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So Like Dorian

About Me

After having performed in a few bands in his teens, songwriter Rasmus Steffensen like so many other melancholic youngsters got stuck in a dead end with an acoustic guitar and a bunch of depressive songs. After a few years of getting nowhere he decided to throw all of his songs away.In the summer of 2002 a friend encouraged him to play a short gig at a local festival for upcoming musicians. With no songs at hand Rasmus hardly felt upcoming. In fact he hardly felt like a musician at all. But after some thought he liked the idea of being forced to produce and rehearse an entire repertoire of songs within a few days and so went ahead with it.This became the start of the project So Like Dorian. A project that seeks to combine classic songcraft with an intuitive, experimental and spontaneous edge. The songs often present themselves like rough drafts developing over time. They don't attempt to conceal the bruises and the lose ends, and yet they also don't shy away from simplicity, beauty and a good melody.So Like Dorian has performed around small venues in Denmark, Germany, Poland and Czech Republic. Mostly Rasmus performs alone but he has also performed with fellow musicians and friends in Red Ink. Recently he also recorded a handful of songs together with Red Ink. Songs that are soon to appear on an EP. Stay tuned for this!So Like Dorian also appears in a more acoustic set-up on a recent compilation from the independent Danish label KosyRex called "Song Song Børd". The compilation features two So Like Dorian-songs as well as songs from other Danish independent artists such as Ur, Tuco Brothers, Coming Up For Air and Ivan Nio. Read more about it or purchase it from www.kosyrex.dk.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/05/2006
Band Members: So Like Dorian consists of songwriter Rasmus Steffensen with occasional support from various good people.
Influences: Music: Leonard Cohen, Julie Doiron, Nina Nastasia, Tindersticks, Rivulets, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Sylvian, Scott Walker, Johnny Cash, 16 Horsepower, Pearls Before Swine, Damien Jurado, Velvet Underground & Nico, Faun Fables, Marianne Faithfull, Tim BuckleyLiterature: Fyodor Dostojevskij, Yukio Mishima, Italo Calvino, Ulf Peter Halberg, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Celan, Cesar Vallejo, Bruno SchulzFilms: David Lynch, Lukas Moodysson, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Haneke, Roy Andersson, Krzystof Kieslowski
Sounds Like: Dorian
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

A few shows added

Hey peopleA few concert dates have been added in the calendar, some sort of small Danish tour, OK, very small, but then again, Denmark is a very small country. Hopefully a few more shows will come soo...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:22:00 GMT

ep out on savtak

Summer's here! A lot of good things going on. Just handed in my Master's thesis, and just put out a smashing cd by Claus Beck-Nielsen Memorial on my label, Geiger Records. I do feel very privileged to...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:43:00 GMT

New songs added

It took me some time. But finally a couple of new songs have been uploaded. "Hired Hands" and "A Soldier" (is some kind of war-theme going on here?) were both recorded in Copenhagen in the spring. Hon...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:14:00 GMT

more tourdates added

Oh, the small tour with Red Ink is growing. After Berlin we're heading East to play in Frankfurt (Oder) on 8/2 and the day after we will play a show in Slubice, Poland. Actually it's just on the other...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:50:00 GMT

Touring with Red Ink

Hey! I just played a small concert in Darstellbar in Frankfurt an der Oder, where I currently live. Unfortunately the concert was taking place exactly on the evening, when the worst storm in Germany f...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:03:00 GMT

Some songs added

Hello!I've added some songs to the page now. A wee little song from the Kosyrex-compilation with the title "Behind My Face". Like "People Leave Traces" it was recorded last summer by the glorious Niko...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:24:00 GMT

So Like Dorian on new Danish compilation

Hi people! So Like Dorian can be heard on a new compilation entitled "Song Song B�rd". The compilation has been released by small Copenhagen label KosyRex and features various independent Danish ar...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:20:00 GMT