in an attempt to deviate from my own trappings as a musician." The album was released on Samadhi Sound, and features Sylvian in a "bluesy" duet with Joan Wasser, and contributions by Anja Garbarek, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Thomas Feiner and Nina Kinert. On 15 April 2016 Jansen released a second solo album entitled Tender Extinction via Bandcamp and other digital music retailers. Jansen has continued to work on new compositions, some of which he has released as standalone tracks, and continues to be in demand as a producer and collaborator, working with musicians across a range of genres. A recent re-release of the 1995 Jansen/Barbieri album Stone to Flesh includes a new track entitled "Map of Falling," composed by the two musicians in 2015. During his time with Japan, Jansen dabbled in photography, documenting the band and their transient lifestyle. He held small-scale photographic exhibitions in Tokyo and London during 1982 and 1983, respectively. A selection of these images are available on his website. In October 2015, Steve released a book of his photography entitled Through a Quiet Window through the Japanese publisher Artes Publishing. Jansen maintained a Tumblr blog under the username of "Sleepyard" as an additional avenue to publish his photography and answer fan questions, but wrote a post on in April 2016 stating that he would no longer maintain it, citing his displeasure with the platform as a whole. Later in the same month, Jansen re-launched his blog through WordPress. 2014 Jansen formed a new musical project, Exit North, with 3 Swedish musicians Charlie Storm, Ulf Jansson and Thomas Feiner. They worked together in Charlie Storms studio in Gothenburg, and the album was released 1 October 2018, called Book of Romance and Dust. Exit North played live in Tokyo 27 September 2019. In 2020 Exit North released a new single Let the Hearts Desire, and are in the process of writing new material for a second album. Views Jansen is an atheist and describes astrology as "almost as bonkers as religion." Discography Solo albums 2007 – Slope (Samadhi Sound) 2016 – Tender Extinction 2017 – The Extinct Suite 2018 – Corridor 2022 – Neither Present nor Absent with Japan 1978 – Adolescent Sex (Hansa Records) 1978 – Obscure Alternatives (Hansa Records) 1979 – Quiet Life (Hansa Records) 1980 – Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Virgin records) 1981 – Tin Drum (Virgin Records) 1981 – Assemblage (compilation) (Hansa Records) 1983