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BLACK HOLE

"Black Hole" is a song which has been in development for quite some time. This is not just another dark track with slightly gloomy lyrics, but is in fact as a reflection on some heavy personal past experiences.

Norwegian vocalist Ingunn Holmen and international swamp-rocker Mark Steiner first discovered each other during the pandemic, and have since then established this particular musical side project as a new shared venture to escape darker times from the past. The central theme of these particular lyrics weigh directly on issues concerning mental health, alongside other related challenges such as trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction.

This composition first originated in 2020 when Mark was developing new songs in the studio with his band of ex-pats Mark Steiner & His Problems (including American drummer Ted Parsons of Prong, Swans, Godflesh, Killing Joke), Italian bassist Leon Muraglia of Radio 9, Salvatore, OMD, and British guitarist Romek Paluch-Edwards), and although the title itself quickly fell into place, another significant catalyst was required to allow the words to take seed and grow. It was then that Ingunn Holmen and her history of personal struggle came into the picture.

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BLACK HOLE
lyrics by Mark Steiner

Where does your universe start and end?
Where does your past meet the present, and will it ever end?
Was it a tragedy when they tried to steal your soul
Was it mind over matter when they seized control

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone

A strange calamity when they took you in
They pointed with their fingers like you committed a sin
Your gave your trust, they took away your freedom
Locked you up, left you to rot in that dark prison

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone

Lost in a nebula, they left you for blind
Somehow you found the key and made it back outside
Like a comet you made your way back around
Your head up in the clouds, your feet down on the ground

There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Now you’ve won
















©2022, 2024 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music

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from Black Hole, released January 26, 2024
"BLACK HOLE"
Music performed by Mark Steiner & His Problems

Mark Steiner • vocals, baritone guitar
Ingunn Holmen • vocals
Leon Muraglia • bass
Romek Paluch-Edwards • guitar
Ted Parsons • drums
Pavel Cingl • violin
Thomas Borge • keys, effects

Music Composition by Steiner / Muraglia / Paluch-Edwards / Parsons
Lyrics by Mark Steiner
Lyric Arrangement by Mark Steiner, Leon Muraglia & Ingunn Holmen

Music produced by Leon Muraglia & Mark Steiner
Recorded by Leon Muraglia at Rabben Studios
Overdubs recorded by Leon Muraglia at Stagger Home Studios, Oslo
Violin overdubs recorded by Pavel Cingl in Prague, Czech Republic
Mixed by Leon Muraglia at Wibbly Wobbly Workshop, Oslo
Mastered by Nick Terry at Black Valley Studios, Oslo
Released through Rabben Records • RABB11
"Black Hole" cover photo by Tom Garretson ©2018
©2024 Stagger Home Music / Mark Steiner

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Digital Distribution by CDBaby, USA
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Mark Steiner & His Problems Oslo, Norway

Mark Steiner is a well-known figure in Oslo’s music underworld, and he’s been around in Norway for so long that many assume that he is Norwegian. He is not. This ex-New Yorker is a wandering scoundrel who one might find hanging out in the shadowy corners of a pub at closing time. A international musical vagrant who might walk the streets with Stuart Staples, Nick Cave, and Rowland S. Howard... ... more

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