Artist / Band
Jordan Klassen
Biography
This is music built out of pure imagination; with twinkles of xylophone keys and the snapping of fingers to pronounce a beat; with playful whistles that bridge a melody and bashfully plucked strings, Jordan Klassen knows how to craft exquisitely eccentric music. Violins are rolling awake while drowsy piano notes are sustained over the hollow echoes of wine glass sighs. Backup vocals are called out from afar, delicately finger-picked guitars cultivate melodies, feet lash out in earthy thumps. All topped off with the true allure of this artist: his ethereal voice.
Each song is a novel, thoughtfully changing directions in tone and in mood by the addition and subtraction of instruments. While many musicians can be dependent on a multitude of instruments to keep a song full, Klassen's tasteful placement of his musical additions never dominate, but are sparks added to brighten each song. It is a perfect balance, complementary to his hushed voice and wispy guitar.
This wonderfully imaginative world has been making its mark on listeners nation-wide, and Klassen has quickly acquired quite the resume in the past year. He has received significant airplay on CBC Radio 1 and 2, including a live recording at the 2010 TransCanada Alberta Music Series in Calgary, and was showcased at the 2009 Rifflandia festival in Victoria just months after the release of his debut. More recently, Klassen was added to the bill at the 2010 Calgary Folk Music Festival, where he won the Voter's Choice in the Galaxie Rising Star event.
Tracks
90 tracks
Tempest & Winter (2009)
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Introduction
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Anatomical Literacy
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The Most Bored David Jules Ever Got
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Miss Parsons on a Blustery Day
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Song of Deborah
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Ask Me Not, Astronaut
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East of Sun - West of Moon
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Prepare, Ye
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Sing Your Song to Ares
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Harvest March
St. Brigid EP (2010)
6 tracks
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For Jessica
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Song in Winter
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In Bodrum, Near the Castle
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On Your Collarbone
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St. Brigid Feast Day
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You are the Branches
Kindness (2012)
5 tracks
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Go To Me
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I am a Collector
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Threads
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Call and Answer
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Ask Me Not, Astronaut (Teen Daze Remix)
Santa Klassen (2012)
2 tracks
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
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Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Repentance (2013)
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Sweet Chariot
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Piano Brother
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The Horses Are Stuck
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Goodhart's Law
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Ranchero
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Go to Me
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May is Blood Month
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Balcony
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Strengthen Me With Raisins
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The Scribe of Doorposts
Javelin (2016)
10 tracks
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Glory B
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Gargoyles
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No Salesman
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Baby Moses
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Miles
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We Got Married
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St Fraser
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Delilah
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Light in the Evening
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Smoking Too Long
Big Intruder (2017)
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Hard to Please
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The Same Thing Over and Over
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Yer Cure
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Dominika
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Too Far Gone
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Sylvia Plath Girl
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Housefly
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Big Intruder
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Hard Hard Heart
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Hotshot Runaway
Tell Me What To Do (2020)
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Loss for Words
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Ministry of Doubt
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Arrive With You
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Virtuous Circle
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Surprised - Not Surprised
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I Want to Move in to Your House
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Tell Me What to Do
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None of My Answers
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Identivacation
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A Letter to Jesse Boy
Glossolalia (2022)
10 tracks
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Lotusland
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Milk and Honey
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Hard On Myself
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Carried Away
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Good Intentions
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Brothers in Arms
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Pangea
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Ash Wednesday
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Niko
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Sleeper in the Cabin
Marginalia (2023)
10 tracks
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You Yourself
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Casey
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Greener Hills
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Cocoon
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King of the Empire
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Overstep
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Live Another Life
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Old Flame
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Where Else Would I Go?
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Vanya
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