Fission (album)

Fission
Studio album by Jens Johansson
Released	1997 (1997)
Recorded	Moon Path Alpha in Malmö; Starec Grammophone in Växjö; East Side Recorders and Big Noise Studios in New York City; Heptagon Remote in Anderslöv
Genre	Jazz fusion, instrumental rock
Length	68:39
Label	Heptagon
Producer	Jens Johansson
Jens Johansson chronology
Sonic Winter (1997) Fission (1997) The Last Viking (1999)
Alternative cover
United States edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Fission is a studio album by keyboardist Jens Johansson, released in 1997 through Heptagon Records (Europe); ^[2] February 18, 1998 through Pony Canyon (Japan); ^[2] and on March 24, 1998, through Shrapnel Records (United States). ^[1] According to Johansson, the album went through an extremely troubled recording process due to several mishaps with Andy West's bass parts, which ultimately never made the album. ^[3] On his website, Johansson also revealed that the indistinct image on the cover art is actually a heavily zoomed-in section of ice on a car window. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jens Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hooded Strangers"	10:41
2.	"Phase Camouflage"	6:49
3.	"Zero Sum Game"	3:36
4.	"Acrostic Shibboleth"	8:12
5.	"Don't Mention the War"	10:49
6.	"Race Condition"	7:32
7.	"Crowd Tectonics"	6:15
8.	"Nystagmus"	3:59
9.	"Beautiful Lung Dogs"	10:46
Total length:		68:39

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Straffpolska från Sudan"	9:30

Personnel

• Jens Johansson – keyboard, bass synthesizer, production
• Shawn Lane – guitar (tracks 1, 4)
• Mike Stern – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6)
• Anders Johansson – drums, percussion
• Julian Baker – engineering
• Werner Kracht – engineering
• Peter Nilsson – engineering
• Scud Noonan – engineering
• Krister Olsson – mastering

References

1. Patterson, John W. "Fission - Jens Johansson / Mike Stern / Shawn Lane". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
2. "Jens Johansson "Fission"" Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine . Spiral Quest. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
3. Johansson, Jens (2000-06-04). "A list of some other FAQ's". panix.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
4. "fission-base-image.jpg". panix.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

External links

• In Review: Jens Johansson "Fission" at Guitar Nine Records