reflect a pastel of rainbows. The sonic beauty and creative gleam of a master craftsman of music, mood and nuance. Jack Hassall's work reflects a multitude of influences that are fused into something that careens under the surface of an enormous deep dark green-blue ocean whilst gazing simultaneously at the pale blue lilac sky. Tunes like 'Fanfare' pulsate electronic groove with horn accents; 'E-thang' segues into counterpoint bass and clavinet with a sheen of ambiance strings and three chord progression hook. In 'Boogie Song' the genre flips to retro dance blues. Jack Hassall's blues roots are showcased in 'Au Revoir' and his acoustic guitar balladry coupled with female soul vox melodies minus lyrics. The harmonica singed FX laden track 'Blue Suede Shoes' is a dreamscape heavy dance beat of delays; The slide guitar majesty of 'Stella Blues' shines with reverberated expression. Jack Hassall is equally enthralling in a smooth jazz fusion mode via songs such as 'Taxi Dance Revisited' and 'Hyanis Rain' with its open air feel; As are cuts like 'Train To Nowhere' with its subtle nuance and the airy breeze of 'Mood Swing'. The scenic and classic effect of the electric guitar driven 'Findaway' compliment cuts like 'Day Trip' and its melancholy pop-rock pocket sublime. The distant vista of tunes like 'Steady Eddie' contrast songs such as 'Higher Baby' and its merging of R&B energy-urgency. To come full swing in this carousel of musical colors and capacities we come upon brilliant cuts like 'Why Can't You' ; It's magnificent shimmering hook laden with cascades of ambiance and synthesizer background awash in sly production and mix down digital delay/reverb as to be surmised as a pop/rock gem of inflection reflected aura-sonic. Again witnessed in 'Sweet Sweet Love' we find a moody string with atmospheric effulgence, radiating outwards from the listeners senses to the innermost area of emotion and feeling. This conveys the mastery and unique talent of an artistic British enigma from Manchester; A stones throw away from Liverpool and with all the muse and scenery characteristic of the great artistic output and brilliance of resident Jack Hassall. Don't be fooled by mere words of praise. Realize and experience Jack Hassall at the beginning of his invention, penetration and insight not only into the fans and listeners hearts; But also to the rise of a songsmith in all of his original ground breaking art to and for people who love true inspiration.
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Genre
Jazz Smooth Jazz
Charts
Peak #1
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Jack Hassall
Rights
(c) Jack Hassall, 2001
Uploaded
December 10, 2003
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MP3 4.3 MB 128 kbps 4:39
Story behind the song
Listener Comment for Hyanis Rain: "Definitely a bluesy, dock-of-the-bay sort of mellow jazz cut that works as well over cocktails as it does the Sunday papers, and evokes a very easy mood that just melts the day into evening." I was out in Hyannis Port (Cape Cod, USA) - a few years ago and caught the tail-end of Hurricane Andrew. They call Manchester "the rainy city" (like Seattle) but I'd never seen rain fall sideways before! Awesome! I'd made a demo of this song on my old 4 track recorder and it was "fine" - apart from the tape hiss - which was so bad, it sounded like rain! So that's where the title came from and why it starts with a rainfall sound FX. Composition-wise, this evolved as just a few chords on an accoustic guitar ( ... wish I had a quarter pounder for every time I'd heard that old chestnut) and while we were in Hyanis, I was jamming with my friends Tom Rutt and Dave Curtis. I'd previously only done this tune as a folky, fingerstyle (picking) piece, but it did sound nice when we played it with bass and drums. But at that stage, I hadn't written the middle eight, which changes the key and hadn't worked out what to play, lead guitar wise. This track took me a very long time - just to record, let alone write. As in the track "Findaway", I tried to get a real live guitar take - not as easy as you might imagine. There are times to play the theme, and there are times to improvise and there are times not to play at all. It took a lot to pull that off, because it's not just jammin' - believe me!! Hope you like it anyway!!
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