Exit North
Exit North | |
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| Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden, London, England |
| Genres | Art rock, ambient pop, chamber pop |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Members | Steve Jansen Charlie Storm Ulf Jansson Thomas Feiner |
| Website | www |
Exit North is a musical collaboration between former Japan-drummer Steve Jansen, singer Thomas Feiner, piano player Ulf Jansson and multi-instrumentalist/engineer/producer Charlie Storm.
They released their first album Book of Romance and Dust in 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Apart from Jansen, the other three members are Swedish musicians, from Gothenburg.
Background
[edit]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."[13]
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 Sylvians Samadhi Sound label.[14]
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."[15] Exit North released their second album "Anyway, Still" in April 2023.[16]
Members
[edit]- 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
[edit]Albums
[edit]Singles
[edit]References
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- ^ "Prog interview". 1 April 2021.
- ^ "zenscape". 1 April 2021.
- ^ "album-review". 1 April 2021.
- ^ "stevejansen". 1 April 2021.
- ^ "expose". 1 April 2021.
- ^ "indiepulsemusic". 1 May 2021.
- ^ "samadhisound". 11 May 2021.
- ^ "superdeluxeedition". 14 May 2021.
- ^ "album/anyway-still". 14 April 2023.
- ^ "musicbrainz". 14 May 2021.
- ^ "exitnorth.bandcamp". 12 May 2021.
- ^ "allmusic". AllMusic. 14 May 2021.
- ^ "rateyourmusic". 14 May 2021.
- ^ "album/anyway-still". 3 March 2023.
- ^ "musicbrainz". 14 May 2021.
- ^ "exitnorth.bandcamp". 12 May 2021.