‘!JP – SAEN a collection’ will be released, in conjunction with Amazon.com, by the Crommania Recording Organization on 1st May 2007. Legal downloads will be released, in conjunction with iMusician Digital, by the Crommania Recording Organization on 1st October 2007. A vinly version will be released by the Crommania Recording Organization on 1st November 2007.

A collection of !JP’s recordings over the years will be released for the first time on such a commercial way.

The fourteen tracks, chosen by Jean, span his career; from early songs from debut album ‘Man Sized Sex Ted’ (1990) to his twelfth album ‘Notes from Purgatory’, released in 2006.

The full tracklisting is:
 

Disc info for SAEN – a collection:

Credits

All songs written by Jean Koning, except where indicated.

Calendar Boy – Vocals and guitars: Jean. Drums, percussion and bass: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

Old Friend – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Jan van Zon.
Produced by Jean.
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Two lovers who seize to be – Vocals and piano: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Witch – Vocals and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Everybody else’s boy’

Two Towers – Vocal, harmonium and percussion: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Last Day – – Vocal and synths: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely. Bass and synth-bass: Tomas.
Produced by Jean
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
Previously unreleased.

Strangers – Vocal and guitar: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Easter Jesus – Vocal and synths: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely. Bass: Tomas.
Produced by Jean and Joel Franssen.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team.
From the album ‘YZ – the lost songs’

Some Say… - Vocals, guitars and synths: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Male agents on radio: Rob and Jan. Female agent on radio: Maria.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

Suitcase – Vocals, guitars, wind chime and timpani: Jean.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’

A Singer must Die (solo piano deed) – Vocal and piano: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
Exclusively recorded for an action for Stop AIDS Now.
Previously unreleased on an album.
Original version appeared on ‘A Singer must Die’

Begbie Doesn’t live here (single version) – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Bass: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
From the ‘Begbie/Tolerance EP’
Original version appeared on ‘Notes from Purgatory’

2 them – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’
 

Earthquake Land – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Sylvia Selhorst.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’
Music by !JP, lyrics by Jean Koning.

All original recordings: reconditioned by the subterranean homesick team.
Assistant engineer: Adam Sulph.
Mastered by Juul Franssen.
Reconditioned, recorded and remixed at the sound laboratory.

Project direction: Me and the Guns.
Main Laboratorist: little dr Adam.
Chef: the Mrs.
Computer technician: Bradley Meego.
Household coordinator: the Powers that Be.
Mary Poppins: Mom.
Building of the empirical laboratory: John and sometimes Martijn.
The Travel: limo’s to the moon and back provided by a tiny green drink called Absinth.

Photography: Jean Koning.
Project accounting: Manon.
Legal representation: Jamie.
Booking through: jeankoning.com
 

Thanks to:
Quintana Rain for having a sense of humor being dragged all over the planet because daddy refuses to live a normal life. Manon Koning, alias CALM IN HOLLAND, thanks for the opportunity to need many pairs of Doc’s. Mr Jan van Zon, my replacement of rocket fuel. Mom and Dad, all my love. Mike and Debbie, Wesley, Phillip and Kelly, Cody, Casey, Kit, Kelsey, Cory and Dr. Mary Dobbins. Irene, you are the most patient woman on this planet. Stephen, my light that never goes out. David. Myra. Fiona, Alice, Shirley, Bonnie, Will Oldham, PJ Harvey, Maria, the Lunchettes, Jacques, Bill, Mikey, Arjan, Marco and Marc. The Gays. Jean Paul G. once enough? I dunno… Rob and Misja for radio opportunities. Both, for all the pics over the years. Jonah, for producing that first one. All the musicians over the years and especially Mr. Van Weely, once a brother in bad taste.

This compilation c/p 2007
 

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For the more frequent listener there is also a more expanded version of SAEN.

‘!JP – SAEN’ and ‘!JP – SAEN2’ will be released 1jp organization on 1st February 2007.

A collection of !JP’s recordings over the years will be released for the first time on such a commercial way.

Available on 2 separately available CD’s, the twenty-eight tracks, chosen by Jean, span his career; from early songs from debut album ‘Man Sized Sex Ted’ (1990) to his twelfth album ‘Notes from Purgatory’, released in 2006.

