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Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:22 pm
by banyan
From Steve's website.

Due to changes at samadhisound and the decision to surrender third party releases, 'slope' is to be re-issued as a three disc digi-book via steve jansen's own store at the burning shed label.

With all new artwork and a bonus track of a recently completed alternative remix of 'sow the salt' by jansen, the release is aimed for October/November, with pre-orders available through Burning Shed, and will be competitively priced. more news to follow.

disc 1 - slope
01/ grip
02/ sleepyard
03/ cancelled pieces
04/ december train
05/ sow the salt
06/ gap of cloud
07/ playground martyrs
08/ a way of disappearing
09/ ballad of a deadman
10/ conversation over
11/ life moves on
12/ playground martyrs

slope remixes
13/ deadman’s ballad
14/ pieces cancelled
15/ colloquium terminat
16/ deadman’s cut
17/ sow the salt alternative version


disc 2 - the occurrence of slope
live at meguro persimmon hall tokyo february 29, 2008
01/ prelude w/ grip
02/ sleepyard
03/ cancelled pieces
04/ december train
05/ sow the salt
06/ gap of cloud w/ playground martyrs w/ a way of disappearing
07/ ballad of a deadman
08/ conversation over
09/ life moves on w /playground martyrs reprise
10/ played out


disc 3 - sound for film
01/ ascent (swimming in qualia)
02/ glimpse (swimming in qualia)
03/ noema (extended version 2010)
04/ lingering
05/ resistentialism (extended version 2010)
06/ dance of separation
07/ ascent (swimming in qualia) live 2008


Sounds like a great package!

Banyan

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:29 am
by inkinthewell
banyan wrote:Sounds like a great package!


Absolutely!
On Disc 2, Ascent, which was the 10th track on the download version, is missing, but I guess it's track 7 on Disc 3 [Ascent (Swimming In Qualia) Live 2008]. I wonder if that decision has to do with timing/cd-capacity or to avoid mixing things up (Slope live on one disc, all the rest on another)?

SteveJansen wrote:Due to changes at samadhisound and the decision to surrender third party releases.

So who will issue this record? And who are the first and second parties? :lol:

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:58 am
by Bern
what a quality release, can't wait

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:42 am
by kitaj
And who are the first and second parties? :lol:

:lol:

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:57 pm
by hego
First party Samadhisound
Second partiy Steve Jansen
Third party Burning Shed

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:10 am
by Blemished
Most of the non DS releases on Samadhi sound now seem to be out of stock from their store. Amazon uk still seem to have copies of Slope, but I presume the 'print run' for this and all the other releases are largely sold or with main stockists.

Presumably the decision's been made that Samadhi won't manufacture any more and have released some or all of the rights to the original artists? Clearly Steve wants his music available in physical form still, so this seems like a great idea.

Be interesting to know more about the future for Samadhi though. They'd built an interesting niche and 'brand' but maybe the costs and time involved with releasing non DS material are too great?

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:52 pm
by Chad
maybe steve can take ownership of the nine horses materials. that could use a face lift & a vinyl release. too bad there is no live material from this project available.

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:25 pm
by inkinthewell
Release date has been announced: october 28th.
And this is the new cover:
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Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:08 pm
by pinenut
looking at the cover some of Steves equipment is really old... :D

much as a love Steve's work i already own majority of the tracks
why would i buy again ?

keen to hear the new Ianson project which Steve drummed on.

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:19 am
by deadbees
Very impressive package with nice booklet/lyrics.
Only thing missing is the DVD of the live show.

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:42 am
by karnsculpture
This is how to do a reissue. There is quite a lot of "new" material for me as I haven't yet got the DVD (though I did manage to buy it online last week!). The alternate versions are very nice indeed, good to hear something different to add to the familiarity of the original album.

Steve is a perfectionist and this was his opportunity to get the music that means a lot to him out there - visually stunning this set is an absolute bargain for the price (under £20 including shipping).

Such a good quality release, I wish Steve could get together with Rich and work on the rest of the JBK material as well as Japan for some superb quality remasters/reissues. Now, many of the Medium releases were none too shabby ("_ism" springs to mind, marvellous), but as nearly all are unavailable the time may be right to revisit them.

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:34 pm
by Quiet Visitor
Beautiful indeed. And nice to have that postcard with Steve's signature.
Non-collectors will probably sell their original version of Slope after buying this one, but I guess that's not what happens with a lot of folks over here. :wink:

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:51 pm
by Quiet Visitor
Another re-issue of this album, this time on LP: http://headcountrecords.bigcartel.com/p ... -slope-2lp

Re: Steve Jansen - 'Slope' re-issue

PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:12 am
by Quiet Visitor
The last copies of the original Samadhi-release are available at Steve's Bandcamp-page: https://stevejansen.bandcamp.com/album/slope