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Nils Martin Larsen

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helo fellow myspace friends , foes and others.
my name is Nils Martin Larsen.
i am a 20 year old musician oddly placed in Oslo , Norway. i produce , i preform and i compose. all depending on the time as well as the place.
over my still so few years of calling myself a musician ive done some various this´s and thats. some i am proud of , some i might not be. in a unranked an unmarked list , here are some of the things i have been up to.
- i played one of norways biggest venues at age 17 with my own project. then i did my music under the unmemorable , long and somewhat querky name "Secret Rivals of Lama". but the gig was fun though.
- i have been honored with being able to say i have fulfilled my childhood dream of playing rockefeller music hall (oslo) 4 times now.
- i supported Ralph Myerz , and i played StavernFestival with my own stuff.
- i joined infamous Jaga Jazzist at 19. this collaboration was terminated after one norwegian tour wich i am truly happy to have had the chance to do.
- i lent the rather ungrateful artist Bellman my guitar ideas
- and now i am recording , producing and playing nearly everything on my first record under the solo-act name of LAMA. its getting there. keep your eyes open. and of the things i have done till now , this is what i am most proud of.
my thoughts around doing and playing music , my ideology one might say , is not to necessarily be a virtouso on any instrument. but to be able to express whatever i want to on the instruments i want to express it on. of course. im not one of those rotten punk-guitar players who say "it rules to play really crappy" and its vital that what i play will sound great as its played. but im not a big fan of sitting in a room all my life learning how to play 16th notes in 190 bpm when i write music that will never demand such a skill. instead ive spent my life up till now reaching a level that lets me preform on lots of different instruments and lets me express what i want. therefore im playing reeds , all kinds of instruments with keys on them , i tend to sing , i play the guitar and lapsteel , i program , i produce , i do effects and ambients , i do drones and rythms , i love to sample and i... i... dont know .. a list will follow.
i have a intense admiration for music for film and soundtracks. and one of the things i am figuring out how to be able to do in the future is write some score for a dark and crazy norwegian short-film. so if you made one , send me an email.
other than that , i have a facination of Norwegians use of the famous Jantelov. check it out if you want to. im sure google has all the information you will ever need. its a terrible thing , you see.
and jeah. i enjoy playing in all sorts of constillations. so if you sit infront of your computer thinking ; "jeah , i think me and that guy could make some nice music." then give me a call. i bet im of the same opinion.
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Member Since: 1/19/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/lamamusic
Band Members: Sheeba on Dog
Gråpus on Cat

NILS MARTIN LARSEN
synths
soprano & alto saxophones
metal clarinets
bass clarinets
vocals
pump organ
piano
electric & acoustic guitars
glockenspiel/xylophone
percussion
samples
bowed guitars
programming
effects
noise
scratches&whines
kazoo
screams
voice effects
edits
production & mix
lapsteel
and all the other crazy sounds
a young man with too many
instruments can make.
Influences: karin
andrew
sigur rós
my family
other peoples families
anders hana
jarle bernhoft
people i dislike
people i envy
people i do like
people who dislike me
you
man
machine
old pianos
new instruments
morten qvenild
Thom Yorke

a couple more
Sounds Like: shit finally hit the fan
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Man vs Machine

so , i added these two new tracks. actually its only one track , but in two completly different scenes.i wrote this track i named Man versus Machine about a year ago. a slow , melodic , filmy , dreamy...
Posted by Nils Martin Larsen on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:07:00 PST

Sharp as Razor - new track!

so i decided to put up this new track/sketch i made sometime around newyears. a session that was originally meant as a test-session for the new mic i got for christmas turned out like this. some day i...
Posted by Nils Martin Larsen on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:12:00 PST

the tracks

although i wrote it in the whole bio thing , just to sum it up , here is some info:i have a wonderful girlfriend , and her name is Karin. she lives outside of Oslo in a nice house in a place called R...
Posted by Nils Martin Larsen on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:20:00 PST