Jean-Philippe Rykiel [Waterfalls in Space with Tim Blake 1979, Shambala with Verdeaux, and ST 1982]

 

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French composer, arranger and keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth in 1961. Son of French designer Sonia Rykiel.

Recall he was responsible for the lovely synth tracks from Malherbe's Fetish album, posted back here.

I thought those were beautifully composed.  So I went back to see if there was something I was missing in the rest of his output.

From 1979's Waterfalls in Space, with the famous Tim Blake (Gong, Hawkwind), the lovely swirling synth sound of Lighthouse 79:

The next album, Shambala from 1981, was even more basic drony electronic, which makes sense because it was a collaboration with Cyrille Verdeaux (Clearlight, etc.).

Then the ST from 1982, which is again basically cosmic electronic music, nicely written, similar to so much in this vein, played of course entirely by Jean-Philippe.  As an ex., Step by Step:

A really beautiful cover graphic again for the 1982 LP, typical of these French records.