Steve Jansen

sakamoto's commmons label 'music baton'

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:07:56 +0000

a series of artists select albums that have had an influence upon them. each month the 'music baton' is passed onto a new artist. this months sees steve's selection which can be viewed here

kinoapparatom available as download

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:04:21 +0000

the original recording 'kinoapparatom' by jansen & chianura is now out of print and has subsequently become exclusively available from the samadhi download store and includes all new artwork desgined by chris bigg.

The Occurrence Of Slope reviewed in The Wire

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:28:05 +0000

The Occurrence Of Slope DVD is reviewed in the July 09 issue of The Wire. Read it here

Purchase the 'slope' live concert postcard set here

Wed, 06 May 2009 21:59:04 +0000

The postcard set that was on sale at Steve's performance of Slope at Tokyo's Meguro Persimmon Hall is available for purchase.

imageshop update

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:46:05 +0000

new prints are available in steve's imageshop. More portraits as well as various selections.

Slope Live available on iTunes

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:19:16 +0000

'The Occurrence Of Slope' live audio soundtrack from the DVD release of the same name is now available on iTunes as well as the samadhi sound download store.

Lungo La Strada

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:05:58 +0000

a live performance recorded in december 2006, when steve joined alice for a brief selection of dates held in italian basilicas. released on alice's own record label 'ARECIBO EDIZIONI MUSICALI' the performance was recorded at milan's Basilica di San Marco and is titled 'llungo la strada'. The music features Alice (vocals), Steve Jansen (percussion & keyboards), Marco Pancaldi (guitars) and Alberto Tafuri (piano & keyboards).

distributed by EMI MUSIC ITALY and in shops now the album is also available via alice's own website from april 09.

sleepyard on compilation cd

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:44:07 +0000

in august '08 steve was asked to compose a commissioned piece based upon the track 'sleepyard' from 'slope' as part of a nissan advertising campaign in japan. noted for their alternative choices nissan have released a series of music compilation cds of tracks featured in their tv campaigns. the latest in the series, Shift 3, includes the original recording of 'sleepyard'. nissan.co.jp

The Occurrence of Slope

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:27:42 +0000

the occurrence of slope live audio download

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:34 +0000

the soundtrack for steve jansen's live dvd 'the occurrence of slope' is now available from the samadhi sound download store in both mp3 and flac formats.

A Secret Life - reviewed in The Wire magazine

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:26:30 +0000

The Wire magazine April Issue 302 includes a review of A Secret Life.

International Film Festival Breda

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:17:27 +0000

two of the four short movies that are featured as extra contents on steve jansen's 'the occurrence of slope' dvd are to be included in the international film festival breda in holland, held during march 25-29 2009. both 'noema' and 'resistentialism' are directed by shoko ise with music composed and performed specifically for the films by steve jansen.

A Secret Life - D'AGOSTINO/FOXX/JANSEN

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:02:33 +0000

Release date: March 23, 2009
Label: Metamatic Records
learn more and pre-order here:
www.thequietman.co.ukr

a secret life

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:19:01 +0000

having met during their live performance in Brighton with Harold Budd, John Foxx invited steve to record tam-tams (gongs) for a potential collaborative release. the dark tones of the tam-tams created a bed for atmospherics and acoustic piano work to be added. due to various other commitments the release seemed to be shelved until steve d'agostino (SingleCycle ReOrder) took it upon himself to complete the work. release date is set for March through Metamatic/distributed by Universal and will be under the artist names D'Agostino/Foxx/Jansen.

yukihiro takahashi album 'page by page'

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:14:21 +0000

Yukihiro Takahashi's new album 'Page By Page' features two co-writes by steve.
Catalogue Number TOCT-26798 EMI Music Japan
Price 3,000 yen
Release date: 11th March, 2009

Track Listing:

1.Out There (Featuring Lali Puna)
2.The Words (Featuring amiina)
3.My Favorite Hat　
4.Out of Here
5.Perfect Wound (Featuring Steve Jansen)
6.The Muse
7.Emerger (Featuring Keigo Oyamada a.k.a. Cornelius)
8.Atomic Chicken Dog (Featuring Atom)
9.You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
10.Indefinable Point (Featuring Steve Jansen)
11.Meteor Rain -Leonids on the morning of November 17th- (Featuring Lali Puna & amiina)
12.Valerie