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Lars Harboe

Tales of butterflies and rock'n'roll decay

About Me


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LIVE AT FREELAND, TLV 19/03-08
LIVE AT CHRISTIANSHAVNS BEBOERHUS 18/10 WITH LARS & UHØRT:
Morten Hyldahl (Cajon), Eva Malling (Doublebass) and Ingrid Hagel (Violin)

LIVE FROM SOCIAL FORUM, COPENHAGEN 28/9 WITH ALEXANDER KRAGLUND ON VIOLIN
LIVE FROM MÅNEFISKEREN, CHRISTIANIA 15/4 with Morten Hylddahl, cajon and Sune Sølund, bass

Hello friend. If u like the songs, drop me a line. If u like it a lot: tell all ur friends. I'm looking 4 record companies, distribution, managers, bookers, journalists and radio/tv stations who would like to help me get my music known to the world :) The short version: I'm a danish singer/songwriter, living in Copenhagen. I perform and teach professionally, and have done so for many years. Drop me a line. Im always interrested in new connections, friends, collaborations and feed-back.
My singing career started when I was 5. There was this meeting in my kindergarten about grown-up-stuff I kinda' didn't give a flying freak about. All I knew was that I'd get to meet my friends in the evening too, and that there would probably be both cake & limonade and nice & funny people...
At that time I was listening a lot, and with wild enthusiasm, to an old tape of my parents with red socialist songs. I knew some of them by heart, and felt somehow inspired that evening at the meeting. Maybe due to the extra sugar injection. So I stood up and said that I would like to sing a song for everyone if that was OK...?
And with no hesitation what-so-ever I belted out:
Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa,
Bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa
Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa,
Bandiera rossa trionferà.
Bandiera rossa la trionferà
Bandiera rossa la trionferà
Bandiera rossa la trionferà
Evviva il comunismo e la libertà!
In the best Italian I could, which was something like nothing at all. I didnt understand the words, but just liked the song and copied the sounds
A couple of years later I started on the piano (8 yo). Then I took up guitar (15 yo), and then back to singing (16 yo). Then I started to write songs (17 yo), and that has been a great part of my life ever since.
All that is many years ago now.
Recently I finished two big projects:
    The 5-year education as a teacher / performer of music at the nice, well equipped, resourceful and prestigious, but not flawless, rhythmic music school in Copenhagen: the Danish Rhythmic Music Conservatory (rmc.dk).
    Recording my debut album, consisting of my compositions, me doing all vocals and the main part of the guitars. It has not been published yet, as I miss doing the mastering and the artwork and finding a record company.

My songs always originate from what I see and how I feel. In a sense you could call them a kind of diary. Since I dont write actual diary, that is sometimes the way they serve me: small stories of my life and the world at the particular point the song was written
That is how I see myself as performer: a storyteller.
Not only in the lyrics of my songs, but also in the stuff being said in between...
Come to one of my shows, and you'll understand what I'm talking about.
There's just something about music that inspires and gives you breathing room from every day life stress and pressure and lifts the weight of the world off your shoulders.
I live to play and play to live, and teach too, cause its also damn important to pass the music on!
Eternal love and good vibes for everyone, everywhere, or at least a smile
: )

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/19/2006
Band Members: Hmmm... just got one member baby, but whaaaat a member. Anyways Ain' natural 2 have more'n one...

Influences: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Accept, Alice In Chains, Anne Linnet, Beastie Boys, Beth Hart, Black Sabbath, Blur, Bob Dylan, Calexico, Carlos Santana, Chet Baker, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, Country Joe & The Fish, Cream, Crosby Stills & Nash, DAD, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Depeche Mode, Devendra Banhart, Dio, Dire Straits, Doors, Duran Duran, Eric Clapton, Europe, Eurythmics, Faith No More, Gasolin, George Michael, Guns’n’Roses, Her Personal Pain, Iron Maiden, Jack Johnson, Jamiroquai, Janes Addiction, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Kashmir, Kim Larsen, Kirsty MacColl, Led Zeppelin, Living Colour, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madonna, Manic Street Prechers, Manowar, MC-Einer, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Molly Hatchet, Muse, Neil Young, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Primus, Prince, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Robbie Williams, Rolling Stones, RUN-DMC, Rush, Saxon, Seal, Soundgarden, Steppenwolf, Stevie Wonder, Sting, The Beatels, The Sandmen, The Tea Party, The The, The Who, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Toto, Tracy Chapman, TV2, U2, Velvet Underground, Whitney Houston, my mom, my dad, my younger brother, my older brother, my sister, my friends, everybody i love and have ever loved, højskolesangbogen, Mozart, Bach, Händel and good music performed by talented people in general.

Sounds Like: AAAAGH!!! I just really hate when I'm asked that question. I always get confused, start to sweat and wanna run away...
OK maybe thats exaggerating a little, but it IS hard to describe your own stuff, you know..!!??

If anyone that has already lend me an ear, also feels like lending me a few lines on my music, I'll be forever grateful.
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My Blog

Lars & UHØRT, pressemeddelelse

Lars & UHØRT  Et dansksproget samfunds-satirisk rockband Lars & UHØRT spiller rock med westernguitar, violin, kontrabas og cajon. Musikken krydres med stænk af latin, tango, country ...
Posted by Lars Harboe on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:42:00 PST

UHØRT!

Så har jeg netop færdiggjort min 7. danske sang.Det bliver stort!!! Det kan jeg mærke. Man skal jo ikke sætte sit lys under en skæppe, og det vil jeg så lade være med: De her sange kan sgu mere end så...
Posted by Lars Harboe on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:06:00 PST

Host at regular "songwriters in the round" event

Just recently I accepted the role as singing host at a monthly songwriter night at Kulkafeen in Copenhagen, Teglgårdsstræde 5. Its just one of many places where this kind of event is organised by som...
Posted by Lars Harboe on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:49:00 PST

Back in Denmark with mixed emotions

With very mixed emotions, I am now back from my adventure in the holy land of Israel ...Heartbroken, puzzeled, enriched, hopeful, scared, lonely, vulnerable, stronger and ready to face the new day, I ...
Posted by Lars Harboe on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:21:00 PST

Vacation in Paris

Hello... I'll be taking a short vacation (10 days) in Paris with my girlfriend.Forgive me for not responding comments or messages.Never been there with a girl before. Thats supposed 2 b very romantic....
Posted by Lars Harboe on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:02:00 PST