Medium Productions was a record label created in 1993 primarily to publish the music of Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri, and Mick Karn, ex-members of the band Japan and Rain Tree Crow. Medium was a means to release their own music with other collaborating artists, without 'big record label' compromise. Fifteen CDs of innovative and largely instrumental music were produced over a ten year period. Medium Productions folded in 2004 as the founders decided it was time for a change of direction and became more involved in other projects (such as Porcupine Tree, Nine Horses). The entire MP catalog has been re-released on the Voiceprint Music label beginning in 2001.

Contents 1 Releases 2 Related 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Releases

• MPCD1: "Beginning to Melt" - Jansen/Barbieri/Karn (1993) -with Steven Wilson, Robby Aceto, David Torn, Rob Dean
• MPCD2: "Seed" - Jansen/Barbieri/Karn -instrumental 4-track mini-CD (1994)
• MPCD3: "Stone to Flesh" - Jansen & Barbieri (1995)
• MPCD4: "Other Worlds in a Small Room" - Jansen & Barbieri (1995) -ambient/instrumental
• MPCD5: "Indigo Falls" (Richard & Suzanne Barbieri) (1997) -vocals by S. Barbieri
• MPCD6: "Changing Hands" - Jansen/Barbieri/Nobukazu Takemura (1997)
• MPCD7: "Pulse" - Jansen & Yukihiro Takahashi (1999)
• MPCD8: "Liquid Glass" - Karn & Yoshihiro Hanno (1999)
• MPCD9: "_ism" - JBK (=Jansen/Barbieri/Karn) (1999)
• MPCD10: "Pulse Remix" -remixes by 4 Hero, Reflection, Spacer, Fantastic Plastic Machine, DJ Spooky
• MPCD11: "Medium Label Sampler" (1999) - one track from each previous release (except MPCD2&4)
• MPCD12: "Each Eye a Path" - Karn (2001)
• MPCD13: "Playing in a Room with People" - JBK (2001) -live/instrumental, with Steven Wilson & Theo Travis
• MPCD14: "Kinoapparatom" - Jansen & Claudio Chianura (2001) -live/soundtrack recorded for the silent film "The Man with The Movie Camera"
• MPCD15: "Each Path a Remix" (2003) -remixes by Torn, Chianura, Hanno, Barbieri, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Paul Wong

[edit] Related

Prior to forming the Medium Productions label, Jansen & Barbieri released music as The Dolphin Brothers ("Catch the Fall", 1987, EMI/Virgin), and simply as Jansen & Barbieri ("Stories Across Borders", 1991, Virgin). The former includes vocals by Jansen and has a laid-back 80s electro-pop sound. The latter is an instrumental album very similar to music found on the Medium releases, particularly "Stone to Flesh"; three tracks from "Stories Across Borders" are performed live on MPCD13. Also falling in this time period was the "Rain Tree Crow" release with David Sylvian in 1991.

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] External links

The following three websites stock some Medium Productions recordings:

• Voiceprint Music site - UK based
• Burning Shed site - UK based
• Artist Shop site - US based
• Medium Productions site (closed down since August 2006)

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