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Jandek

g, voc, *1945 US, Houston
Rock
A.k.a. Sterling Richard Smith The Units (4)

Born: October 26, 1945, Houston, Texas. Strange, reclusive, yet prolific artist. Little is known about him. Music ranges from blues and electric boogie music to spoken word and avant-garde chamber music. Runs the Corwood Industries label for his own releases, the first of which was credited to The Units (4) and appeared in 1978. All subsequent recordings have been credited to Jandek (including all reissues of the Units album). Jandek performed his first concert unannounced in 2004, 26 years after he released his debut. He has gone on to perform a handful of concerts every year since, slowly releasing them in their entirety on Corwood.

     
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Rock
  • Blues
  • World
  • Folk
  • Jazz
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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Houston TuesdayJandek2018Album
Hamman HallJandek2018Album
London ThursdayJandek2018Album
San Francisco FridayJandek2018Album
Los Angeles FridayJandek2018Album
Austin TuesdayJandek2017Album
Dallas ThursdayJandek2017Album
Houston FridayJandek2017Album
London ResidencyJandek2017Album
Los Angeles SaturdayJandek2016Album
Dublin FridayJandek2016Album
Houston ThursdayJandek2016Album
New Orleans MondayJandek2016Album
Brussels SaturdayJandek2015Album
St. Louis FridayJandek2015Album
Ghost PassingJandek2014Album
Houston Saturday 2011Jandek2014Album
Ready For The House / Six And Six / Chair Beside A WindowJandek2013Album
The Song Of MorganJandek2013Album
Athens SaturdayJandek2013Album
Houston SaturdayJandek2013Album
Indianapolis SaturdayJandek2012Album
Maze Of The PhantomJandek2012Album
Atlanta SaturdayJandek2012Album
Richmond SundayJandek2012Album
Seattle FridayJandek2011Album
Where Do You Go From HereJandek2011Album
Canticle Of CastawayJandek2010Album
Bristol WednesdayJandek2010Album
Toronto SundayJandek2010Album
Chicago WednesdayJandek2010Album
Camber Sands SundayJandek2009Album
What Was Out There DisappearedJandek2009Album
Hasselt SaturdayJandek2009Album
Portland ThursdayJandek2009Album
Not Hunting For MeaningJandek2009Album
Helsinki SaturdayJandek2009Album
Skirting The EdgeJandek2008Album
London TuesdayJandek2008Album
Glasgow Sunday 2005Jandek2008Album
The Myth Of Blue IciclesJandek2008Album
Glasgow FridayJandek2008Album
Brooklyn WednesdayJandek2007Album
Manhattan TuesdayJandek2007Album
What Else Does The Time MeanJandek2006Album
Khartoum VariationsJandek2006Album
The Ruins Of AdventureJandek2006Album
Austin SundayJandek2006Album
Newcastle SundayJandek2006Album
Glasgow MondayJandek2006Album
KhartoumJandek2005Album
Your Other MenJandek2005Single
Raining Down DiamondsJandek2005Album
When I Took That TrainJandek2005Album
Glasgow SundayJandek2005Album
The Door BehindJandek2004Album
The End Of It AllJandek2004Album
Shadow Of LeavesJandek2004Album
A Kingdom He LikesJandek2004Album
The PlaceJandek2003Album
The Gone WaitJandek2003Album
Jandek On Corwood (A Documentary Film)Jandek2003Single
The Humility Of PainJandek2002Album
I Threw You AwayJandek2002Album
Worthless RecluseJandek2001Album
This Narrow RoadJandek2001Album
Put My Dream On This PlanetJandek2000Album
The BeginningJandek1999Album
New TownJandek1998Album
I Woke UpJandek1997Album
White Box RequiemJandek1996Album
Glad To Get AwayJandek1994Album
Graven ImageJandek1994Album
Twelfth ApostleJandek1993Album
Lost CauseJandek1992Album
One Foot In The NorthJandek1991Album
Somebody In The SnowJandek1990Album
The Living EndJandek1989Album
You Walk AloneJandek1988Album
On The WayJandek1988Album
Modern DancesJandek1987Album
Blue CorpseJandek1987Album
Telegraph MeltsJandek1986Album
Follow Your FootstepsJandek1986Album
Foreign KeysJandek1985Album
Nine-ThirtyJandek1985Album
Interstellar DiscussionJandek1984Album
Your Turn To FallJandek1983Album
The Rocks CrumbleJandek1983Album
Living In A Moon So BlueJandek1982Album
Chair Beside A WindowJandek1982Album
Staring At The CellophaneJandek1982Album
Later OnJandek1981Album
Six And SixJandek1981Album
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