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Jandek is a musician, presumably from Houston, Texas. Since 1978, he has self-released 61 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting a real interview or providing any biographical information.
Jandek plays a very strange and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek’s music is unique, but his lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of Eastern Texas.
Barely a handful of people claim to have contacted Jandek, whose steadfastness in anonymity is legendary. Without any conventional attempts at promotion, he releases albums through his own record label Corwood Industries, which is addressed at a Houston post office box. Fans can write to Corwood for a typewritten catalogue and order Jandek’s albums, usually at inexpensive prices. Jandek’s work has been available on vinyl and on compact discs. Many of his albums feature pictures of the same young man (seen above) at various ages; in light of Jandek’s live performances it is almost entirely certain that the person featured on the album covers is Jandek himself.
Jandek’s first album, Ready for the House (1978), was first accredited to a band called “The Units” but it was obviously a solo work. Jandek presumably plays acoustic guitar and has recorded much of his work apparently unaccompanied (assuming that the person singing is also the person playing guitar). However many other songs feature female vocals and/or different male vocalists.
Jandek plays a very strange and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek’s music is unique, but his lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of Eastern Texas.
Barely a handful of people claim to have contacted Jandek, whose steadfastness in anonymity is legendary. Without any conventional attempts at promotion, he releases albums through his own record label Corwood Industries, which is addressed at a Houston post office box. Fans can write to Corwood for a typewritten catalogue and order Jandek’s albums, usually at inexpensive prices. Jandek’s work has been available on vinyl and on compact discs. Many of his albums feature pictures of the same young man (seen above) at various ages; in light of Jandek’s live performances it is almost entirely certain that the person featured on the album covers is Jandek himself.
Jandek’s first album, Ready for the House (1978), was first accredited to a band called “The Units” but it was obviously a solo work. Jandek presumably plays acoustic guitar and has recorded much of his work apparently unaccompanied (assuming that the person singing is also the person playing guitar). However many other songs feature female vocals and/or different male vocalists.
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Graven Image
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Glad to Get Away
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FarahSabz wrote:
so damn good.
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ayaribaregis wrote:
Няша, чёрт возьми.
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Crinall wrote:
Any What Was Out There Disappeared download links yet?
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goodmorningcptn wrote:
great article: A Conversation with Jandek, “Sterling Smith”
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
this is good.
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fjosjd wrote:
ready for the house is the greatest album of all time
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Solvant wrote:
Come to Paris !
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TheLizard528 wrote:
anyone else think The Living End is a stand-out in the catalogue? also, I psyched... I didn't realize he's playing here in Nashville this weekend.
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avantdeath wrote:
Jandek radio is amazing! Most diverse and bizarre station I've heard thus far.
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AnUub1s wrote:
Jandek is Charles Mansons related artist
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Skwert wrote:
He shouldn't collaborate with anyone.
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foolonahill235 wrote:
he should collaborate with sotl
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Aeroaviones wrote:
haha mukeys you just dismissed the whole of the Western art canon and otherwise since the renaissance, so no, stop saying nonsense. how do you know he isn't conscious of musical norms? are you in his head? his 'outsider' status doesn't make him a mindless kid doing his thang. he's formally rejecting quite a lot of things, as well as the workings of the music industry. I repeat, stop saying nonsense.
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mukeys wrote:
As far as I see it, if you dislike that the art is representing or the way it represents it, you should make *good art*, not art that's just the opposite of what people usually see or whatever. It's like the difference between Jandek and The Residents: Jandek is just making music, doing whatever he wants without consciously rejecting musical norms, while The Residents are being as "weird" as they can. One of them is a legitimate form of expression. (It's the first one.)
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squiggins wrote:
Jandek Radio has just played me Sir Richard Bishop, The Beach Boys (?!?) and Grouper. What an odd station.
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ggoes wrote:
new album: what was out there disappeared.
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grustnyi_putnik wrote:
Он крутой!
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Phoenix_ wrote:
Extremely odd, creepy and haunting, yet still very inspiring and fascinating music. It's always a pleasure to find someone who really breaks musical conventions.
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MongeyMongey wrote:
this is could be the strangest thing I have ever hear it really changes your perspective about whats art and whats not, its truly inspiring and I am sure jandek really inspired a lot of other musicians
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ggoes wrote:
just uploaded a great picture and official "portrait" of jandek taken by bob marsters on sept. 6th before the show.
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