Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri is an alternative recording name for The Dolphin Brothers made up of Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri.

From 1983 onwards Barbieri has been a regular contributor of his unique soundscapes and synth textures to the albums of various other musicians.

After the breakup of Japan, Barbieri continued his association with David Sylvian, playing on the latter's early solo albums (and on the 1986 In Praise Of Shamans tour). During this time he worked alongside such other innovators as Holger Czukay, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Robert Fripp.

In 1987 he started a long musical association with another Japan colleague, Steve Jansen. This has has produced six collaborative albums to date, initially under the name The Dolphin Brothers (Catch the Fall, 1987) and later as Jansen & Barbieri (including Stories Without Borders, 1993,Other Worlds in a Small Room, 1996, and Stone to Flesh, 1997). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.