Steve Jansen
@istevejansen
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I’m contractually obliged to post this for my No.1 sponsors that are no longer Tama nor Sabian … hoping for Suntory Time
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Live onstage this evening at Yukihiro Takahashi’s ‘50th year in music’ tribute show at NHK Hall Tokyo ~ filmed during ‘Stay Close’ 🕺🏻 dance 🕺🏻 ~ the audience say “hi” to you @room66plus ~ we all want you back to full health - gambatte!!
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In the pursuit of happiness on your birthday, dear friend ~ may visitors enjoy the special Everyday Life event at Hillside Forum from today @66yukihiro .🖤
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something else to consUME ?
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Most sought after merchandise in Japan in the 80’s - the YT realism backpack only ¥450
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It’s a time of year with repeated memories of loss and sadness~to the point that I begin feel there’s a relinquishing that occurs before seasons renew - we are just nature. a wonderful exhibit visited with no generational divide - that’s the power of creation
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Staying Close … the actual location almost 40 years on. my house has gone but Fuji-san remains unchanged🥹
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24 hrs later ….let’s just leave it there ~ the sponsors are onboard now and I never have to leave the house again ⚰️ 🏴☠️
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Thank you for so many birthday wishes …. from Ye Olde Man 🙇🏻♂️
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Shared as an homage to Yukihiro Takahashi who passed away this time last year~an unfinished instrumental demo from the Takahashi Band of 82 featuring Takahashi/Hosono/Tsuchiya/Tachibana &myself~adapted into a new song by Marco Machera~more info in link.
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Catching up with Masami and Sugizo in a Kyoto style restaurant in the heart of Shibuya
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Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono, Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius), Ren Takada and Kiko Mizuhara after show Barbican Hall 23.06.18
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One of Yukihiro’s final social media posts showed him at his Wurlitzer piano and on top sat this framed photo which made me so happy to see~3 drummers from 98~tragically Tatsuyuki Aoki died the following year~such a shock to all and so sad~never imagined both to leave so soon🖤🖤
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Haruomi Hosono Boogie-Woogie transformed into YMO tribute band at The Barbican Hall last night
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Some friends reunited: Hajime Tachibana & Hiroyasu Yaguchi with a moody Keiichi Suzuki backdrop ~Ray Ohara & The Bandit ~Keigo Oyamada (who btw plays on the new Exit North album currently being mixed) and moi ‘sashin-ing’
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'Ghosts' charted 40 years ago. I didn't write the song but hands up who wrote the marimba solo - so here it is . the actual recording . a chilled alternative ringtone to iPhone's marimba cacophony
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Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi and Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) pre show Barbican Hall 23.06.18
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Miu Sakamoto // mum Akiko Yano // singing songs for Yukihiro’s 50th year in music and 70 years in life~keep going👊🏻
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I only brought one pair of sticks from London but I’ll be heading back with two :)
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Tim’s invitation to host one of his infamous listening parties did not fall upon deaf ears. So I aim to be tweeting out any “Tin Drum” related nonsense in real playback time from 9pm next Saturday (you’re supposed to say “yay”).
Saturday March 6th .9pm (U.K. time). @istevejansen will be hosting a @LlSTENlNG_PARTY featuring Tin Drum by Japan . Very excited about this one
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A new print made from an old scanned print because I seem to have lost the original negatives from this particular roll🤦🏻♂️
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This day in 1980 JAPAN was photographed by Nicola Tyson for Gentlemen Take Polaroids single/album artwork. Nicola (a celebrated artist/painter) is contributing unpublished content for the upcoming Quiet Life, Abbey Road half-speed remastered reissue (photo Nicola Tyson)
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A friend missed for a decade (on this day) can feel so 'present' merely by a photo that reflects an interaction that meant so little at the time -such as this
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another sunny day … typhoon’s on its way … time to go and play
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It was at this hour that Mick passed away. In honour of his great sense of humour and fearlessness in the face of death, this would make him smile. Taken during the Polarioids cover shoot.
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It was an honour to be a part of performing such beautiful music 🖤.
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Atsuko, thanks for the hand towel commemorating 8 Beat Gag's 40th Anniversary - now I have something to wear in the onsen ♨️ hope you have a great online event!!🎉
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Thank you 🫰🏻.
Happy Birthday, Steve❣️.We are looking forward to the exhibition in Jan.📸
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Another date for the calendar.
Saturday May 1st .9pm (U.K. time). Brilliant news that @istevejansen will be joining us for another @LlSTENlNG_PARTY - this time Japan’s Gentlemen Take Polaroids will be on our turntable. Hope you can join us
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when we were young and in high definition - I think this was taken by the great Terry O’Neill but I can't find a photo credit 😖
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Japan's classic album 'Quiet Life' reissued on 05.03 as deluxe edition. Half-speed remaster/alternative mixes/rarities and sought after live material across 1LP & 3CDs. Deluxe includes renewed original artwork and brand new liner notes. Pre-Order here:
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Thank you to a wonderful crowd last night and 3.5 thousand waves of love for Mr YT who was missed by all of us 🙏🏼
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'Tin Drum' sleeve from where I was standing 📷. [signed limited edition art prints]. or.
