Recorded from 2013-2016 with contributions from Blake DeGraw (Plancklength, FHTAGN), Patrick Neill Gundran (Uneasy Chairs), Ryan Soper (Fox/Soper Duo) and Jacob Powers.

Released on The State51 Conspiracy:
https://thestate51conspiracy.com/

Available for purchase here:
https://jaanderson.bandcamp.com/track/sa-d-ri-l-plains-a
https://jaanderson.bandcamp.com/track/sa-d-ri-l-plains-b

Saɪˈdɪəriəl_Plains

Saɪˈdɪəriəl_Plains (Sidereal Plains)

Recorded in an empty apartment building in Bremerton, Washington.

Blake DeGraw - saxophone
Kevin Lewis - cello
Jeff Anderson - double bass

Here Comes Columbus

An early foray into MIDI recording techniques, 2019.
A tribute of sorts to an unknown Soundcloud user.

Reken Gwîl

A remix of a remix of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman", 2019.

O Superman III_

This is my version of The Unanswered Question, composed by Charles Ives.

"The Unanswered Question is a musical work by American composer Charles Ives. Originally paired with Central Park in the Dark as Two Contemplations in 1908,[a] The Unanswered Question was revised by Ives in 1930–1935. As with many of Ives' works, it was largely unknown until much later in his life, and was not performed until 1946.

Against a background of slow, quiet strings representing "The Silence of the Druids", a solo trumpet poses "The Perennial Question of Existence", to which a woodwind quartet of "Fighting Answerers" tries vainly to provide an answer, growing more frustrated and dissonant until they give up. The three groups of instruments perform in independent tempos and are placed separately on the stage—the strings offstage." – Wikipedia

The Unanswered Question

Pictured: original writers and performers of the song Hello Ma Baby, Joseph E. Howard & Ida Emerson, 1898.

Hello Ma Baby

Samples of Kevin Lewis on electric cello.

Image: the "cello horn", Flyin' Fiddler.

Kevin's Heaven

The Golden Hour

Image: Roberto Bertero
Dedicated to my son, Bjorn.

"The spirit of the depths opened my eyes and I caught a glimpse of the inner things, the world of my soul, the many-formed and changing."
– C. G. Jung

Dozing in the Alps

A completed MIDI study written during an overnight layover at the Denver International Airport, en route to Kansas City.

Photo by arinahabich/Getty Images.

Music written and recorded in 2013.
Photo of Stone Sky by Florian Holzherr, courtesy of James Turrell, 2005.

2006-2011

Mirage

JAAnderson (aka Jeff Anderson) is a Seattle-based musician and sculptor, a contributor to the Wayward Music Series, Sonarchy Radio and a host of Northwest music collectives. Such instrumental projects include Seattle's oblique, Steve Reich-esque Plancklength and FHTAGN. Other songwriting pop/rock entries on bass and guitar include Daguerreotypes, Moon Dial, Tea Cozies and more recently Garden Party. 

Saɪˈdɪəriəl_Plains (sidereal plains) was released on UK label state51conspiracy in 2016 and features contributions from Blake DeGraw (Plancklength, FHTAGN), Patrick Neill Gundran (Uneasy Chairs), Ryan Soper (Fox/Soper Duo) and Jacob Powers.

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