Velkommen til ARTARAT
Her kan du få indblik i en verden af billeder, musik og historier skabt af Lennart Larsen med udgangspunkt i billederne, som kan ses på Café Satchmo i Roskilde.
Du kan se en række mine bøger, og lytte til den musik, som jeg har indspillet, og du kan skyde genvej ved at bruge knapperne herunder.
Here you can gain insight into a world of images, music and stories created by Lennart Larsen based on the images that can be seen at Café Satchmo in Roskilde.
You can see a number of my books, and listen to some of the music, that I have recorded, and you can take a shortcut by using the buttons below.
I 1974 stod jeg sammen med min hustru og et vennepar udenfor det, der idag er Café Satchmo i Roskilde.
Lokalerne var til leje, og vi havde planer om at åbne et galleri, men huslejen var for høj,
2000 kr om måneden.
Samtidig stod to ældre kvinder også udenfor bygningen og havde samme ide.
Vi holdt et møde, men blev ikke enige om et samarbejde.
Valborg Nørby og Åse Bährenholdt, som de to damer hed, fandt kort tid efter et andet lokale og åbnede Galleri Sct. Agnes, hvor jeg udstillede i perioden 1981 – 89
I oktober 1998 afholdt LONG DOG pladereception på Café Satchmo med vores første udgivelse “Loose Ends”
I 2007 indledte jeg samarbejde med Natasha Christiane Dagmar Fleming-Seipelt om ophængning af billeder.
Rosenhavestræde 2 , 4000 Roskilde har nu spillet en rolle i mit liv i 50 år
In 1974, I stood with my wife and a couple of friends outside what is now Café Satchmo in Roskilde. The premises were for rent, and we had plans to open a gallery, but the rent was too high, 2000 kr per month. At the same time, two older women were also standing outside the building and they had the same idea. We held a meeting, but did not agree on a collaboration. Valborg Nørby and Åse Bährenholdt, as the two ladies were called, soon found another premises and opened Galleri Sct. Agnes, where I exhibited in the period 1981 – 89
In October 1998, LONG DOG held a record reception at Café Satchmo with our first release “Loose Ends” In 2007, I began working with Natasha Christiane Dagmar Fleming-Seipelt on hanging pictures. Rosenhavestræde 2, 4000 Roskilde has now played a role in my life for 50 years
Kombinationen tekst & billede
Fotoprint Day Or Night 329 X 483MM
Jeg holder af kombinationen tekst/billede, og i særdeleshed, når de to skaber flere spørgsmål end svar
Billedet er et af de første, som blev sat op på caféen for snart 17 år siden.
Ideen var fra starten at billederne langsomt bliver skiftet ud, så gæsterne ikke umiddelbart bemærker forandringerne.
Lidt ligesom, når vi ser os selv i spejlet hver dag.
Dette billede skal dog blive hængende på sin plads siger Natasha.
I love the combination of text/image, and especially when the two create more questions than answers
The image is one of the first to be put up at the café almost 17 years ago.
The idea from the start was that the images would be slowly replaced, so that guests would not immediately notice the changes.
A bit like when we look at ourselves in the mirror every day.
This image, however, should remain in its place, says Natasha.
CHANEL Barcelona Fotoprint 483 x 329 mm
Grafitti N.Y. Fotoprint 483 X 329 mm
Grafittiposter 350 x 520 mm Fotocollage 700 x 500 mm
De tre billeder ovenfor er hver især unikke eksempler på kombinationen af tekst og billede.
Det første CHANEL var et af den slags billeder, der pludselig dukker op. Jeg ved ikke, om der var tale om en ombygning eller en helt ny forretning under opbygning, men logoet, som står på den hvide baggrund og signalerer luksus og elegance, sammenholdt med byggematerialerne, er dejligt kontrastfyldte..
Grafittivæggen fra New York, sjuskede tags er det vel egentlig blot, bæres af den stærke skygge fra brandtrappen, som ikke ses, og former et næsten abstrakt billede.
Grafittiposteren stammer fra København, hvor pillerne ved Holmens Kanal en dag var blevet tagget. Jeg fotograferede dem alle vel vidende, at det hurtigt ville blive fjernet. Siden sammensatte jeg dem til ovenstående poster
The three images above are each unique examples of the combination of text and image.
The first CHANEL was one of those images that suddenly appears. I don’t know if it was a renovation or a completely new store under construction, but the logo, which stands on the white background and signals luxury and elegance, compared to the building materials, creates a nice contrast.
