Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962 in Tromsø, Norway), a musician who has released a notable catalog of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient house" then "arctic ambient" styles, and his use of music loops and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty Waves" was used for the 1995 Levi's ad campaign. His 1997 album Substrata is generally seen as one of the all-time classic ambient albums. Before launching Biosphere, Jenssen was a member of the Norwegian dream pop band Bel Canto. Bel Canto released records on the Belgium-based label Crammed Discs.
Some tracks are freely downloadable on Biosphere's website.
Companies, etc. Published By – Touch Music Mastered At – Audio Virus Lab Manufactured By – Handle With Care
Credits Mastered By – Helge Sten Photography By – Jon Wozencroft Producer – Biosphere, Deathprod
Notes Commissioned by Tape To Zero. Thanks to Kjetil Huesebø and Terje Evensen
stator ('steɪtɘ) n 1. (Electrical Engineering) The stationary part of a rotary machine or device, esp. of a motor or generator. 2. (Aeronautics) A system of non-rotating radially arranged parts with within a rotating assembly: the fixed blades of an axial flow compressor in a gas turbine. [C20: from Latin: one who stands (by), from stāre, to stand].
A remastered version of Biosphere´s debut album Microgravity on triple vinyl and double CD with a bonus album of unreleased tracks.
released April 23, 2015
BIO3D, Biophon Records 2015.
All tracks written and produced by Geir Jenssen. All tracks on CD2 are previously unreleased. Recorded in Skippergata 42, Tromsø, Norway between 1990 and 1991. Mastered by Stefan Betke. Artwork by Philip Marshall.
The music is based on Claude Monteverdi´s opera of the same name. L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) is an Italian baroque opera first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. One of the first operas to use historical events and people rather than classical mythology, it adapts incidents from the writings of Tacitus, Suetonius and others to recount how Poppea, mistress of the Roman emperor Nerone (Nero), is able to achieve her ambition and be crowned empress. The opera was revived in Naples in 1651, but was then neglected until the rediscovery of the score in 1888, after which it became the subject of scholarly attention in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1960s, the opera has been performed and recorded many times. (Wikipedia).
released June 16, 2012
Commissioned by Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt. Produced by Geir Jenssen. Mixed by Chevalier de Ballibari. Painting: 16th century, unknown painter of the Fontainebleu School.
Thanks to Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Thomas Björk, Kirre Arneberg, Lone Torvik, Erik Rulin, Mattias Ekholm, Ida Wigdel, and Aleksandra Sende. Special thanks to Akira Rabelais for his Argeïphontes Lyre software.
Label: Smalltown Supersound – STS281LP Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album + CD, Album Country: Norway Released: 05 Aug 2016 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Experimental
Tracklist
A1 Out Of The Cradle A2 Wyll And Purpose A3 Down On Ropes A4 Free From The Bondage You Are In A5 With Their Paddles In A Puddle B1 Than Is The Mater B2 Sweet Dreams Form A Shade B3 Aura In The Kitchen With The Candlesticks C1 Departed Glories C2 Whole Forests Of Them Appearing C3 Invariable Cowhandler C4 Behind The Stove C5 You Want To See It Too D1 Good Case And Rest D2 Tomorrow Then We Will Attend D3 With Precious Benefits To Both D4 Fall Asleep For Me
CD-1 Out Of The Cradle CD-2 Wyll And Purpose CD-3 Down On Ropes CD-4 Free From The Bondage You Are In CD-5 With Their Paddles In A Puddle CD-6 Than Is The Mater CD-7 Sweet Dreams Form A Shade CD-8 Aura In The Kitchen With The Candlesticks CD-9 Departed Glories CD-10 Whole Forests Of Them Appearing CD-11 Invariable Cowhandler CD-12 Behind The Stove CD-13 You Want To See It Too CD-14 Good Case And Rest CD-15 Tomorrow Then We Will Attend CD-16 With Precious Benefits To Both CD-17 Fall Asleep For Me
Credits Design – Jacob Grønbech Jensen Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By [Cut By] – Stefan Betke Photography By [Photo By] – Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii Written-By, Producer – Geir Jenssen
Notes Vinyl edition includes CD with the same tracks. The album was released on Aug. 5th in Norway and on September 23rd 2016 in the rest of the World.
The Petrified Forest mini-album is inspired by the movie of the same name, released in 1936 and directed by Archie Mayo. Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert diner in Arizona owned by Jason Marple. Jason's daughter, Gabrielle is immediately taken with the disillusioned intellectual, since they share idealistic dreams of escaping the stark reality of their lives. (IMDB)
released May 12, 2017
All tracks written and produced by Geir Jenssen Mastered by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering. Designed by Joanna John
The Senja Recordings is a collection of various outdoor recordings and studio improvisations recorded on the island of Senja, Arctic Norway, between 2015 and 2018.
Boomkat: "Geir Jenssen yields a most Biosphere of Biosphere recordings with this new album recorded on a Norwegian island within the arctic circle
Leading on from recent years’ ‘Departed Glories’ and ‘Petrified Forest’, the 66 minute long and 17-track wide suite of ‘The Senja Recordings’ arguably amounts to the most significant Biosphere outing of this decade. Taking its title from Norway’s 2nd largest island, where it was conceived, the album features outdoor sounds and improvisations made during Jenssen’s stays between 2015-2018 and finds the artist more porous than ever to distorted, granular textures along with his trademark palette of elemental electronics. It’s essentially the artist getting closer than ever to his surroundings and cutting down the space between there and your ears.
From the sounds of it, one can only imagine Jenssen had a quietly blissful time making this record. There’s the expected darkness for sure, but it always resolves with strong pangs of isolationist melody, cropping up Conet Project-like in ’Strandby’; glowing like a dawn aurora behind a granite cliff in ‘Berg’; or harmonising with the birds and air in ‘Fjolhogget’ and the Aeolian harp-like tones of his ‘Bergsbotn’ trio, so named after the small village facing out to harsh North Atlantic. factor in the natural yet unearthly sounds picked up by his hydrophone in ’Skalbrekka’, and the gloaming solitude of his sublime closer ‘Ha’, and you have a top class Biosphere album, if you like this sort of thing." credits released June 7, 2019
All tracks written and recorded by Geir Jenssen. In memory of Knut Fjortoft (1960-2017). Thanks to Lea, Azja and Tara.
Label: Biophon Records – BIO37CD Format: CD, Album, Stereo Country: Norway Released: Oct 14, 2022 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient
Tracklist
1 Poa Alpina 4:59 2 Chukhung 8:39 3 The Things I Tell You 11:45 4 Times When I Know You'll Be Sad 3:42 5 Hyperborea 3:43 6 Kobresia 3:45 7 Antennaria 3:20 8 Uva-Ursi 2:07 9 Sphere Of No-Form 8:23 10 Silene 5:20
Substrata was the third studio album by the Norwegian electronic artist Biosphere, released 25 years ago by All Saints Records in London. In 2016, Pitchfork ranked it at number 38 on its list of the 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time. Here are ten alternative versions picked from the Substrata recordings sessions that took place between 1995 and 1996.
Artwork – Joanna John Mastered By – Stefan Betke Written-By, Producer – Geir Jenssen
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