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pp-semi-blp|expiry=October 12, 2012|small=yesInfobox musical artist|name = Jens Johansson|image = Jens Johansson - Ilosaarirock 2009.jpg|caption = Jens Johansson performing at the Ilosaarirock 2009 festival|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|11|2|birth_place = Stockholm , Sweden |death_date =|instrument = Keyboard instrument|Keyboards |genre = Power metal , heavy metal music|heavy metal , progressive metal |occupation = Musician |years_active = 1982–present|label =|associated_acts = Yngwie J. Malmsteen , Dio (band)|Dio , Stratovarius , Johansson (The Johansson Brothers), HammerFall |website = http://www.panix.com/~jens/ www.panix.com/~jens Jens Ola Johansson http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/104/l_5849e444d739de8d31c351cefae66c9c.jpg (born November 2, 1963 in Stockholm ) is a Sweden|Swedish power metal Keyboard instrument|keyboardist and piano|pianist . He is notable for his high-speed Neoclassicism (music)|neoclassical and Jazz fusion|fusion style.
Biography
Johansson is son of Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson (musician)|Jan Johansson and brother of the heavy metal drummer Anders Johansson . He is highly influenced by classic Rock keyboardists like Don Airey , Eddie Jobson and Jon Lord . http://dmme.net/interviews/johansson.html | Influence In 1982, the classically trained Johansson left the jazz fusion band Slem and joined the Swedish metal band Silver Mountain (band)|Silver Mountain , which also included Anders. In 1983 he left Sweden for California and joined guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen as a member of his band, Rising Force . Numerous records and world tours ensued and he stayed with Yngwie until 1989.Citation needed|date=November 2007 Johansson also played with the band Dio (band)|Dio between 1989 and 1990. Like Anders, he began an ongoing collaboration with Jonas Hellborg in 1989 which has resulted in several Progressive metal|progressive and avant-garde recordings, including Dissident , Silent Run (an acoustic piano trio record with Ginger Baker on Drum kit|drums ) and the hard core progressive fusion record, E .
In 1993, Johansson co-founded a progressive blues metal project, The Johansson Brothers , and recorded a self-titled record. In 1996, with a different line-up, they recorded another album, Sonic Winter , this time under the name "Johansson", with Yngwie Malmsteen guesting on guitar. The last Johansson record, The Last Viking , a more "European metal" oriented album, was released in 1999 with special guests Michael Romeo and Göran Edman .
Johansson has released several instrumental solo records such as Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar , Ten Seasons (a piano solo album improvised in the Mark Kostabi gallery, New York ), Heavy Machinery (album)|Heavy Machinery (with Anders and Allan Holdsworth ) and Fission (album)|Fission (with Anders, Shawn Lane and Mike Stern ) and many collaborations with other artists, metal compilations and Berends Brothers' band Mastermind (U.S. band)|Mastermind .
He co-founded Heptagon Records to distribute his own recordings and that of other musicians, such as guitarist Benny Jansson and bassist Magnus Rosén .
Johansson auditioned for Dream Theater after Kevin Moore left the band in 1994 http://www.panix.com/~jens/interviews.par? HILITE_Dream-Theater#HED_TAG_2 Jens Johansson's Homepage - Interviews but due to many delays by the band in making a decision he instead joined Finnish Power metal band Stratovarius . Since 1995 he has remained in Stratovarius , and still releasing solo albums and appearing as a guest or session musician in other projects.
Jens is a self-confessed computer nerd, admitting to have started on an Atari ST (which he still owns), and having coded software in C (programming language)|C , as well as his own website in Perl . http://www.panix.com/~jens/comp.par Jens Johansson - Programming
Gear
BLP unsourced section|date=July 2009He has used many types of keyboards and synthesizer s throughout his career. Amongst his favourites are the Korg Korg Polysix|Polysix , Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha Yamaha DX7|DX7 (from the Rising Force times to present), the Oberheim Matrix Series and the Roland Corporation|Roland Roland JV-1080|JV-1080 sound module. Johansson is also fond of the Hammond Organ and has used Kurzweil Music Systems|Kurzweil synthesizers . Johansson is a computer fan and long-time Steinberg programs user (like Cubase ). An example of his interest in computers is his record Fission , which is replete with special effects and sound experimentations. For his famous lead sound he uses a Morley JD-10 amp simulator as distortion.
http://dmme.net/interviews/johansson.html Jens interview in 2001.
''Some text taken from the 'Heavy Machinery' album booklet and Jens Homepage. clarify|date=July 2009
StratovariusYngwie MalmsteenDio Persondata | NAME = Johansson, Jens | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = November 2, 1963 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Stockholm , Sweden | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Jens Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish heavy metal keyboardists Category:Dio (band) members
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