Jeff Greinke

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jeff Greinke
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Background = solo_singer
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Origin = United States
Instrument = Keyboards, guitar
Genre = Ambient music Jazz Electronic music World music
Experimental Music
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1980 – present
Label = Intrepid, Multimood, Dossier, First World Music, Ear-Rational, Hypnos, Silent, Prudence, Periplum, Extreme, Linden, Projekt, Weird Amplexus, Lotusspike
Associated_acts = LAND Hana Dennis Rea Faith & Disease Art Zoyd
URL = [http://www.jeffgreinke.com/ Official website]

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Jeff Greinke 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.cite web
last = Cooper
first = Sean
title = All Music Guide Biography
url = http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3zfuxq85ldhe~T1
accessdate = 2007-10-24 ] Greinke's approach on his ambient works is to heavily layer, mutitrack, and texture soundscapes, effectively using the studio as an instrument.cite web
title = LAND
work = LAND
publisher = Extreme
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url = http://www.xtr.com/catalog/xcd-032.php
accessdate = 2007-11-15 ]

in 1993 Grienke founded the group LAND,cite web
last = Rea
first = Dennis
authorlink = Dennis Rea
title = LAND
url = http://www.dennisrea.com/LAND.html
accessdate = 2007-10-24 ] described by guitarist Dennis Rea as "an odd blend of jazz, rock, electronic, and world music."cite book
last = Rea
first = Dennis
authorlink = Dennis Rea
title = Live at the Forbidden City
publisher = iUniverse
date = 2006
pages = 179
url = http://www.dennisrea.com/forbidden.html
isbn = ISBN 0-595-39048-X] LAND released three albums between 1995 and 2001 and also played live extensively, including a 1996 tour of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.cite web
last = Rea
first = Dennis
authorlink = Dennis Rea
title = LAND
url = http://www.dennisrea.com/LAND.html
accessdate = 2007-10-24 ]

Greinke is also half of the duo Hana with Sky Cries Mary vocalist Anisa Romero. Hana has released two albums to date.cite web
last = Greinke
first = Jeff
authorlink =Jeff Greinke
title = Bio
publisher = Jeff Greinke
url =http://www.jeffgreinke.com/bio.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-15]

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)cite web
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title = Jeff Greinke Discography
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publisher = www.theedge.ws
date = 2007-08-02
url = http://www.the-edge.ws/greinke/
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accessdate = 2007-10-24 ]

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External links

* [http://www.jeffgreinke.com - Official website]
* [http://www.chaoscontrol.com/?article=hana - Jeff Greinke interview from Chaos Control Digizine (2001)]