Jens Johansson
Fission
The Story
Jens Johansson follows up the highly touted "Heavy Machinery" album with "Fission", a fusion classic that joins Johansson with brother Anders and guitar legends Shawn Lane and Mike Stern (Miles Davis). These incredible progressive songs feature some of the wildest solos in fusion history. Lane guests on "Hooded Strangers", while Stern lays it out on "Phase Camoflage" and the highly charged "Race Condition". The two guitarists cut heads on "Acrostic Shibboleth", while Johansson blankets the remainder of "Fission" with his trademark, guitar-like Polysix solos and organ beds.
The Music
10:41 | Hooded Strangers | Instrumental |
06:48 | Phase Camouflage | Instrumental |
03:36 | Zero Sum Game | Instrumental |
08:12 | Acrostic Shibboleth | Instrumental |
10:48 | Don't Mention The War | Instrumental |
07:32 | Race Condition | Instrumental |
06:14 | Crowd Tectonics | Instrumental |
03:58 | Nystagmus | Instrumental |
10:46 | Beautiful Lung Dogs | Instrumental |
The Artists
Shawn Lane | Guitar |
Mike Stern | Guitar |
Jens Johansson | Keyboards, Production |
Anders Johansson | Drum Kit, Percussion |
Julian Baker | Overdub Engineering |
Werner Kracht | Overdub Engineering |
Peter Nilsson | Overdub Engineering |
Scud Noonan | Overdub Engineering |
Krister Olsson | Mastering |
Dave Stephens | Cover Design |
Basic tracks for 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 recorded at Moon Path Alpha, Malmo, Sweden. Basic tracks for 7 and 8 recorded at Starec Grammophone, Vaxjo, Sweden.
Overdubs recorded at Moon Path A, East Side Recorders, NYC, Big Noise Studios, NYC and the Heptagon Remote. Mastered at Stage Tech, Malmo, Sweden. |