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Steve Jansen

solo releases

My Winter - CD / Streaming - 2023
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01 My Winter

02 The Journey Back

"My Winter" was a track Steve Jansen originally composed for The Dolphin Brothers album "Catch The Fall" released in 1987. This is an entirely rerecorded version very faithful to the original but with some reinterpretations. It is coupled with a 2023 composition titled "The Journey Back"

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01 Home

Music composed for a visual / audio exhibit by Anny and Sibel Öztürk which took place in Frankfurt and Tel Aviv in the Spring of 2022

Slope & Tender Extinction - Double LP New Issues / Streaming - 2022
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Slope

01 Grip
02 Sleepyard
03 Cancelled Pieces
04 December Train
05 Sow the Salt
06 Gap of Cloud
07 Playground Martyrs
08 A Way of Disappearing
09 Ballad Of A Deadman
10 Conversation Over
11 Life Moves On
12 Playground Martyrs (Reprise)

Tender Extinction

01 Captured
02 Sadness
03 Her Distance
04 Memory Of An Imagined Place
05 Give Yourself A Name
06 Diaphanous One
07 Faced With Nothing
08 Mending a Secret
09 Simple Day
10 And Birds Sing All Night

The first two solo albums by Steve Jansen reissued by the State51 Conspiracy label on vinyl
New artwork designed for vinyl by Carl Glover
"Tender Extinction" entirely remastered by James Ginburgh

The Extinct Suite / Corridor Double LP / Streaming - 2020
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01 The Extinct Suite Part 1 (Side A)
02 The Extinct Suite Part 2 (Side B)
03 Corridor Part 1 (Side C)
04 Corridor Part 2 (Side D)

Material gathered from two of Steve Jansen's solo releases "The Extinct Suite" and "Corridor" with the omission of "Recovery Room", the bonus track included with the CD and download of "Corridor" (and sold separately) due to vinyl side length and suitability to the ambient content

Corridor - CD / Streaming - 2018
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01 Corridor
02 Recovery room

A slowly evolving instrumental piece designed for playback in a gallery space with uncontrolled acoustics and no sound insulation. Avoiding percussive and complicated bass content this audio is designed to float in a live space at low level volume allowing sonic variations to subtly stimulate the ambience. Original installation at The Cape Breton University art gallery, Canada to accompany a photo exhibition titled 'Through a Quiet Window' by Steve Jansen May 11 to July 6, 2018. 

Bonus track "Recovery Room" is an instrumental combining electronica and classical segments underpinned by Jansen's polyrhythmic beats and ambiguous time signatures

Now He Dreams - Streaming - 2017
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01 Now He Dreams

An instrumental piece by Steve Jansen, originally composed for inclusion on a Japanese label compilation promoting various album releases in 2001. This one-off track was never included on any official Jansen album

The Extinct Suite - CD / Streaming - 2017
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01 The Extinct Suite

The third solo album release from Steve Jansen. A reinterpretation of the more ambient and orchestral elements of "Tender Extinction". Not a remix by any means, some familiar passages are woven together with additional pieces to create a suite of instrumentals lasting over 55 minutes as one single track

Slope - Double LP Limited Edition 300 Units - 2017
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01 Grip
02 Sleepyard
03 Cancelled Pieces
04 December Train
05 Sow the Salt
06 Gap of Cloud
07 Playground Martyrs
08 A Way of Disappearing
09 Ballad Of A Deadman
10 Conversation Over
11 Life Moves On
12 Playground Martyrs (Reprise)

The 10th anniversary vinyl release of Steve Jansen's debut album "Slope". 180g 2×LP. Housed inside a gatefold sleeve.

Cut at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. All new artwork. Released by Headcount Records

Tender Extinction - Double LP Limited Edition 500 units - 2017
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01 Captured
02 Sadness
03 Her Distance
04 Memory Of An Imagined Place
05 Give Yourself A Name
06 Diaphanous One
07 Faced With Nothing
08 Mending a Secret
09 Simple Day
10 And Birds Sing All Night

180g 2×LP cut at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. full colour sleeve & labels. Released by Headcount Records

Tender Extinction - CD / Streaming - 2016
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01 Captured
02 Sadness
03 Her Distance
04 Memory Of An Imagined Place
05 Give Yourself A Name
06 Diaphanous One
07 Faced With Nothing
08 Mending a Secret
09 Simple Day
10 And Birds Sing All Night

