Posted on 10/10/2016

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Lars HUG retires from music

Danish singer Lars HUG (Lars Haagensen) announces, that he will no longer make music, probably to pursue his succesful painting career. I worked together with him on many occasions and for extended periods, and there is no doubt he has paid his musical dues. Even though working with Lars was not always pleasant – as witnessed in the recent documentary about […]

Posted on 25/08/2016

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Synthesizer Heroes: Roger Powell

Recording pioneers One of the pioneers in brnging synthesizers into mainstream music, american keyboardist Roger Powell worked with both the Moog company and ARP instruments on various designs. He showcased his abilities on a solo album in 1973. A year later he joined American guitarist and producer Todd Rundgren’s band “Utopia”. The style was prog […]

Posted on 25/08/2016

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Synthesizer Heroes: Chick Corea

Chick Corea was an early adapter of synthesizers, and started using them really heavy in the “Return to Forever” period. From the album “Where have I known you before” (1974), Corea used them regularly, and with big success. The next album -“No Mystery” – further reinforced Corea involvement in synthesizers. Culminating with Return to Forever’s album […]

Posted on 11/10/2010

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Backing singers turned Pop Stars

It is not uncommon that the stars start out in a more modest position as a backing singer. Prominent Danish singers like Nina Forsberg, Hanne Boel, Cecilie Nordbye, Caroline Henderson and Agnes Obel have all done backing vocals for me before they themselves became the attraction. Nina Forsberg and Cecilie Nordbye did the live backing vocals […]

Posted on 20/05/2009

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Filled with AIR

One day around noon the phone rang. A voice from the national Danish Broadcasting service – Danmarks Radio – asked if I had some available time in the studio that same afternoon. Not for music recording, but to have some special guests interviewed, who would like to do the interview in front of a modular synthesizer. At […]

Posted on 31/03/1981

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Scatterbrain

THE NEO WAVE Kraftwerk and Brian Eno's work with Roxy Music and Bowie (especially on "Low" and "Heroes") showed a new direction for pop music, paving the way for New Wave and New Romantics bands like Gary Numan, Brian Eno, Ultravox, Human League, Depeche Mode, Visage, Simple Minds and Devo. These were among the inspirations [...]