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From the Ground Up

by Jan Vaschuk

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1.
Air 02:06
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2.
I Wish I'd Never Said That 03:54
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3.
From the Ground Up 06:01
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4.
Pictures 05:37
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5.
Radio Silence 03:32
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6.
One of Us 05:22
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7.
Stranger 04:09
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8.
All I Need to Know 05:28
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9.
Bridges 05:14
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10.
High Fashion 03:30
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11.
Dawn Flight 02:58
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12.
Reminiscences 02:21
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13.
Air (Voice Memo) 01:42

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From the Ground Up is Jan's fourth studio album and his first vocal-centric release after almost a two-year-long instrumental journey during which he has been exploring the realm of contemporary classical and new age piano genres. In fact, the pianistic deviation has left its mark on Jan's style, resulting in extended intros and outros and full-blown orchestral arrangements interwoven with his trademark multi-layer synth stacks.

The opening track, “Air”, has been inspired by the aviation accident that happened in the early 2000s and during which the Cypriot airplane got depressurised at 35,000 ft causing 120 passengers to literally freeze up in the air. One of them managed to send a message to his cousin. The true news story is also intertwined with Jan's personal experience of quitting the job in his home town and flying to the US to start it all from scratch in San Francisco with its bustling music scene and famously unreasonable rent prices. The experience that had some fairly hard turns, sending him into a mental nosedive that he narrowly escaped.

This special Bandcamp edition includes the original voice memo of the opening song recorded in Jan's apartment in Leipzig where he washed up after his Californian shipwreck.

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released August 28, 2020

All songs are written and produced by Jan Vaschuk
Mixing and mastering by Jan Vaschuk

Recorded at Echolux Studios Leipzig in 2020

Cover photo by Anton Ilinski

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Jan Vaschuk Berlin, Germany

Hi, my name is Jan, I'm a composer, pianist and music producer. I was a drummer in an indie band, after that I started a solo trip hop project which uncontrollably turned into a post-britpop duo as I was joined by an uber talented guitarist. Later on, I moved to Mars where I learned to play piano and started writing dance music for low-gravity worlds. It would probably be easier to just listen. ... more

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