Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Jean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger & musician, primarily a keyboard player. He was born blind in 1961, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.

Career

Rykiel first came to public attention via his synthesizer duets with Tim Blake as part of the Crystal Machine audio-visual project in the late 70's, which staged large events involving music and laser-based light shows in France and Japan [ [http://moonweed.free.fr/j-pr.html j-pr.html ] ] .

Later he spent much time collaborating with world musicians, notably Mali singer Salif Keita [http://www.eyefortalent.com/eft-bio/SalifKeitaBioAug05.doc] , Tibetan monk Lama Gyurme and Senegalese singer and percussionist Youssou N'Dour.

In 1992 Rykiel composed and performed music for the soundtrack of "Les Pierres bleues du désert", dir:Nabil Ayouch

Rykiel and Blake reunited as "Crystal Machine" to perform at the Gong Unconvention Festival in Amsterdam in 2006.

Discography

olo

* 1982 "Jean-Philippe Rykiel" - (Musiza/Ariola)
* 1991 "Nunc Musics (Quiet Days In Tokyo)" - Takdisc/WMD
* 2003 "Under The Tree" (Last Call)

Collaborations

* 1996 "Souhaits Pour L'Eveil" ("The Lama's Chant") (w/Lama Gyurme) - (Last Call/Sony)
* 2000 "Rain Of Blessings: Vajra Chants" (w/Lama Gyurme) - (RealWorld)

Participations

*1977 "Vous Et Nous" - Brigitte Fontaine
*1978 "New Jerusalem" - Tim Blake
*1979 "Open" - Steve Hillage - (Virgin)
*1981 "Friends Of Mr. Cairo" - Jon & Vangelis - (Polydor)
*1983 "Catherine Lara" - Catherine Lara - (Trema)
*1984 "En Concert" - Catherine Lara - (Trema)
*1985 "Apartheid" - Xalam - (Melodie)
*1985 "Nelson Mandela" - Youssou N'Dour - (EMI)
*1986 "Power Spot" - Jon Hassell - (ECM)
*1987 "Faton-Bloom" - F.Cahen/D.Malherbe - (Cryonic)
*1987 "Soro" - Salif Keita - (EMI)
*1987 "Xarit" - Xalam - (BMG)
*1988 "I'm Your Man" - Leonard Cohen - (Sony)
*1988 "Surgeon Of The Nightsky" - Jon Hassell - (Intuition)
*1989 "Domba" - Ousemane Kouyaté - (Sterns)
*1989 "Fetish" - Didier Malherbe - (Mantra)
*1990 "French Corazon" - Brigitte Fontaine - (EMI)
*1992 "Eyes Open" - Youssou N'Dour - (Sony)
*1993 "Les Romantiques" - Catherine Lara - (Trema)
*1993 "Zef" - Didier Malherbe - (Tangram)
*1994 "Soro" - - Salif Keita - (Island)
*1994 "Wommat" - Youssou N'Dour - (Sony)
*1995 "Emotion" - Papa Wemba - (Real World)
*1995 "Folon" - Salif Keita - (Island)
*1996 "Kaoutal" - Kaoutal - (Sony)
*1996 "Mansa" - Super Rail Band - (Label Bleu)
*1996 "Vago" - Marcel Loeffler - (Tam Tam)
*1996 "Wapi Yo" - - Lokua Kanza - (BMG)
*1997 "Contes D'Afrique De L'Ouest" - Mamadou Diallo - (CKT)
*1998 "Castlesmadeofsand" - Alexkid - ­(F-Communications)
*1998 "Paradis Païen" - Jacques Higelin ­(Tôt ou Tard/Warner)
*1999 "Papa" - Salif Keita - (Island)
*2000 "Joko" - Youssou N'Dour - (Sony)
*2001 "Bienvenida" - Alexkid ­(F-Communications)
*2001 "Kekeland" - Brigitte Fontaine ­(Virgin)
*2001 "WhatIdidOnMyHolidays" - Alexkid ­(F-Communications)
*2002 "Nothing's In Vain" - Youssou N'Dour ­(Nonesuch/Warner)
*2002 "Samba Alla" - Diogal ­(Celluloid/Mélodie)
*2002 "Wati" - Amadou & Mariam ­(Universal Music Jaz)
*2003 "Mint" - Alexkid - (F-Communications)

External links

*myspace|jeanphilipperykiel|Jean-Philippe Rykiel
* Last Call Records [http://www.lastcallrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LCR&Product_Code=jprkut&Category_Code=jprk "Under The Tree"] (audio samples) (Realplayer)

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