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*2020⥤ Existential Nihilism - a collection (by !JP)


Thirty some years ago, a shy boy climbed onto a small stage floor as a guest singer for a local crossover jazz-band, and bashed out a primitive cover of David Bowie’s “Man Who Sold The World”—long before Nirvana even took the effort, sparking something in all of them and leading them to take the guest-singers simple rootsy guitar-drums-voice approach to yet another local open mic night. In what feels like a whirlwind, they record and release two 7-inch singles for a local indie label. A not-so-local indie offers to put out a full-length album. They start touring. Another album. More touring. Band breaks up. They continue with another line-up, aided to back the singer (and now also pianist and guitarist). Another album. Folks REALLY start to pay attention. Crazy touring, more albums, accolades, wildest dream after wildest dream coming true. “World-renowned” becomes an appropriate descriptor, as does “long-building overnight sensation.” The same hard work and dedication that !JP (or, in their more commercial form, announced as Ilunga Pi) exhibited from the onset of their existence is what has been poured into !JP’s Greatest Hits called Existential Nihilism. 
In an era of streaming where the idea of a “Greatest Hits” album may seem irrelevant – that an act’s most streamed songs are considered their de facto “hits”—we wholeheartedly believe that great bands deserve “Greatest Hits” and that a large part of Crommania Records’ (now part of the Sony group) and !JP’s successes have been built on zigging when the rest of the music business is zagging. Thus, for a great band with great fans, a greatest hits compilation for !JP is not only appropriate, but absolutely necessary.




1>> 2 Them>> 2003>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from the official soundtrack recording HOTEL>> published by EMI

2>> Old Friend>> 2006>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from the album NOTES FROM PURGATORY>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

3>> Calendar Boy>> 2004>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from the album SURRENDER THE PINK>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

4>> Snake (live)>> 2002>> written by Polly Jean Harvey>> produced by Sander Kroon>> taken from the double A-side Chocolate Falls/Snake, collaborated with SEROTONE>> published by 2B Platen En Cassettes

5>> The Amber Inside The Piss>> 2009>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning and Maarten Tap>> taken from the album ON LINE EUROPEAN PLAYGROUND, recorded with the Wednesday Evening Club>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

6>> Man In The Mirror>> 2010>> written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from the album FORBIDDEN PLEASURES SHOUTED TO THE MOON OVER VENICE BEACH>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

7>> Oui, Je Sais>> 1994>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Joël Franssen Daalmeyer>> taken from the album ANATOMY OF ADDICTION>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

8>> Cruel>> 2010>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from FORBIDDEN PLEASURES SHOUTED TO THE MOON OVER VENICE BEACH>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

9>> Let's Do It>> 2000>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning and Joost van Bellen>> taken from the EP LET’S DO IT>> published by RAUW Records/Sony Music Entertainment

10>> Man-Size (live)>> 2002>> written by Polly Jean Harvey>> produced by N.U.K.E.>> taken from the MTV Special THE HI TEA SYNDROME>> published by MTV/Sony Music Entertainment

11>> Diary Shuts... (live)>> 2001>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Suze D.J.>> taken from the radiobroadcast IS DIT NOG WEL JAZZ?>> published by VPRO

12>> Tacoma (live)>> 2001>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Marcel Limbeek>> taken from the TV-broadcast NIEMAND IN DE STAD>> published by SALTO

13>> Two Lovers Who Seize To Be>> 2006>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Jean Koning>> taken from the album NOTES FROM PURGATORY>> published by Crommania Records/Sony Music Entertainment

14>> One Morning You Will Be Mine>> 1990>> written by Jean Koning>> produced by Marcel van Dam>> taken from the album MAN SIZED SEX, TED>> published by Pathfinder Records





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