The graffiti wall from New York, sloppy tags, actually, carried by the strong shadow from the fire escape, not visible, and forms an almost abstract image.
The graffiti poster comes from Copenhagen, where the pillars by Holmens Kanal had been tagged one day. I photographed them all, knowing, that it would be removed quickly. Then I put them together to make the posters above
3 papers 272 x 481 mm image and lyrics
EDGE fotocollage 900 x 320 mm opsat på 5mm skumpap
Billedet er sammensat af et snapshot fra en gade i Boston, hvor de to personer stod foran et butiksvindue med en poster af den ene i vinduet.
Jeg ved ikke, hvad anledningen var ,men ballonerne, plakaten i vinduet og de to personer stående afslappet i snak virker ikke luksuriøst, men farverne var fascinerende – EDGE er et luksusbrillemærke.
Jeg indrammede dem i den mørke røde ramme
Billedets venstre side består af logoet EDGE i lyserødt med indlagte mirabelleblomster her på lysegrå baggrund, og med ballonerne som pinker stille forbi.
Billedet indgik som et opslag i bogen nuancer fra 2012
The image is composed of a snapshot from a street in Boston, where the two people were standing in front of a shop window with a poster of one of them in the window. I don’t know what the occasion was, but the balloons, the poster in the window and the two people standing casually chatting doesn’t seem luxurious, but the colors were fascinating.
EDGE is a luxury eyewear brand. I framed them in the dark red frame The left side of the image consists of the EDGE logo in pink with inlaid mirabelle flowers here on a light gray background, and with the balloons quietly pinking past. The image was included as a spread in the book nuancer from 2012
WIRED Fotocollage 90 x 33 cm
WIRED startede med billedet af vasen med ledninger.
Vasen er en laboratoriekolbe og indgik i en fotosession med forskelligt laboratorieudstyr. Laboratorieudstyret blev brugt som udgangspunkt for en række opstillinger, hvori indgik elementer, der almindeligvis ikke associeres til laboratorier.
Et andet eksempel ses nedenfor, hvor et tyndt glasrør bærer en gul diode sammen med nogle få andre elemeter.
Begge billeder handler om at skabe en stemning – en fornemmelse.
Vasen med ledningerne førte til titlen WIRED, derunder ordspillet WHYRED og til sidst udsagnet som fortæller om overvågningens konsekvenser.
Billedet er trykt på mat papir og sammensat af 3 ark.
LAB 46 Fotoprint 450 x 450 mm
No. 9 210 x 594 mm Opslag fra Nuancer
Oprindeligt er dette billede et dobbeltopslag fra bogen Nuancer,og måler 21 cm i højden og 60 cm i bredden, men sidenhen forstørret og påsat skumpap.
De to cirkler er petriskåle med farvet agar og objekter.
Originally this image is a double spread from the book Nuancer, and measures 21 cm in height and 60 cm in width, but has since been enlarged and foam board has been attached.
The two circles are Petri dishes with colored agar and objects.
Blå klud 14 30X30 cm , Fotoprint
Billedet her er fra en serie af billeder fra havnen i Thyborøn.
Da min hustru er født og opvokset i Thyborøn så har vi haft vores gang i dette område,som indeholder fantastiske muligheder for fotografering.
På havnen er der smedie og værft og det medfører at mange materialer bliver henlagt og her kan jeg gå rundt og fotografere.
Billedet her er et close up – en plastic dunk med et blåt stykke stof stoppet i åbningen. Til venstre for det blå stof ser det ud som om der står 80 .
Dette understøttede jeg ved at skrive 14 nederst til højre.
Det er den eneste tilføjelse til det originale billede.
This picture is from a series of pictures from the harbor in Thyborøn.
Since my wife was born and raised in Thyborøn, we have had our time in this area,
which offers fantastic opportunities for photography.
There is a blacksmith and shipyard at the harbor, which means, a lot of materials are deposited and I can walk around and take pictures.
This picture is a close-up – a plastic can with a blue piece of fabric stuffed in the opening.
To the left of the blue fabric it looks like it says 80 .
I supported this by writing 14 at the bottom right.
This is the only addition to the original picture.
Uorden i et system repræsenterer orden i et andet
Disorder in one system represents order in another.
Flying is over , 60 X 40 Fotocollage
Vejarbejde Paris 1982. Fotoprint 329 X 483 mm
Dette billede er et af mine absolutte favoritter – billedet indeholder mange af de elementer som er vigtige for mig.
