Jeff Greinke

Jeff Greinke (b. 1959) is an American ambient rock and jazz rock 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. Greinke's approach on his ambient works is to heavily layer, multitrack, and texture soundscapes, effectively using the studio as an instrument. In 1993 Greinke founded the group LAND, described by guitarist Dennis Rea as "an odd blend of jazz, rock, electronic, and world music." LAND released three albums between 1995 and 2001 and also played live extensively, including a 1996 tour of China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Greinke is also half of the duo Hana with Sky Cries Mary vocalist Anisa Romero. Hana has released two albums to date. Greinke spent his early life in New Jersey, later moving with his family to Chicago and Pennsylvania. He studied meteorology at Penn State University, where he began composing and performing music in 1980, then relocated to Seattle in 1982, before eventually settling in Tucson. 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 Cooper, Sean. "Allmusic Biography". Retrieved 2007-10-24. "LAND". Extreme. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-11-15. 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". Biography portal Official website Jeff Greinke interview from Chaos Control Digizine (2001)