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Radio Professionals
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Anne-Lise Larsen Podcast
Anne-Lise broadcasts a podcast via iTunes every few weeks. It's free to subscribe!
Influences
Oh, you know, the usual driving forces of sorrow, regret, love, lust, betrayal, tears, laughing 'til it hurts, goosebumps, loss, yearning, exhilaration, freedom, wondering...anything that makes me feel alive. The feelings I experience every day manifest themselves into my music.
Music makes me feel it all.
Major life and musical influence is Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music. You might only know Bryan Ferry from "Let's Stick Together" and "Slave to Love", and Roxy Music from "Avalon" but the volume of work goes right back to the early 1970s and Bryan is currently in the studio with a new original album in the works. Roxy Music were pioneers of glam rock, peers and inspiration to David Bowie in the early days and Bryan Ferry has written slick and stylish grooves to the most heart wrenching balads. I love how his music is constantly evolving and his ability to experiment successfully with different genres.
I think that's why my music crosses so many genre borders. Unfortunately, it makes for difficult categorising, but I love the music I write and in the process, I hope you see it's from my soul... and I hope you'll like it too.
Sounds Like
I stand alone, but if I must...those who have compared have suggested I have elements of... (and in no particular order)...
...Moloko, Roisin Murphy, Kate Ceberano, Dido, Moby, Sade, and lately Goldfrapp - but that's just by pure accident really.
Musical style: intense chill. An edgy cocktail mood that blends feelings with a retro inspired modern electronic twist.
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"An original mixture of jazz/funk/blues for the annoyed, the bitter, and the broken-hearted, for the dramatic drama queens who want to throw back dry martinis to feed their angst"
The Leader, 05/09.
"I must say: I like what I hear"
Bernd Niedergesaess, Music Editor Europe, Radio 42.
"I love your sounds, the way you play your musics, all the instruments very well played, that's because I love your musics very much"
Brazilian Fan.
The Planets Have Aligned
A lifetime ago, Anne-Lise earned her bona fide musician stripes from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. But even then, there was a restless soul beneath the serious persona of the professional cellist. After years of freelancing and teaching cello, the desire to “sing and be free” was overwhelming. With no reason to stay in Brisbane, and wanting a fresh start with a new musical life,
Anne-Lise took the leap and moved to Sydney.
Sydney projects have included the A-L Larsen Duo, 2000-2003 and her band, Ayelle, with Paul Wheeler [Billy Thorpe’s Sunbury Aztecs) on bass 2003-2004.
A solo career is the latest phase of Anne-Lise's musical journey. Her debut solo release, I'm Alive [2006 EP], was an affirmation of arrival and survival in the music world. The EP was entirely written, composed, arranged and performed by Anne-Lise, and recorded and produced in her studio. Belying its one-woman origins, I'm Alive appeals to a wider, shared experience, exploring tales of love, loneliness, the pursuit of dreams and the seduction of envy.
In May 2008, Anne-Lise accompanied herself with her cello, in a ground breaking acoustic set at Amanda Easton's PopTarts. A support for Sophie Serafino followed at The Basement in October. Two songs from that concert became the “b-sides” to Anne-Lise’s 2009 limited release single, “Could You Be The One (I’ve Been Looking For”).
The latest one-woman production is the new album Planets Aligned. "I learned a lot from releasing I'm Alive. This abum has better production than I’m Alive, is slightly more experimental and I have brought my cello into the mix to complement my sentimental groove. Making music as a solo performer isn’t exactly what I had planned, but now, I couldn’t imagine doing my music any other way". Planets Aligned explores themes of personal reflection, dissecting relationships, shattered illusions and the resolution of such with the discovery of new lust, love and finally contentment.
Planets Aligned is full of silky masterful lead vocals and backing vocals with a rich layering, reminiscent of 70s soul and disco. Anne-Lise has made full use sound textures, with sweeping string synthesizers, a traditional Fender Rhodes, exotic percussion, beat driven melodic bass lines and a mixture of traditional pop funk style drumming and dance drum loops. Planets Aligned is an album for those who crave passion, human emotion, musicianship, melody and power in their music with a bit more substance than pop, and more accessibility than jazz.
Anne-Lise has recently begun producing her own podcast available as a free download via iTunes.
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Thanks Anne-Lise! So good to hear from you. Would you believe that that was the artwork for my EP Think, that then became my LP 2 Think :)) Hope you're well dear gurl xo
It either takes you a week to arrive to the US...or, you are traveling via time machine...or maybe Australians simply defy the laws of time in general...LOL
(...where is Velma and the Scooby Doo gang when you need them...?) ;>
