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Lars Tängmark

About Me


Lars Tängmark was born on christmas day 1972 in Sollefteå, Sweden. In 1987 he learnt to play bass guitar and formed his first rudimentary band. In 1988 he was a founding member of the Wounded Meadow, an atmospheric synthpop band that exists to this day. In his late teens Lars developed an interest in extreme Metal and became involved in bands like Dawn and the Choir of Vengeance. It was when the Wounded Meadow became less active in the late 90s that Lars started to record as a solo artist, now with a decidedly non-metal approach. His first outing was the CDR-album "Intervention" in 1999 and a year later came the second album "Revolutionaire". In 2001 Lars recorded the "Winds of Change" album as Lost in the Woods (later re-released as "Lars Tängmark's Lost in the Woods"). A long time coming, Lars third solo album was entitled "And That Day Will Come" and was released in mp3 format on the Odensjö Recordings label in september 2008. The album consists of the 41 minute long title track plus the shorter "Broslätt". "And That Day Will Come" is entirerly instrumental (apart from occasional worldless vocals) and consists of heavily mainpulated field recordings and equally deformed musical recordings. A fourth album, "Full Frontal Emptiness" was released in february 2009. This time the tracks were shortened down to the ten minute mark, but the music is just as abstract as that on "And That Day Will Come" but more varied, incorporating improvisational pieces and hand percussion. Album number five was released just one month later. It bears the title "Son of a Bitch Everything's Real" and refines the formula of the last two albums. Currently (March 2009) Lars is working on an album called "God's Garden" which will eventually be released on portugese netlabel XS records. Also underway is a project called the Fuck Machine, which is a collaboration with Johan Levin (Desiderii Marginis, Wounded Meadow). Lars' solo albums are available for free download from odensjorecordings.com or from links below.....

Lars Tängmark discography (compilation appearances excluded)
1990 The Wounded Meadow "Delusion (cassette album)
1991 Mortified "Demo 1" (cassette)
1992 Mesentery "Anal Intruder" (cassette)
1992 The Wounded Meadow "Sketches of Hades" (cassette album)
1992 Dawn "Apparitions" (cassette)
1993 The Wounded Meadow "Absence" (cassette EP, Onum)
1993 Mesentery "Demo '93" (cassette)
1994 The Wounded Meadow "Count Me out" (MCD, Barnsligs Skivor)
1994 Dawn "Naer Solen Gar Nidher For Evogher" (CD, Necropolis)
1996 Dawn "Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Flogh" (CD, Necropolis)
1996 The Choir of Vengeance "S/T" (MCD, COV)
1997 The Choir of Vengeance "The Valley" (cassette)
1998 Dawn "Slaughtersun - Crown of the Triarchy" (CD, Necropolis)
1999 Lars Tängmark "Intervention" (CDR, Odensjö Recordings)
2000 Lars Tängmark "Revolutionaire" (CDR, Odensjö Recordings)
2001 Lars Tängmark's Lost in the Woods "Winds of Change" (CDR, Odensjö Recordings)
2001 The Wounded Meadow "Celestial Silence EP" (CDR-EP, Odensjö Recordings)
2007 The Wounded Meadow "Railroad Girl EP" (CDR-EP, Odensjö Recordings)
2007 Chanting Sheep "Titanium and Anthracyte" (CDR, Hotel Encore)
2008 Lars Tängmark "And That Day Will Come" (CDR/mp3 album, Odensjö Recordings)
2009 Lars Tängmark "Full Frontal Emptiness" (CDR/mp3 album, Odensjö Recordings)
2009 Lars Tängmark "Son of a Bitch Everything's Real" (CDR/mp3 album, Odensjö Recordings)

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Lars Tängmark: Son of a Bitch Everything's Real (2009)

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Son of a Bitch Everything's Real by Lars Tangmark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Sweden License .


Lars Tängmark: Full Frontal Emptiness (2009)

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Full Frontal Emptiness by Lars Tangmark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Sweden License .


Lars Tängmark: And That Day Will Come (2008)
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And That Day Will Come by Lars Tangmark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Sweden License .


Lars Tängmark: Revolutionaire (2000)
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Revolutionaire by Lars Tangmark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Sweden License .


Lars Tängmark: Intervention (1999)

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Intervention by Lars Tangmark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Sweden License .

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2007
Band Website: http://www.odensjorecordings.com
Influences: The Legendary Pink Dots, Chrome, Tangerine Dream, Fessenden, Main, Popol Vuh, Soft Machine, Njurmännen and many, many others.
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Record Label: Odensjö Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Update May 16

It's May 16 and I realize I have failed my one-album-a-month promise. Or at least I'm behind schedule!Anyway, I'm working on the God's Garden album. It takes a more rhythmic approach and incorporates ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 14:57:00 GMT

New video uploaded

I have now uploaded a video clip for the last section of "Son of a Bitch Everything's Real" on youtube. I did it all myself, both filming and editing. Basically, these are the kind of images I intend ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Lars Tängmark releases "Son of a Bitch Everything's Real"

Now available from odensjorecordings.com:Lars Tängmark: Son of a Bitch Everything's RealCatalogue number: ODS15Format: Downloadable CDR/mp3 album.Running time: 34 min 58 secondsTracks: Son of a Bitch ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:20:00 GMT

The Death of Ian Carr

The news just reached me that Ian Carr died on february 29. Ian was an hugely influental composer/trumpeter/bandleader, first with Rendell-Carr Quintet in the 60s, then with his jazz rock band Nucleus...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:35:00 GMT

Update / Artwork preview

Right now I'm at work with the "Son of a Bitch Everything is Real" album. I thought I would have it ready for the 15th this month but various things did get in the way. However, here is a preview of t...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Full Frontal Emptiness

My new album Full Frontal Emptiness is now available to download from odensjorecordings.com or from this page. The album has been a long time in the making and consists of elements from different stag...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:34:00 GMT

God's Garden

Portugese netlabel XS Records has asked me to do an album for them. That is very kind of them, and I plan to relase the third part of the trilogy of which "And That Day Will Come" and "Full Frontal Em...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:15:00 GMT

New track: Untitled

I'm not trying to come across as more arty than I am by calling my new track "untitled", but it hasn't got a title yet. Anyway, it's a late night (carefully edited) improvisation with piano, guitar, b...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:11:00 GMT

New track - "Kleven"

This is another track from the forthcoming "Full Frontal Emptiness" album. It's named after a place (just like "Broslätt" from "And That Day Will Come") that has inspired it. Kleven is a house located...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:27:00 GMT

Plans for 2009

I will make one full length record every month in 2009. Each album will be available for download from odensjorecordings.com. I'm not kidding. This is the new shit. Lars T
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:04:00 GMT