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Sondre Lerche (born September 5, 1982 in Bergen ) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter . In 2002 Lerche received the Spellemannprisen , Norway's most important music prize, for best new artist. The Rolling Stone Magazine scored the album Faces Down among the 50 best albums of 2002.
Life
When he was 13, Sondre Lerche wrote his first songs, which he performed in a club where his sister worked. It was there that he met the producer HP Gundersen, who taught him the basics of composing. While studying, he took inspiration from idols like a-ha and recorded his first EPs , You Know So Well (2000) and No One's Gonna Come (2001). The first album "Faces Down", which will also be released in the USA, was also made during this time. Until the production of his second album Two Way Monologue , with which he began in 2003, he toured with his backing band The Faces Down in Norway, Canada and the United States. With the album he was not only successful in his homeland, he was also able to place himself in the independent charts in the USA .
In 2006, his third album, Duper Sessions , was released, which, like its two predecessors, was also released in Germany, but, like Phantom Punch , fell short of its first successes the following year. Only Heartbeat Radio was able to attract more attention again in 2009 at least in the USA and even made it into the official album charts . This was followed by Sondre Lerche's sixth studio album, which bore his name as a title. After a break, his seventh studio album, Please , came out in autumn 2014 . The record cover uses a painting by the Norwegian artist Lars Elling. In terms of content, there is much talk of relationships and separation on the new songs. On his European tour for the album release, he is accompanied by a bass guitarist and a drummer.
Sondre Lerche has lived in New York since 2007 . He was married to the Norwegian director Mona Fastvold since 2005; the marriage was divorced in 2013.
Discography
Albums
- Faces Down (2002)
- Two Way Monologue (2004)
- Duper Sessions (2006)
- Phantom Punch (2007)
- Heartbeat Radio (2009)
- Sondre Lerche (2011)
- Bootlegs (2012) (live album)
- Please (2014)
- Pleasure (2017)
- Patience (2020)
EPs
- You Know So Well EP, 2001 (Norway)
- No One's Gonna Come EP, 2001 (Norway)
- Sleep on Needles EP, 2001 (Norway, 2002 France, Spain and UK)
- Dead Passengers EP, 2002 (UK)
- Don't Be Shallow EP, 2003 (US)
- Two Way Monologue EP, 2005 (UK)
Filmography
- 2007: Dan - in the middle of life! (Dan in real life)
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: Norway - USA
- ↑ Studio guest Sondre Lerche on November 3rd, 2014 in the Berghain canteen ( Memento of the original from November 5th, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radioeins on November 3, 2014, accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Brief discussion of Please on NPR from September 14, 2014, accessed November 4, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Sondre Lerche gives the Leonardo DiCaprio in Berghain , Berliner MoPo from November 4, 2014, accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ About the tour start of Sondre Lerche ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , mp3 review by Martin Risel in Deutschlandradio Kultur on November 4, 2014, accessed November 5, 2014
Web links
- Official website
- Sondre Lerche at Allmusic (English)
- Report about Sondre Lerche on cineastentreff.de
- Sondre Lerche at laut.de
- Sondre Lerche in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Lark, Sondre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian singer and guitarist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen , Norway |