Jeff Greinke

Jeff Greinke
Origin	United States
Genres	Ambient Dark ambient Electronic Noise Jazz World music Experimental
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, guitar
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Intrepid, Multimood, Dossier, First World Music, Ear-Rational, Hypnos, Silent, Prudence, Periplum, Extreme, Linden, Projekt, Weird Amplexus, Lotusspike

Website	Official website

Musical artist

Jeff Greinke (b. 1959) is an American ambient music and jazz artist and composer currently based in Tucson, Arizona. He is known as one of the pioneers of dark ambient music, with his earlier solo albums often compared to works by Robert Rich, Brian Eno, and Vidna Obmana.^[1] Greinke's approach on his ambient works is to heavily layer, multitrack, and texture soundscapes, effectively using the studio as an instrument.^[2]

In 1993 Greinke founded the group LAND,^[3] described by guitarist Dennis Rea as "an odd blend of jazz, rock, electronic, and world music."^[4] LAND released three albums between 1995 and 2001 and also played live extensively, including a 1996 tour of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.^[3]

Greinke is also half of the duo Hana with Sky Cries Mary vocalist Anisa Romero. Hana has released two albums to date.^[5]

Greinke spent his early life in New Jersey, later moving with his family to Chicago and Pennsylvania.^[6] He studied meteorology at Penn State University, where he began composing and performing music in 1980,^[7] then relocated to Seattle in 1981, before eventually settling in Tucson.

Discography

In LAND

1995 : LAND (studio album)
1997 : Archipelago (studio album)
2001 : Road Movies (studio album)

In Hana

1999 : Hana (studio album)
2001 : Omen (studio album)

with Rob Angus

1984 : Night and Fog (studio album)
1992 : Crossing Ngoli (studio album)

with Pierre Perret

1989 : Fragment 1 (studio album)

with Art Zoyd and J.A. Deane

1990 : Art Zoyd – J.A. Deane – J. Greinke (studio album)

with Faith & Disease

2002 : Dream the Red Clouds

Solo albums

1984 : Before the Storm (studio album)
1985 : Cities in Fog (studio album)
1986 : Over Ruins (studio album)
1987 : Places of Motility (studio album)
1987 : Moving Climates (studio album)
1988 : Timbral Planes (studio album)
1990 : Changing Skies (studio album)
1992 : Lost Terrain (studio album)
1993 : In Another Place (studio album)
1994 : Big Weather (studio album)
1997 : Cities in Fog 2 (studio album)
1998 : Swimming (studio album)
1999 : Ride (studio album)
2002 : Wide View (studio album)
2003 : Weather From Another Planet
(studio album)
2004 : Soundtracks (studio album)
2007 : Winter Light (studio album)
2009 : Virga (studio album)
2011 : Cities In Fog 2 (studio album)
2013 : Scenes From A Train (studio album)
2018 : Before Sunrise (studio album)
2021 : Other Weather (studio album)

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Notes

^ Cooper, Sean. "Allmusic Biography". Retrieved 2007-10-24.
^ "LAND". Extreme. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
^ ^a ^b Rea, Dennis. "LAND". Retrieved 2007-10-24.
^ Rea, Dennis (2006). Live at the Forbidden City. iUniverse. p. 179. ISBN 0-595-39048-X. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30.
^ Greinke, Jeff. "Bio". Jeff Greinke. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
^ "Ultravillage | A collector's guide to underground new age and ambient music".
^ "Jeff Greinke".
^ "Jeff Greinke Discography". www.discogs.com. 2017-07-06.