Petter Carlsen
Petter Carlsen (born December 19, 1979 in Alta ) is a Norwegian rock singer and composer .
Career
Carlsen began playing the guitar at the age of 15 . A big influence was the song Fade to Black by Metallica . He played in various rock bands in the following years before starting his solo career in the mid-2000s. In 2006 the EP A Taste of What's to Come was released , which earned him a contract with the record label EMI . The debut album, You Go Bird , was released three years later and reached number 14 on the Norwegian album charts. Two years later the album Clocks Don't Count followed , which was released in the rest of Europe via the British indie label Function Records. The third studio album Sirens was released in 2014 , followed by the album Glimt three years later. Carlsen describes his style as a solo artist as alternative pop music.
In 2013 Carlsen founded the band Pil & Bue ( Norwegian : bow and arrow ) together with drummer Aleksander Kostopoulos, who released their own debut album Push Start Button a year later . Two years later, the second album Forget the Past, Let's Worry About the Future, followed . The music of Pil & Bue is described as a mixture of psychedelic rock , grunge and alternative rock .
After going on a European tour in 2010 as a solo artist in support of Anathema , Carlsen appeared two years later as a guest singer on Anathema's album Weather Systems . In 2013 Petter Carlsen appeared together with anathema singer Vincent Cavanagh as a guest singer on the song Welcome Change by the German post-rock band Long Distance Calling . After the long-distance calling singer Martin Fischer decided to leave the band after the recordings for their fifth album Trips , Carlsen signed them as his successor. Carlsen is not a permanent member of the band.
Petter Carlsen is also active as a composer. So he steered z. B. together with Kjell Rune Myrland the music for the film Kill Buljo .
Discography
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as a solo artist
- 2006: A Taste of What's to Come ( EP )
- 2009: The Sound of You and Me (EP)
- 2009: You Go Bird
- 2011: Clocks Don't Count
- 2014: You Begin Where Everything Ends (EP)
- 2014: Sirens
- 2017: Glimt
with long distance calling
- 2016: Trips
with Pil & Bue
- 2014: Push Start Button
- 2016: Forget the Past, Let's Worry About the Future
as a guest musician
- 2012: Anathema : "Untouchable Part 1 + 2" on the album Weather Systems
- 2014: Long Distance Calling : "Welcome Change" on the album The Flood Inside
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jessica Heinen: Interview with Petter Carlsen on "Clocks Don't Count". (No longer available online.) Metal.de, archived from the original on January 23, 2016 ; accessed on January 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dr. Fisting: Pil & Bue - Forget the Past, Let's Worry about the Future Review. Angry Metal Guy, accessed January 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Klaas: Pil & Bue - Forget The Past, Let's Worry About The Future. Metal.de, accessed on January 24, 2016 .
- ^ Jan Müller: Anathema - Weather Systems. Metal1.info, accessed January 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Florian Schneider: Long Distance Calling announce new album "Trips" and new line-up. Visions , accessed January 24, 2016 .
- ^ Petter Carlsen in the Norwegian charts. (No longer available online.) Hung Medien, archived from the original on January 23, 2016 ; accessed on January 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Carlsen, Petter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian rock singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th December 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alta |