Exit North is a musical collaboration between former

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-drummer

Steve Jansen Steve Jansen (born Stephen Ian Batt, born 1 December 1959) is an English musician, composer and record producer. Biography Jansen was a founding member of the band Japan (band), Japan, along with his brother David Sylvian (vocals, guitars and ...

, singer Thomas Feiner, piano player Ulf Jansson and

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/engineer/producer Charlie Storm. They released their first album ''Book of Romance and Dust'' in 2018. Apart from Jansen, the other three members are Swedish musicians, from

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Background

Steve Jansen established a co-writing connection with Thomas Feiner in 2007 for his first solo album "Slope". He co-wrote the track "Sow The Salt." For Jansen's second album "Tender Extinction", he co-wrote the track "Captured." They felt they had similar motivations in music and in 2014, Jansen proposed the idea of forming a more permanent partnership and making an album together. Feiner had been co-composing some sketches and ideas with Ulf Jansson, so this was the starting point for new material and they became a three-piece. Feiner had earlier forged a friendship with Charlie Storm, who also knew Ulf Jansson, who had worked as a session pianist on some acts Storm had produced. From start to completion, the album was a four-year journey, recorded in Storm's studio in Gothenburg. Feiner was a singer in the Swedish band Anywhen who re-released their album "The Opiates" in 2008 on

David Sylvian David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt; 23 February 1958) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan (band), Japan. During his time in Japan, Sylvia ...

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label. Jansen said to John Earls February 2021: ''"Exit North are working on new songs for our second album. I would have been spending time in Sweden over recent months to significantly move things forward, but for obvious reasons that hasn't been possible. As we co-compose everything, we allow the material to lead us. Our first album, Book Of Romance And Dust, was quite a classic singer-songwriter collection overall, except with a focus on musical passages to carry the listener on a bit of a journey. We feel this is what we achieve well together, and I'm sure we'll be following on a similar path."'' Exit North released their second album "Anyway, Still" in April 2023.

Members

*Ulf Jansson – piano, keyboards *Charlie Storm – synthesiser, guitar, bass, vocals *Steve Jansen – keyboards, drums, percussion, sound design, backing vocals *Thomas Feiner – lead vocals, trumpet, additional piano, additional guitar, harmonium

Discography

Albums

*2018 ''- Book of Romance and Dust'' *2023 - ''Anyway, Still''

Singles

*2020 - ''Let Their Hearts Desire'' *2025 - ''Harm / Terms''Bandcamp.

References

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