Jann Klose
Country of origin:
Germany, now in U.S.
Type of music generally:
Pop/rock
Status:
Most recent release, Stereopticon (with Gary Lucas, 2016)
See also:
Jann Klose's site
Comparisons:
Duncan Sheik, Jeff Buckley (vocally)
Covers/own material:
Own, occasional covers
General comments:
Jann Kloses's music is pleasant but has some intriguing edges. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
Reverie + Sacrifice EP
Recordings:
- The Strangest Thing (1999)
- Black Box EP (EP, 2003)
- Reverie EP (EP, 2008)
- Sacrifice EP (EP, 2010)
- Reverie + Sacrifice EP (compilation, 2010)
- Mosaic (2013)
- Stereopticon (with Gary Lucas, 2016)
Black Box EP
Release info:
2003
Availability:
See Jann Klose's site
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Jann Klose—vocals, guitars
Guest artists:
Chris Marolf—upright bass
Joe Kaplowitz—Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3
Scott Morehouse—drums
Irene Mastrangeli—backing vocals
Shawn Lucas—piano
Mazim Moston, Claudia Chopek, Stephanie Griffin, Julia Kent—strings
Produced by:
Marlon J. Graves
Comments:
A pleasant, very appealing ep with cool vocals. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Reverie + Sacrifice EP
Release info:
2010
Availability:
See Jann Klose's site
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Jann Klose—acoustic guitars, vocals, backing vocals
Guest artists:
Chris Marolf—upright bass, electric bass, backing vocals
Lars Potteiger—piano, keyboard, accordion, Omnichord, Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, toy piano, backing vocals
Patrick Carmichael—drums, percussion
Leah Potteiger—violin
Megan Marolf—oboe
Ryan Scott—electric guitar
Pater Sachon—cello
Dan Brantigan—flugelhorn, trumpet
Doug Hinrichs—percussion, on-hand triangle
Pedro da Silva—Portuguese guitar
Roosevelt A. Credit—backing vocals, hand claps
Krysalis Ashby—backing vocals, handclapps
Pearnell "Trini" Archibald, Zac Green, Maurice Davis—hand claps
Produced by:
Jann Klose, Stewart Leman
Comments:
This album is a compilation of two eps, but it sounds like a cohesive whole. Kloses's warm vocals are instantly appealing, and the songs are complex enough to warrant attention.
"Beautiful dream" has some Jeff Buckley-esque vocals, but otherwise the song sounds nothing like his work. Klose is a more conventional singer, more akin to Duncan Sheik.
"Doing time" is a delicately wrought beautiful song. Kloses's vocals are as great as ever.
"All these rivers" is a lovely song that recalls the seventies singer-songwriter era in a modern sort of a way. This is a fine record. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Further info:
Jann Klose contributes "Give In To This Life" to the Healthy Food for Thought children's compilation (2010)He was a featured vocalist and guitarist in the Jeff Buckley biopic Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
Thanks to Anna Maria Stjärnell for work on this entry.