Kompositionen og farverne er klassiske.
Jeg holder meget af netop vejarbejde, fordi det fungerer som en midlertidig skulptur i landskabet.
Det er etableret af en årsag, som ikke nødvendigvis fremgår men gennem afspærring og værktøjer opstår et stillleben .
I dette tilfælde indeholder opstillingen også et vidunderligt fremmedelement – Jakken som hænger på tripoden.
Det er ikke en arbejdsjakke snarere en herrejakke til pænt brug endog med et lille lommetørklæde i øverste lomme
This picture is one of my absolute favorites – the picture contains many of the elements that are important to me.
The composition and colors are classic.
I really like roadworks because they create a temporary sculpture in the landscape.
It is established for a reason that is not necessarily apparent, but through the barrier and tools a still life is created.
In this case, the arrangement also contains a wonderful foreign element – the jacket hanging on the tripod.
It is not a work jacket, but rather a men’s jacket for neat use, even with a small handkerchief in the top pocket
Telefonbokse , Livorno 1985 , fotoprint 329 X 483 mm
Skygge på væg , Fotoprint 30 X 40 cm
Ithaca 2018 , Fotoprint 329 X 483 mm
THE OFFICIAL Horisontal Tubetest , Fotoprint 329 X 483 mm
På et sommerhusbesøg i Lumsås faldt jeg over en vase sammensat af reagensglas.
Vejret var godt, så jeg placerede vasen i sandet med udsigt til havet og fyldte blåt farvet vand i reagensglassene.
Teksten kom efterfølgende, og introducerer således en af de mange tests, som ikke er almindelig kendt i offentligheden.
On a visit to a summer house in Lumsås, I came across a vase made of test tubes.
The weather was good, so I placed the vase in the sand with a view of the sea and filled the test tubes with blue-colored water.
The text came later, introducing one of the many tests, not generally known to the public.
Eksperiment med modellervoks og ledning.
Materialer og form
Skelet af ising påsat rønnebær
Lys og skygge.
Mange folkeslag er i tidens løb blevet fortrængt, forfulgt eller ligefrem udryddet.
Det gælder f.eks Forhåbningerne allerede tilbage i Middelalderen, og senest er det sket for Betragtningerne, som er blevet presset ud af Postulaterne.
Many peoples have over time been displaced, persecuted or even exterminated .
This applies, to the Hopes back in the Middle Ages, and most recently to the Considerations, which have been squeezed out of the Postulates.
Fotoprint A2 Anna didn´t come home that Night , 2001
Eksempel på proces
Her er et lille eksempel på arbejdsprocessen, fra oprindeligt foto til færdigt billede.
Billedet yderst til venstre er et foto taget på en skrotpalds i Thyborøn. En eller anden maskinel del, som har mistet sin oprindelige funktion.
Billedet til højre viser det færdige resultat.. Jeg har tilføjet yderligere 3 farver, men respekterer objektets oprindelige form.
Billedet blev endeligt limet på skumpap, skåret i form, og opsat på caféen.
På billedet i midten har jeg skåret en del bort og valgt en oval form for det endelige billede. Jeg har desuden indlagt farven rød på udvalgte steder.
Here is a small example of the work process, from original photo to finished image
The image on the far left is a photo taken at a scrapyard in Thyborøn. Some mechanical part, that has lost its original function.
At the center image, I have chosen an oval shape for the final image. I have also added the color red in selected parts.
The image on the right shows the finished result.. I have added 3 more colors, but respect the original construction of the object.
The image was finally glued onto foam board, cut in shape, and hung in the café.
BØGER
Jeg har i de sidste 15 år lavet adskillige bøger. Stort set alle bøgerne er billedbøger, og langt de fleste er blot trykt i et enkelt eksemplar.
De første blev trykt hos Lasertryk, som tilbød onlinedesign af fotobøger.
Jeg fandt hurtigt ud af at designe siderne i photoshop, og derefter overføre de enkelte sider som helsidefotos i det layout program, som firmaet tilbød.
Den første hed cover ups, sketches for an unfinished project 2012 40 sider i a4 Højformat.
Den blev efterfulgt af bogen Perfect Imperfections året efter.
Denne bog var samme format, men denne gang på 100 sider.
I have made several books in the last 15 years. Almost all of the books are picture books, and the vast majority are only printed in a single copy.
