A visual reminder about the
"Neither Present Nor Absent" record by
Steve Jansen & Maiya Hershey released this year.
Watch the video inspiration of the
track "As We Drift" created by Maiya Hershey. Video
footage Yaroslav Shuraev
Creative direction Maiya Hershey.
The track “As We
Drift”, features a piano solo initially composed by Maiya as
an improvisation between the two artists,
that was later sampled by Steve to create a complete sonic journey.
An interlude at around 6:57 features sampled sounds of crickets.
This is an audio sample taken from field recordings in Falougha, Mount
Lebanon.
Last copies of "Neither Present Nor Absent" available on Greedbag.
Steve Jansen has also
reissued his first two solo studio
albums: Slope and Tender
Extinction.
Released by The state51 Conspiracy, these are available now on double 12’’
heavyweight vinyl
with new redesigned artwork by Carl Glover and remastered tracks by James
Ginzburg on Tender Extinction.
SLOPE
TENDER EXTINCTION
Both are special pieces of work, and place the
talents of an artist that often stays in the shadows front and centre.
Slope and Tender Extinction
allow for the full range of his influences, experimentation, and ideas to come
to
the fore. These reissues are timely and necessary, bringing particularly
gorgeous high points of Steve Jansen’s
sparkling oeuvre into new light.