The full tracklisting is

1. Offices
2. Calendar Boy
3. Old Friend
4. SK
5. One morning you will be mine
6. Two lovers who seize to be
7. Head
8. Witch
9. Soviets
10. There’s a stranger in my room
11. Quite Awake
12. Two Towers
13. Last Day
14. Strangers
15. The Amber inside the Piss
16. Easter Jesus
17. Let’s do it
18. Adventures in Room 14
19. Some Say…
20. Third Key
21. Kissing
22. Not even the Rain
23. Suitcase
24. A Singer must Die
25. 2 them
26. Screw
27. Earthquake Land
28. Joseph doesn’t like it

Disc info for SAEN/SAEN2:

Credits

All songs written by Jean Koning, except where indicated.

Offices – Vocals, guitar, synth and computer: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely. Bass: Sylvia Selhorst.
Produced by !JP
From the album ‘A Singer must Die’
Contains lyric-samples from ‘Karma Police’ by Radiohead.

Calendar Boy – Vocals and guitars: Jean. Drums, percussion and bass: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

Old Friend – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Jan van Zon.
Produced by Jean.
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

SK – Vocal, synths and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Tomas.
Produced by Jean and Joel Franssen
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘YZ – the lost songs’
Contains a lyric-sample from ‘Father Lucifer’ by Tori Amos.

One morning you will be mine – Vocal: Jean.
Produced by Jonathan van Gammeren.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Man Sized Sex Ted’

Two lovers who seize to be – Vocals and piano: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Head (solo piano deed) – Vocal and piano: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
From the internet release ‘Hellacious Discotheque’
Original version appeared on ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Witch – Vocals and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Everybody else’s boy’

Soviets – Vocals, guitars and synth: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team.
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

There’s a stranger in my room – Guitar, piano and synth: Jean. Percussion: Van Weely.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’

Quite Awake – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Guitar: Van Weely. Drums: Chris Dieffenbach.
Produced by Jean
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘I need somebody smarter than me’
Written by Koning/McKee.

Two Towers – Vocal, harmonium and percussion: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Last Day – Vocal and synths: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely. Bass and synth-bass: Tomas.
Produced by Jean
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
Previously unreleased.

Strangers – Vocal and guitar: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

The Amber inside the Piss – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums, percussion and bass: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

Easter Jesus – Vocal and synths: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely. Bass: Tomas.
Produced by Jean and Joel Franssen.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘YZ – the lost songs’

Let’s do it – Vocal and synths: Jean. Drums and percussion: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean and Joel Franssen.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team.
From the album ‘XY’

Adventures in Room 14 – Vocals, guitars, violin, synths and percussion: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Narrator: Sean Gullette
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’
Contains a sample from the film ‘Pi’
Written by Koning/Van Weely

Some Say… - Vocals, guitars and synths: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Male agents on radio: Rob and Jan. Female agent on radio: Maria.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Surrender the Pink’

Third Key – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Bass: Van Weely. Oboe: Vanessa Hoekstra. Trumpet: Marc vander Steen. Cello: Jane Campton.
Produced by Jean.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘Notes from Purgatory’

Kissing – Vocal and guitar – Jean.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’

Not even the Rain – Vocals, piano, sampler, synths and violin: Jean. Percussion and programming: Van Weely. Bass: Sylvia Selhorst.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘A Singer must Die’
Contains a lyric-sample from ‘Somewhere I have never traveled’ by ee Cummings.
Contains a sample from the film ‘Fightclub’

Suitcase – Vocals, guitars, wind chime and timpani: Jean.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’ 

A Singer must Die (solo piano deed) – Vocal and piano: Jean.
Produced by Jean.
Exclusively recorded for an action for Stop AIDS Now.
Previously unreleased on an album.
Original version appeared on ‘A Singer must Die’

2 them – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’

Screw (alternative version) – Vocal and piano: Jean. Drums: Van Weely.
Produced by Jean.
Released as a video-performance on the 1jp site.
Previously unreleased on an album.
Original version appeared on ‘Surrender the Pink’

Earthquake Land – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Sylvia Selhorst.
Produced by !JP
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
From the album ‘L’Hôtel du Freaks’
Music by !JP, lyrics by Jean Koning.

Joseph doesn’t like it – Vocal and guitar: Jean. Drums: Van Weely. Bass: Jan van Zon.
Produced by Rob Hendriks.
Remixed by the Cul-de-Sac Remixing Team
Played and broadcasted live during the Christmas Show 2005 on Zaanradio.
Previously unreleased on an album.

This compilation c/p 2007
5 p 1990; 11 p 1997; 8, 17 p 2000; 4, 13, 16 p 2001; 1, 22 p 2002; 10, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27 p 2003; 2, 9, 15, 19, 24, 26 p 2004; 28 p 2005; 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 20 p 2006

SAEN/SAEN2 is a part of the REFLECTIONS program.

Available at the 1jp shop.