Music and words : JanKun
Performed and recorded at home in Kyoto in July 2021
Picture used for the artwork : Carol M. Highsmith (public domain CC0 image)
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When The Lights Are Gone (DEMO)

A song inspired by recent world events, the update of doomsday clock and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.

Composed and performed at home by JanKun

M.A.D

McD let me work on one of his track. This is my first attempt at cinematic orchestral arrangement.


Check out McD on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/NswNc

Inherited Damages (McD composition JanKun arrangement)

Composition by Michael Levy
Piano performed by Michael Levy
Orchestration by JanKun

Michael Levy is a very prolific jazz and classical composer who kindly let me orchestrate this track. 

Monet’s Lunch (Michael Levy & JanKun)

Cover of the Tim Buckley song
Performed and Produced at home, in Kyoto

Song To The Siren (Tim Buckley cover)

Improvised Piano Composition performed by Michael Levy
Orchestration by JanKun

Metropolis (Michael Levy & JanKun)

First single from the French project Oripeaux

Lyrics: Jack D. Tickett / JanKun
Music: JanKun
Orchestration performed by the Imaginary Orchestra
Produced in Kyoto, 2022

Paraît-il (Oripeaux)

McD kindly let me create an orchestration for his piano trio composition called Piano Frenzy.
The idea was extended and the arrangement was created in an attempt to depict how frenzy arouses in waves during moments of euphoria.

Composition: McD
Orchestration: JanKun

In Frantic Waves (McD & JanKun collaboration)

Cover of the Iron And Wine song ‘Passing Afternoon’ written by Samuel Ervin Beam.

Bernie «Bootsy» Tonning : acoustic guitar, main vocals
JanKun : acoustic guitars, backing vocals, orchestration

Bootsy recorded at home in Colorado
JanKun recorded and produced the track at home in Kyoto

Passing Afternoon (Iron And Wine cover)

The music was composed over the last 2 years. Lyrics were inspired by the tragic events taking place in Ukraine.
Music & lyrics by JanKun
Performed and produced in Kyoto

Somewhere Nicer (Oripeaux)

Songwriting: Richard Yot
Arrangement & production : JanKun
Mix: Richard Yot & JanKun
Vocals performed and recorded by Richard Yot in UK
All instruments and backing vocals performed by JanKun in Kyoto, Japan.

I Wanted To Be There For You (w. Richard Yot)

Another collaboration with Richard Yot who sent me a sketch for this song and let me create a full arrangement for it

Songwriting: Richard Yot
Main vocals: Richard Yot
Backing vocals: JanKun
Arrangement / production: JanKun
Mixing: JanKun and Richard Yot

Higher and Higher (with Richard Yot)

Paul Davids Solo Challenge July2023

With the release of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer coming next week, I thought it was the right time to complete this piece I started 6 months ago and didn't finish.
The initial idea was planted when I was on a trip to Nagasaki one year and a half ago. While walking the streets in Urakami valley, it was hard to imagine that almost 80 years before, all demons from hell had been unleashed there...

This piece started as a sonic experimentation with the contemporary music genre known as sonorism and loosely based on György Ligeti's work which got me hypnotized the first time I heard it in Stanley Kubrick's 2001, A Space Odyssey.
At the beginning this was just noodling around with dense textures but very quickly, remembering my trip in Nagasaki, it became very clear what this piece would be about: A short journey in the horror on August 9, 1945, 11:02 am.

Urakami, August 9, 1945, 11:02am

Lighthouses are made to guide us through the dark on our journey. Who turned off the lights?


Collaborative work with my dear friend Rising Tree Sighs who took care of the mix

Humming Lighthouse (with Rising Tree Sighs)

Composed and performed by Oripeaux
Produced by JanKun in Kyoto, August 2023

Then a Sunray Tore the Clouds as You Left Us All behind

A collaboration with Cthonicist (Irena Svetlovska) who provided a drone. The whole track was built around it

Drone : Ctonicist
Music: Oripeaux
Lyrics: Oripeaux

Performed by Oripeaux
Produced by JanKun (Kyoto September 2023)

Lorelei’s Lullaby (w. Cthonicist)

Lyrics and vocals melody: Richard Yot
Music and Arrangement: Oripeaux

Rhythm guitar 1 and main vocals performed  and recorded by Richard Yot in UK
All other instruments and backing vocals performed by Oripeaux
Recorded and Produced by JanKun, Kyoto, September 2023

The Way You Want It (w. Richard Yot)

Composition and Orchestration by JanKun
Performed by DAPI orchestra

Kyoto, October 2023

A Troll Calling A Kettle Black (Halloween Tale)

Orchestral work initially created for The Audiobus Forum Collective work to recreate a soundtrack for the Fritz Lang masterpiece Metropolis. The project gathered amazing contributions from the community of creators but had to be removed from YouTube due to obscure copyright claims even though the footage used felt into public domain. Decided to upload it here to keep a trace of my work

Composition and orchestration by JanKun
Performed by the DAPimaginary Orchestra

From Under

Out Of The Blue

Collaboration with Nagai for the sampling competition 'SAMPLING HOLST'. Music was created using only sets of given samples from Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'

Part1: Black beauty attraction, Runaway while you can, Major Tom !
Part2: You entered the event horizon, Major Tom, we lost you !
Part3: Did you reach the singularity, Major Tom, where did it lead you?

image: courtesy from NASA

SMBH

Not Fire Not Ice.m4a

Experimentation to recreate the good old dirty sound from Delta Blues recordings on iPad. The guitar part was quickly put together using open D tuning, so don’t expect anything special from this one. Inspired by Sylvester Weaver’s “Guitar Rag” and Mississippi John Hurt’s “Payday”.

Mayday

First track of the forthcoming album "Life And Death Of Little Blake Johnson". The release date is still uncertain as the remaining tracks are still under restoration. Stay tuned !

The Life And Death Of Little Blake Johnson

The Birth Of Little Blake Johnson

The Birth Of Little Blake Johnson v2

Mayday v2

Uploaded with AudioShare app - http://kymatica.com/audioshare

You Are Not Alone

Lyrics written by Richard Yot except the bridge, written by JanKun
Music by JanKun
Recorded and produced by JanKun at home in Kyoto.
Artwork by JanKun inspired by the work of Kumi Yamashita.

A big thank you to Richard Yot for letting me use his beautiful words.
Check out richardyot on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/F2DNu

Box Of Things

French songwriter, arranger and producer currently living in Kyoto.
my latest project is named Oripeaux, and includes French lyrics written in collaboration with my brother, the french novelist Jack D. Tickett and music I perform and produce.

I recently started a YouTube channel which is mainly (at least for now) oriented towards acoustic covers of songs I like:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCLA7yOMvm0xfaDEtzVbq64g


Here are few links to the previous band/projects I was involved in.

https://shoredisorder.bandcamp.com/album/shore-disorder

https://felixhans.bandcamp.com/

https://bandit112.bandcamp.com/album/animals-first



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