Steve Jansen – Slope

Steve Jansen’s solo album on Samadhi Sound

Presenting Steve Jansen’s new album, “Slope”. Tension underlies the crisp rhythms and intricate programming, while a collection of distinctive vocalists draw out the sentiment in his songwriting. As Jansen explains, “with this album I approached composition attempting to avoid chord and song structures and the usual familiar building blocks. instead I wanted to piece together unrelated sounds, music samples, rhythms and ‘events’ in an attempt to deviate from my own trappings as a musician.”

The album features guest contributions from Tim Elsenburg, Thomas Feiner, Anja Garbarek, Nina Kinert, David Sylvian, Theo Travis and Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman). Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak designed by Chris Bigg.

Full track list:

1. Grip
2. Sleepyard
3. Cancelled Pieces featuring Anja Garbarek
4. December Train
5. Sow The Salt
6. Gap Of Cloud
7. Playground Martyrs
8. A Way Of Disappearing
9. Ballad Of A Deadman featuring David Sylvian & Joan Wasser
10. Conversation Over
11. Life Moves On
12. Playground Martyrs (reprise) featuring Nina Kinert

dedicated to jude & gobi