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Once Upon A Time

by Jan Steiner

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Sterntaler 05:05
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Frau Holle 05:42
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Schwarzwald 05:18
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Waldesnacht 05:03
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Father Reads 06:03

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Here we are releasing a full length album by Jan Steiner, a German artist who lives in Ireland. He has just recently released a track on Tour De Traum XXIII which needless to say, we liked a lot. Jan is still an upcoming artist but has been recognized by people with taste. He is not part of any scene but writes music solemnly for himself. The theme of his album is "The Brothers Grimm" (germ. Gebrüder Grimm) which was right away very temping for us. For those of you who have known us for a longer time now, will remember that we had a legendary Traum label video feature in 2007 for Electronic Beats (Slices 03 -07) filmed in a vintage fairytale forest which featured a lot of the Brother Grimm tales! A place we all had been going to since our childhood. So all evolved naturally here.

Jan is a multi-faced artist who writes melodic techno and listening music and modern piano music. He was recently included in a Nils Frahm piano list at Spotify. He writes his music surrounded by the picturesque Irish seaside and nature. His music has an almost meditative feel to it and clads you in lush melodies. This is his description of the project in his own words showing his personal involvement:

“My album is inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm. I read these stories as a child, and they left a vivid impression on me. When I moved from Germany to Ireland, the mystic and ancient landscape re-ignited my childhood imagination. The tales re-surfaced in my consciousness. I turned to music to re-tell their stories.

The album was created during the stressful COVID period over the last two years. Working on it helped me escape and switch off from reality and emerge in a phantastic imaginary world.

My musical journey follows the mythology and folklore of these iconic stories. I committed the story telling tradition to electronic music and brought this romantic period into the 21st century.

The music evokes the vivid rhythm of nature and environment- light and darkness, movement and stillness, depth, and soaring heights. Melody and rhythm absorb the heart and soul of these stories, evoking deep-seated memories of dark, unknown forests and forgotten places. The balance of good and evil shifts and swings like branches in the wind.

The physical and sensual music, inspired by these stories, speaks the language of nature and imagination. The enchanting world of Grimm’s fairy tales correspond with the spirit of the music.

The album invites the listener to join in this journey of the emotional world of romanticism, fairytales, and mystic nature.

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released September 23, 2022

Written and produced by Jan Steiner
Mastering by Emanuel Geller / Salz Mastering
Released by Traum Schallplatten
Catalog No.: Traum V273

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Traum Schallplatten Cologne, Germany

The German electronic label from Cologne which came into life 1998.

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