Saudade by Mark Steiner & His Problems
Thirteen songs performed by Mark Steiner and his international band of brothers and sisters, produced by Henry Hugo and Mark Steiner, recorded at Stagger Home Studios & Booking / Studio Schaeffers Gate 5 in Oslo, Norway, with additional recordings made in Europe, New York, and Australia.
Five of the tracks are interpretations of songs written by deceased artists whose memory Mark would like to see preserved: Billie Holiday, Lou Reed, Robert Burås (Madrugada, My Midnight Creeps), Bruno Adams (Once Upon a Time, The Fatal Shore) and Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, Crime & The City Solution)
Special guests include Sally Norvell (Congo Norvell), Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, PJ Harvey, ex-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), Paul Wallfisch (Botanica, Firewater, Ministry of Wolves), Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh) and more.
Tracklist
| 1. | Shedding Skin | 2:45 |
| 2. | Fortitude | 3:12 |
| 3. | Waves | 3:59 |
| 4. | Dead Radio | 4:57 |
| 5. | Unbearable (Bowery version) | 5:01 |
| 6. | Stripped | 2:32 |
| 7. | Don't Explain | 6:49 |
| 8. | Saudade | 3:58 |
| 9. | Love is Gone | 3:45 |
| 10. | Closing Time | 2:25 |
| 11. | Hallelujah the Hills | 4:13 |
| 12. | Venus in Furs | 3:38 |
| 13. | A Compass Will Do You No Good Here | 6:39 |
Credits
Mark Steiner & His Problems
SAUDADE
All songs produced by Henry Hugo & Mark Steiner
Arranged & performed by Mark Steiner & His Problems
Recorded & engineered by Henry Hugo at Stagger Home Studios, Oslo between June 2012 & January 2014
Additional overdubs engineered by Henry Hugo at Untuned Mobile Studio, Zurich, except:
Mark Steiner’s guitar overdubs engineered by Henry Hugo at Schutzplätze Studio, Zürich
Mark Steiner’s vocal overdubs engineered by Henry Hugo at Rabben Studio, Nesodden, Norway
Sally Norvell's vocal overdubs engineered by Martin Bisi at BC Studio, New York City
Portuguese guitar on “Saudade” & lead guitar on “Unbearable” engineered by Rudi Dias in Coimbra, Portugal
Mick Harvey “Closing Time” vocal recorded in Melbourne, Australia
Graeme Miller “Waves” sonic guitars recorded in Glasgow, Scotland
Emil Nikolaisen “Love is Gone” guitars recorded at Malabar Studio, Oslo
Dag Stiberg “Love is Gone” saxophone recorded at Stagger Home Music, Oslo
Rosie Westbrook “Saudade” double bass overdubbed in St. Kilda, Australia
“Hallelujah the Hills” ~ Backing vocals recorded by Toto Strapporava at Tecson Bs.As., Buenos Aires •
Children singing vocals recorded by HH at Krippe Apfelblüte, Witikon, Zürich, • Children playing recorded by MS in NYC
Mixed by Martin Bisi at BC Studio, Brooklyn, NYC, USA, January 2014 except:
“Don’t Explain” & “Hallelujah the Hills” mixed by Henry Hugo
“Dead Radio,” “Venus in Furs,” & “Compass” mixed by Mark Steiner
“Fortitude” mixed by Martin Bisi, additional mix by Mark Steiner
Mastering by Toto Strapporava at PM Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cover photograph: “Natur” taken in Vík i Myrdal, Iceland, by Merethe Holtet ©2011 - used with kind permission
Inner jacket: sketched illustration of Mark Steiner by Bill Plympton ©2011 - used with kind permission
Graphic design & layout by Mark Steiner
All songs except where noted ©2014 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music • www.staggerhome.com
All songs registered for mechanical rights royalty distribution via TONO, Norway
Mark Steiner is a registered member of TONO, MFO, GramArt & Norsk Artistforbund
For Jojo-min ~ This album dedicated also in fond memory of Adolfas Mekas, Rowland S. Howard, & lost loves everywhere
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Mark Steiner is a well-known figure in Oslo’s music underworld, and he’s been around in Norway for so long that many assume that he is Norwegian. He is not. This ex-New Yorker is a wandering scoundrel who one might find hanging out in the shadowy corners of a pub at closing time. A international musical vagrant who might walk the streets with Stuart Staples, Nick Cave, and Rowland S. Howard...