Jason Falkner - Biography & Discography

There is this kind of musician who is writing, releasing records and performing his own music for more than two decades - but misses the aim that is chart success? The one who creates stunning music and don't get any recognition by public, but by his loyal fans? One of them is Jason Falkner.

To sum it up: he may be one of the most underrated musicians of the last two decades. What a pity!

Falkner started his musical career with a band called The Three O'Clock but soon he joined a new band of his former bandmate (Roger Joseph Manning Jr.) - Jellyfish. After the success of the first record (Bellybutton) he left the band and said he'll be never again a band member again (where he was clearly wrong).

His solo career started in 1996 with Presents Author Unknown, followed with the fabulous Can You Still Feel?. I recommend to listen to Can You Still Feel? from start to finish - there's no filler song, no low point.

2001 was a good year for loyal fans: two collection of rare songs and demos were released: Necessity: The 4-Track Years and Everyone Says It's On. Falkner also put a collection of Beatles songs, performed as lullabies, the title says it all: Bedtime With The Beatles (the follow up was released in 2008).

In 2002 a full album of unreleased material surfaced in the internet - it was called Eloquence, in 2004 he had the phenomenal Bliss Descending EP out.

His latest two records (I'm OK... You're OK and All Quiet On the Noise Floor) had only a release in Japan. Three years (THREE YEARS!) later I'm OK ... You're OK was finally out in the US and Europe. All Quiet On The Noise Floor didn't have this fortune.

Jason Falkner solo - discography:

•  Presents Author Unknown (1996)
•  Can You Still Feel? (1999)
•  Necessity: The 4-Track Years (2001)
•  Everyone Says It's On (2001)
•  Bedtime With The Beatles (2001)
•  Eloquence (2002) - never officially released!
•  Bliss Descending (EP) (2004)
•  I'm OK... You're OK (2007)
•  Bedtime With The Beatles 2 (2008)
•  All Quiet On the Noise Floor (2009)

Since 2009 Jason Falkner stopped his solo career and became producer, session musician and performed with several bands:

• Jellyfish – Bellybutton (1990) 
• The Greys - Ro Sham Bo (1994 - with Jon Brion- vocals, guitar)
• Susanna Hoffs - Susanna Hoffs (1996 - bass, keyboards, guitar, percussion, organ, drums )
• Brendan Benson - One Mississippi (1996 - co-writer) and Lapalco (2002 - co-produced, backing vocals)
• Eric Matthews - The Lateness of the Hour (1997 - electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, co-producer) 
• Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999 - bass)
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Brian Reitzell - Logan's Sanctuary (2000 - guitar, lead vocals, bass)
• Air - 10 000 Hz Legend (2001 - bass, he also toured with the band), Talkie Walkie (2004 - bass)
• TV Eyes (Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Brian Reitzell) (2001)
• Aimee Mann - Lost In Space (2002 - bass)
• The Blondes - The Blondes (2002 - producer)
• Travis - The Invisible Band (2001 - keyboards, backing vocals on the B-Side "Killer Queen")
• Pugwash - Almanac (2002 - vox continental, vocals, guitar)
• Lisa Loeb - The Way It Really Is (2004 - electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano, background vocals)
• Magnet - Tourniquet (2005 - producer)
• Ben Lee - Awake is the New Alseep (2005 - backing vocals)
• Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005 - electric guitar, acoustic guitar)
• The Nines - Calling Distance Stations (2006 - mixing, backing vocals)
• Beck - Sea Change (2002 - guitar), The Information (2006 - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion, African drums, Moog bass, background vocals) and Modern Guilt (2008)
• Anne Soldaat - In Another Life (2009) - producer, instruments, co-writer
• Daniel Johnston - Is and Always Was (2009 - producer, engineer, mixing, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals)
• The Informers – Soundtrack (2009) 
• Glen Campbell - Ghost on the Canvas (2011 - bass, guitar)
• Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (2011 - guitar)
• R. Stevie Moore - Make It Be (2017)
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? (2017)
• Pugwash - Silverlake (2017 - producer)

Here is the famous, never seen the light of the release day album Eloquence in all his glory:

Jason Falkner - Eloquence (complete unreleased album from 2002)