The first ones were printed by Lasertryk, which offered online design of photo books.
I quickly figured out how to design the pages in Photoshop, and then transfer the individual pages as full-page photos into the layout program that the company offered.
The first one was called “cover ups, sketches for an unfinished project” 2012 40 pages in A4 High format.
It was followed by the book “Perfect Imperfections” the following year.
This book was the same format, but this time on 100 pages.
Cover ups
sketches for an unfinished project
Perfect Imperfections
Bøgerne fungerer på samme tid som et katalog og en udstilling – du ved ikke, hvad der venter på det næste opslag – der er ikke overblik eller et kontinuert forløb som i en roman.
Den enkelte side er den væg som billederne bliver sat op på.
Jeg begyndte at sætte et enkelt billede over to sider, så billedet blev brudt op af opslaget.
Ethvert medie indeholder nye muligheder.
Firmaet Lasertryk havde i de år en yderst brugervenlig politik overfor reklamationer.
Det skete, at den bog de leverede ikke levede op til forventningerne, og når jeg reklamerede, gav de mig en ny bog, som kompensation.
Gratis vel at mærke.
Jeg fik således foræret en bog på 100 sider, og stod pludselig med et positivt problem –
Hvad skulle jeg fylde bogen med.
Det blev til bogen intro X citron ODDSANDENDSBITSANDPIECE and a few extras.
Bogen indeholder en række af mine sangtekster foruden billeder og blev således den første bog hvor jeg kombinerede tekst og billede. Medlemmerne i LONG DOG Orchestra ville gerne have et eksemplar og det viste sig at ved at bestille 10 eksemplarer af bogen fik vi stykprisen ned på 200 kr. Så denne bog blev faktisk trykt i 11 eksemplarer.
The books function at the same time as a catalogue and an exhibition – you don’t know what awaits you on the next page – there is no overview or continuous progression like in a novel.
The individual page is the wall on which the pictures are put up. I started putting a single picture over two pages, so that the picture was broken up by the spread. Every medium contains new possibilities.
In those years, the company Lasertryk had an extremely user-friendly policy towards complaints. It happened that the book they delivered did not meet expectations, and when I complained, they gave me a new book as compensation. Free of charge, of course. I was given a 100-page book as a gift, and suddenly had a positive problem – What should I fill the book with. That became the book intro X lemon ODDSANDENDSBITSANDPIECE and a few extras.
The book contains a number of my song lyrics in addition to pictures and thus became the first book where I combined text and pictures. The members of LONG DOG Orchestra wanted a copy and it turned out that by ordering 10 copies of the book we got the price down to 200 kr.
So this book was actually printed in 11 copies.
FRAGILITY
F R A G I L I T Y 20 x 15 cm 28 sider Maj 2020
Klik på omslag og se bogen.
Click on Cover and view The Book
Bogen “F R A G I L I T Y” blev til under pandemien.
Forud havde jeg lavet en række tryk i størrelsen 16 X 12 cm, hvert tryk indeholder et bogstav fra alfabetet og er udført i douce farver, der kan give mindelser om akvarel.
14 af disse tryk er placeret på de ulige sider i bogen.
De modstående sider er kreeret udelukkende til bogen, og består af et udsagn og en illustration.
Hvert opslag udgør en enhed. 14 opslag i alt.
Maj 2020
The book “F R A G I L I T Y” was created during the pandemic.
I had previously made a series of prints in the size 16 X 12 cm, each print contains a letter from the alphabet and is done in soft colors that can be reminiscent of watercolor.
14 of these prints are placed on the odd pages of the book.
The facing pages were created exclusively for the book, and consist of a statement and an illustration.
Each spread constitutes a unit. 14 spreads in total.
May 2020
De enkelte tryk blev indrammet i bølgepapramme 30 X 33 cm og kan opsættes direkte på væg med Hot glue.
The Biodiversity heritage drawings Selection
The Biodiversity Heritage Drawings Selection er en lille bog som fejrer de utallige former af farver af forskellige planter og andre levende væsener på planeten Jorden.
Mere end 150.000 tegninger af planter, fisk, pattedyr, insekter og fugle er blevet lagt ud på flickr, i hvad der benævnes som The Biodiversity Library, og alle disse gamle tegninger er offentlig ejendom.
