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'''Steffen Basho-Junghans''' (born '''Steffen Junghans'''; 27 November 1953 – 1 December 2022) was a German guitarist and composer.

==Biography==
Basho-Junghans was born in North Thuringia in the former German Democratic Republic on 27 November 1953.<ref name="wilmoth">{{cite web|last=Wilmoth|first=Charlie|title=Steffen Basho-Junghans biography|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/steffen-basho-junghans-p230621/biography|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref> At the age of 17 he taught himself to play acoustic guitar and in 1978 formed the folk music band Wacholder. In 1979, influenced by the American guitarist Leo Kottke,<ref name="jacobsen">{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Nils |title=Song of the Earth review|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/song-of-the-earth-steffen-basho-junghans-sublingual-records-review-by-aaj-staff|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|access-date=13 January 2011}}</ref> he began performing solo instrumental music on 6- and 12-string guitar guitar. Throughout the 1980s he became influenced by artists on John Fahey's Takoma Records label. During this period he discovered the music of [[Robbie Basho]], and consequently became interested in Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, who had influenced Robbie Basho. Steffen Junghans incorporated the name 'Basho' into his own,<ref name="tilland">{{cite web|last=Tilland|first=William|title=Rivers and Bridges - Steffen Basho-Junghans review|url=http://allmusic.com/album/rivers-and-bridges-r625259/review|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref> as a mark of respect. Throughout the 1980s he lectured on acoustic guitar history and performed numerous concerts.

Basho-Junghans has released recordings on the German label Blue Moment Arts; the American labels Sublingual, Strange Attractors and Locust Music; the Italian label Sillyboy; the Australian label Preservation Records; and Kning Disk in Sweden, appears on several compilations. His music, unorthodox explorations between traditions and experimentation, is influenced by Native American, Asian, Contemporary classical and European classical music.

Basho-Junghans died from cancer on 1 December 2022, at the age of 69.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Harry |title=Dreaming with Steffen Basho-Junghans (1953–2022) |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/12/dreaming-with-steffen-basho-junghans-1953-2022/ |access-date=2 January 2023 |publisher=Folk Radio |date=6 December 2022}}</ref>

==Discography==
*''12-String Solo'' MC (Blue Moment Arts|Blue Moment Arts, 1989)
*''In Search of the Eagle's Voice'' CD (BMA, 1995)
*''Fleur De Lis 1 & 2'' 2x CD (BMA, 1996)
*''Song of the Earth'' CD (Sublingual Records, 2000)
*''Inside'' CD (Strange Attractors, 2001)
*''Landscapes in Exile'' CD (Blue Moment Arts, 2001)
*''Waters in Azure'' CD (Strange Attractors, 2002)
*''Rivers and Bridges'' CD (Strange Attractors, 2003)
*''7 Books'' dbl CD (Strange Attractors, 2004)
*''Unknown Music I: Alien Letter'' CD (Sillyboy, 2005)
*''Unknown Music II: Transwarp Meditation'' CD (Preservation, 2005)
*''In the Morning Twilight'' CD (Kning Disk, 2006)
*''Last Days of the Dragons'' CD ([[Locust Music|Locust]], 2006)
*''Late Summer Morning'' CD (Strange Attractors, 2006)
*''"IS"'' LP (Architects of Harmonic Rooms & Records, 2009)
*''Unknown Music III: O Som Naha'' MC (Beartown Records, 2010)

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 ==Biography==
-Basho-Junghans was born in North Thuringia in the former German Democratic Republic on 27 November 1953.<ref name="wilmoth">{{cite web|last=Wilmoth|first=Charlie|title=Steffen Basho-Junghans biography|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/steffen-basho-junghans-p230621/biography|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref> At the age of 17 he taught himself to play acoustic guitar and in 1978 formed the folk music band Wacholder. In 1979, influenced by the American guitarist Leo Kottke,<ref name="jacobsen">{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Nils |title=Song of the Earth review|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/song-of-the-earth-steffen-basho-junghans-sublingual-records-review-by-aaj-staff|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|access-date=13 January 2011}}</ref> he began performing solo instrumental music on 6- and 12-string guitar guitar. Throughout the 1980s he became influenced by artists on John Fahey's Takoma Records label. During this period he discovered the music of [[Robbie Basho]], and consequently became interested in Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, who had influenced Robbie Basho. Steffen Junghans incorporated the name 'Basho' into his own,<ref name="tilland">{{cite web|last=Tilland|first=William|title=Rivers and Bridges - Steffen Basho-Junghans review|url=http://allmusic.com/album/rivers-and-bridges-r625259/review|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref> as a mark of respect. Throughout the 1980s he lectured on acoustic guitar history and performed numerous concerts.
+Basho-Junghans was born in North Thuringia in the former German Democratic Republic on 27 November 1953. At the age of 17 he taught himself to play acoustic guitar and in 1978 formed the folk music band Wacholder. In 1979, influenced by the American guitarist Leo Kottke, he began performing solo instrumental music on 6- and 12-string guitar guitar. Throughout the 1980s he became influenced by artists on John Fahey's Takoma Records label. During this period he discovered the music of [[Robbie Basho]], and consequently became interested in Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, who had influenced Robbie Basho. Steffen Junghans incorporated the name 'Basho' into his own, as a mark of respect. Throughout the 1980s he lectured on acoustic guitar history and performed numerous concerts.
 Basho-Junghans has released recordings on the German label Blue Moment Arts; the American labels Sublingual, Strange Attractors and Locust Music; the Italian label Sillyboy; the Australian label Preservation Records; and Kning Disk in Sweden, appears on several compilations. His music, unorthodox explorations between traditions and experimentation, is influenced by Native American, Asian, Contemporary classical and European classical music.
-Basho-Junghans died from cancer on 1 December 2022, at the age of 69.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Harry |title=Dreaming with Steffen Basho-Junghans (1953–2022) |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/12/dreaming-with-steffen-basho-junghans-1953-2022/ |access-date=2 January 2023 |publisher=Folk Radio |date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
+Basho-Junghans died from cancer on 1 December 2022, at the age of 69.
 ==Discography==
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 ==References==
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+# [http://allmusic.com/artist/steffen-basho-junghans-p230621/biography]
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 *''"IS"'' LP (Architects of Harmonic Rooms & Records, 2009)
 *''Unknown Music III: O Som Naha'' MC (Beartown Records, 2010)
 ''Text adapted from Wikipedia.''
 [[Category: East German Profiles]]