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We are expecting to soon announce the release date of the new Exit North album as well as live dates for the Spring in Tokyo & Osaka ~whilst continuing to seek opportunities in Europe & UK which proves to be more challenging!😬.
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Today being Mick's birthday I post this image I took of him during soundcheck in '80 with his Travis Bean bass & of the bass itself (heavy aluminium neck)+2 great shots by Fin Costello. 🤬 poor video editing image&sound not matching apart from singing🤬👇.
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Travelling in Japan like a tourist wasn’t something I could do until (slightly) later in life. Nagoya, home of TAMA drums, final Japan concert and tasty chicken wings 🐣🙈
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Also thanks to Tomo Furukawa (GUNIW TOOLS) for this incredibly detailed hand-sculpted model set of later JAPAN members - not only with Masami Tsuchiya of Ippu-Do but also our greatest riff-meister Rob Dean. Rare indeed!
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Those tiny post-it notes remind me when it's time to restock at the local Kingsize Kakinotane store where I show up at least once a week, right?😉🍶
It's not a dream . (Official) Kakinotane Post-it!!!😳 @istevejansen 🤭.
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Thank you all for so many heart-warming birthday messages and expressive artworks. I’m so grateful and much happier than I appear here… a by-product of a teenager reared on seriously posey photo sessions😓🤣
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Masami's job interview 😅 1982
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The quality of this print is just so good - shot on a Canon A1 in the early 80s - think I managed to get the exposure and focus bang on.
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a step closer to Tokyo next month~work visa awaits~mental notes: don't catch covid . remember how to play drums . and 'dance in the fire' [because it says i'm an 'entertainer']🕺🕺😮💨
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When travelling by rail in Japan for safety reasons we were sometimes advised to wait in the rail staff offices until the train had arrived at the platform to then be escorted through the kindly waiting fans to board without incident. Felt safe and strangely cosy🏯
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BMG and Universal have combined catalogues (originally Hansa & Virgin) to create a JAPAN youtube channel which includes audio & video from both labels.
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Thanks to Akiko Shima @8beatgag for sending me her latest work ~ echoes of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi . meanwhile, in celebration of the YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI COLLECTION Everyday Life exhibition Day2 ~ here is a vintage 1985 stage outfit with the Bricks Mono label
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In a journal I kept back in the 80’s I wrote that ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’ was released today 7.11.80 two weeks later than stipulated on Wiki. This is how a test Polaroid for the cover looked on the day of the shoot - great technical skills by photographer Stuart McLeod
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I was very fortunate to be in Japan for the launch of my photo exhibition "The Space Between" at NEW gallery~thank you to all those who attended the meet-and-greet on 11th~I hope to bring the exhibition to other cities🤞meanwhile it remains in Omotesando until 23.01.25
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Scenes from a new book celebrating 40 years of YMO. Designed by Keiji Terai (responsible for Through A Quiet Window). Also with an exhibition in Roppongi, I believe?
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Drury Lane 81 was recorded on the Virgin Mobile(not the phone service)by Steve Nye~Universal now hold the 2"multi-tracks for this & others but don't want to rock any boats~this is how the drum break on 'VoC' sounded in the mobile unit that night. on the 'fizzy' Simmons kit 😭😭😭
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Photographer Herbie Yamaguchi sent this to me today. Think it's perhaps from 1983
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See you at the Polaroid Party.Saturday May 1st .9pm (U.K. time).
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Ghosts.What to say about this. an outstanding composition. Highest chart position despite being musically stripped to its essence. Best vocal performance-found that comfort zone. Only Japan track Mick doesn’t play on. Only Japan track I play a solo on.#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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We also lost Kenji Omura the following year. seen here as we chat~such a lovely guy🖤. we are with bassist Tsuyoshi Kawasaki at the end . but Nobu-san… what’s wrong?
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This occurred yesterday in 1980~earlier that day JAPAN had a rehearsal~we recorded our new tracks on cassette for Virgin Records in the hope they would be interested~those tracks would have been contenders for Gentlemen Take Polaroids~Sakamoto was recording B-2Unit at Air Studios
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Getting in early sending best wishes for 2022 ~from the heart of a Kubrick set or the deserted toilets at The Barbican~ “hair of the dog that bit me, Lloyd”
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On this Memorial Day for Yukihiro, Viva Strange Boutique have launched a small exhibit of my musician photographs along with a unique clothing range~please drop by this cute specialist store if you can and take a L👀K.
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[band exiting small jet] no reason for this post really other than it probably hasn't seen the light of day before (you'll no doubt correct me if I'm wrong)
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