The second studio solo album from Steve Jansen

Slope - Deluxe Edition Triple CD / Streaming 2013
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Disc 1 - Slope:

01 Grip
02 Sleepyard
03 Cancelled Pieces
04 December Train
05 Sow The Salt
06 Gap Of Cloud
07 Playground Martyrs
08 A Way Of Disappearing
09 Ballad Of A Deadman
10 Conversation Over
11 Life Moves On
12 Playground Martyrs (Reprise)

Slope Remixes:

13 Deadman’s Ballad
14 Pieces Cancelled
15 Colloquium Terminat
16 Sow The Salt Alternative Version

Disc 2 - The Occurrence Of Slope Live At Meguro Persimmon Hall Tokyo, February 29, 2008:

01 Prelude W/ Grip
02 Sleepyard
03 Cancelled Pieces
04 December Train
05 Sow The Salt
06 Gap Of Cloud W/ Playground Martyrs W/ A Way Of Disappearing
07 Ballad Of A Deadman
08 Conversation Over
09 Life Moves On W/ Playground Martyrs Reprise
10 Played Out

Disc 3 - Sound For Film:

01 Ascent (Swimming In Qualia)
02 Glimpse (Swimming In Qualia)
03 Noema (Extended Version, 2010)
04 Lingering
05 Resistentialism (Extended Version, 2010)
06 Conscience
07 Ascent (Swimming In Qualia) Live (Short Edit, 2008)
08 Let Go

A triple CD set comprising the original "Slope" album plus remixes, live recordings and instrumental soundtracks, presented in a deluxe digi-book as well as gatefold CD. Includes lyrics and all new artwork. “Swimming In Qualia” was a commissioned soundtrack for a video installation by Shoko Ise. Created over a period of months during mid to late 2007. This was a work in two parts for two projectors playing consecutively: “Ascent” - the main body of the composition, and “Glimpse’” - a shorter, looping sequence. The installation was featured as part of the “Still / Alive” exhibit of contemporary art and photography in Japan held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography from 22 December 2007 to 20 February 2008. Titles 03,04, 05 were created for short films by Shoko Ise included as extras on the live DVD “The Occurrence Of Slope”. Titles 03 and 05 were later reworked for a live performance by Ise and Jansen in Harajuku, Tokyo in December 2010 and were not previously released in this extended form. “Conscience”and “Let Go” are both previously unreleased pieces created for short films. “Sow the Salt - Alternative Version” is a remix by Steve Jansen exclusively for this release

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Part I [Slope]

01 Prelude
02 Grip
03 Sleepyard
04 Cancelled Pieces
05 December Train
06 Sow The Salt
07 Gap Of Cloud
08 Playground Martyrs
09 A Way Of Disappearing
10 Ballad Of A Deadman
11 Conversation Over
12 Life Moves On
13 Playground Martyrs(Reprise)

Part II [Swimming In Qualia]

14 Ascent
15 Played Out (Closing Titles)

Extra Contents [Passage]

01 Lingering
02 Dance Of Seperation
03 Resistentialism
04 Noema

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Steve Jansen's live performance in Tokyo February 29 2008 - filmed in high definition. Japanese import.

The musicians onstage:
Steve Jansen (drums, keyboards, computer programming, string arrangements)
Keigo Oyamada (guitars)
Masakatsu Takagi (piano, keyboards)
string quartet lead by Seigen Tokuzawa

Visuals and sleeve design by Shoko Ise.

Vocalists on screen during the performance:
Tim Elsenburg (Sweet Billy Pilgrim)
Thomas Feiner
Anja Garbarek
Nina Kinert
David Sylvian
Joan Wasser

Live content includes previously unreleased music as well as a live interpretation of the soundtrack “Ascent” written for Shoko Ise's film installation 'Swimming In Qualia'.

DVD extra features include exclusive, unreleased collaborative works by Jansen & Ise - 4 film shorts with looped playback

Produced and released by Epiphany Works Ltd./Blues Interactions Inc

Slope - CD / Streaming - 2007
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01 Grip
02 Sleepyard
03 Cancelled Pieces
04 December Train
05 Sow the Salt
06 Gap of Cloud
07 Playground Martyrs
08 A Way of Disappearing
09 Ballad Of A Deadman
10 Conversation Over
11 Life Moves On
12 Playground Martyrs (Reprise)

The first solo album from Steve Jansen

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