''Slope'' is the debut solo album by 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 ...

, released in 2007 by Samadhi Sound. The album includes guest musicians and was recorded all over the world. Jansen said: "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."

Track listing

# "Grip" (Jansen) 6:42 # "Sleepyard" (Jansen, Tim Elsenburg) 5:13 # "Cancelled Pieces" (Jansen, Anja Garbarek) 3:20 # "December Train" (Jansen) 4:14 # "Sow the Salt" (Jansen, Thomas Feiner) 5:49 # "Gap of Cloud" (Jansen) 2:45 # "Playground Martyrs" (Jansen,

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 ...

) 3:02 # "A Way of Disappearing" (Jansen) 1:57 # "Ballad of a Deadman" (Jansen, Sylvian) 6:25 # "Conversation Over" (Jansen) 5:07 # "Life Moves On" (Jansen) 2:25 # "Playground Martyrs (Reprise)" (Jansen, Sylvian) 3:01

Personnel

- drums, acoustic and electronic percussion, sampled instruments, synth, piano (5—8, 11–12), guitar (5, 9), string arrangements (7, 9, 11–12) *

- guitar (3, 9), vocals (7, 9) *

Theo Travis Theo Travis (born 7 July 1964) is a British saxophonist, flautist and composer. He is a member of Soft Machine which he joined in 2006 while the group was still using the "Legacy" suffix and was a member of Gong from 1999 to 2010. Biography Tra ...

- sax (1, 2, 10), flute (6, 9), clarinet (8) * Tim Elsenburg - vocals, guitar and electric piano (2) * Anja Garbarek - vocals (3) *Thomas Feiner - vocals, mandolin and sampler (5) *Bratislava Movie Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Ingo Frenzel (5) *

Joan Wasser Joan Wasser (born July 26, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer who releases music as Joan As Police Woman. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders and played with Black Beetle, Anohni and the Johnsons, ...

- vocals and violin (9) *Alberto Tafuri - piano ("Second Piano Cycle") (11) * Nina Kinert - vocals (12) ;Production *Recorded by Steve Jansen and parts by Steve D'Agostino, David Sylvian (himself), Tim Elsenburg (himself), John Mallison (Anja Garbarek), Ján Machut and Ladislav Krajãoviã (orchestra), Alberto Tafuri (himself in 1985), Love Olzon (Nina Kinert) *Mixed by Steve Jansen (exc. orchestra mixed by Ingo Frenzel) *Mastered by Tony Cousins *Cover art direction by

*Cover design by Chris Bigg *Models created and photographed by Dan McPharlin

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control 2007 debut albums Steve Jansen albums Samadhi Sound albums