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INSOMNIA (remix by Leon Muraglia 2024))

Recorded during the winter of early 2018, the single “Insomnia” marked the first official release by Mark Steiner & His Problems since the album "Saudade" was first launched in late 2014. Originally released September 5, 2018 as part of a split single with Line Saus, this new mix has a bit more balance and gravity, thanks to Leon Muraglia's dedicated determination along with skilled mastering engineer Nick Terry.

Perhaps more dirty and swampy than everything Steiner had released since his days with his former band Piker Ryan's Folly prior to his departure from post-9/11 New York City, this new song features a new gang of ex-pats living in Oslo, along with a girl from the far North of Norway. American drummer Ted Parsons, (known best for his work with Prong, Swans, Godflesh and Killing Joke,) certainly packs his rhythmic punches, while British-Italian Leon Muraglia (Radio 9, Salvatore) lends some sultry bass riffs and London guitarist Romek Paluch-Edwards adds definitive counter-point to Steiner's Fender baritone. And like a
ghost from the past, special guest Line Saus adds some haunting voice from her home in faraway Tromsø.

MUSIC VIDEO: "INSOMNIA" (redux) - originally shot and edited by acclaimed filmmaker Jean De Oilveira. See credits below for further details.
"INSOMNIA (redux)" music video ©2023 Stagger Home Music & Jean De Oliveira

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INSOMNIA
Words & music by Mark Steiner

Well I'm sleeping, I'm dreaming
Still waking up to you
The clock just keeps on ticking
I don't know what to do
Lights off now, in the darkness
I smell your cheap perfume
Lights on now, I'm blinded
Can't see this empty room

Insomnia (I can't sleep)

Your sorrow, my blanket
Covers up all the pain
The silence in this bedroom
No longer feels the same
I open the curtains
A glowing light pours in
The moonlight like a spotlight
Revealing everything

Insomnia - I can't sleep now
Insomnia - I can't dream now

Your pillow is dried up
Now that my tears are gone
However, I still wonder
Where did we go so wrong

Insomnia - I can't sleep now
Insomnia - in too deep now

I try sleeping, I'm still dreaming
Waking up to the thought of you
The clock just keeps on ticking

©2018, 2024

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from Black Hole, released January 26, 2024
INSOMNIA
originally released September 5, 2018 as a single
Words & music by Mark Steiner
Music performed by Mark Steiner & His Problems
Mark Steiner - vocal, baritone guitar
Leon Muraglia - bass
Romek Paluch-Edwards - guitar
Ted Parsons - drums
Line Saus - vocal

Produced by Mark Steiner
Recorded, engineered & pre-mixed by
Mark Steiner at Stagger Home Studios, Oslo, 2018
Line’s vocals overdubbed by Håvard Stangnes at The Basement Studios, Tromsø
Mixed by Leon Muraglia at The Wibbly Wobbly Workshop, Oslo, 2018
Remixed by Leon Muraglia at Wibbly Wobbly Workshop, Oslo, 2023
Mastered by Nick Terry at Black Valley Studios, Oslo
Released through Rabben Records • RABB11
©2018, 2024 Stagger Home Music / Mark Steiner

INSOMNIA (redux) MUSIC VIDEO
directed, shot & edited by Jean De Oliveira
produced by Mark Steiner
production assistance by Micaela Trigo
additional camera footage provided by Marianne Saus
filmed & edited in Berlin, Germany, 2018 and in Tromsø, Norway, 2018
redux edited in Nantes, France, 2024
music video ©2024 Stagger Home Music & Jean De Oliveira

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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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