Mit udvalg er foretaget ud fra ren og skær interesse og fascination. Jeg er ikke sikker på at alle de udvalgte arter stadig findes på Jorden, men engang var der mennesker, som tog sig tid til at tegne og/eller male billedet, som derigennem blev bevaret for kommende generationer og samtidig viser, hvor fantastisk denne planet er, og hvor vigtigt det er at udforske og bevare alt.
Intet er Intet. 1. April 2020 Til Louis & Anna Klara
The Biodiversity Heritage Drawings Selection is a small book that celebrates the countless forms of color of different plants and other living beings on planet Earth.
More than 150,000 drawings of plants, fish, mammals, insects and birds have been posted on flickr, in what is called The Biodiversity Library, and all of these old drawings are in the public domain.
My selection is made out of pure interest and fascination. I am not sure that all of the selected species still exist on Earth, but once upon a time there were people who took the time to draw and/or paint the picture, which was thereby preserved for future generations and at the same time shows how amazing this planet is and how important it is to explore and preserve everything.
Nothing is Nothing. April 1, 2020 To Louis & Anna Klara
Fotoprint 21 x 21 cm
Fotoprint 21 x 21 cm
MAPS (longitudes latitudes attitudes solitudes)
MAPS 15 x 15 cm 26 pages
Klik på omslag og se bogen
Click on Cover and view The Book
Bogen MAPS opstod efter at jeg havde købt et bind af Johannes Mejers Kort over det Danske Rige trykt i 3 bind i 1943.
Den stod på et hollandsk udsalg til 40 kr., og kom med hjem. Bogen indeholdt en række tegnede kort over dele af Danmark som dengang også omfattede Skåne, Halland og Blekinge. Kortene var meget inspirerende og jeg fotograferede en del af siderne og gik i gang med at fabulere over disse.
Det viste sig senere at min gode ven Karina Adel Jarlstrup også havde fundet et eksemplar af samme udgivelse. Et andet bind, som hun skabte en række billeder ud af:
Disse billeder viste hun i Galleri Wärme i februar 2022 på udstillingen “Omvej til Smutveje”
Uafhængigt af hinanden var vi begge blevet inspireret af den gamle bog
The book MAPS came about after I bought a volume of Johannes Mejer’s Map of the Danish Kingdom, printed in 3 volumes in 1943.
It was on sale in the for 40 DKK, and I brought it home. The book contained a series of drawn maps of parts of Denmark, which at that time also included Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. The maps were very inspiring and I photographed some of the pages and started to fantasize about them.
It later turned out that my good friend Karina Adel Jarlstrup had also found a copy of the same publication. Another volume, which she created a series of pictures from:
She showed these pictures in Galleri Wärme in February 2022 at the exhibition “Omvej til Smutveje”
Independently of each other, we had both been inspired by the old book
This is not The Northpole
This is not The Northpole 15 X 15 cm , 26 sider
Klik på omslag og se bogen
Click on Cover and view the Book
This is not The Northpole bogen indeholder dokumentation og fortællingen om et projekt, som jeg skabte tilbage i 1994.
Dette er ikke Nordpolen, er på samme tid en stedsspecifik skulptur og en komposition.
This is not The Northpole book contains documentation and the story of a project that I created back in 1994.
This is not The Northpole is at the same time a site-specific sculpture and a composition.
Skulpturen består af 12 konservesdåser og en skistav.
På et solbeskinnet sted placeres skistaven, og dåserne placeres i en cirkel rundt om staven.
Længden af stavens skygge bruges som radius for cirklen.
Skulpturen er nu etableret.
The sculpture consists of 12 cans and a ski pole.
In a sunny spot, place the ski pole and place the cans in a circle around the pole.
The length of the pole’s shadow is used as the radius of the circle. The sculpture is now established.
Kompositionen består af de lyde, som beskueren oplever i det tidsrum, hvor stavens skygge bevæger sig – indtil, det er klart for beskueren, at skyggens længde er forandret.
The composition consists of the sounds that the viewer experiences during the time the shadow of the stick moves – until it is clear to the viewer that the length of the shadow has changed.
The Sheboygan Files
The Sheboygan Files 15X15 cm 20 sider Klik på omslag og se bogen. Click on Cover and view The Book
Bogen The Sheboygan Files tog sit udgangspunkt i et billede, som jeg fandt på byen Sheboygans hjemmeside.
Sheboygan er en by på størrelse med Roskilde i staten Michigan, U.S.A.
Min ven Tom uebelherr er flyttet dertil med sin familie, og jeg var nysgerrig på byen, hvorfor jeg gik ind på byens hjemmeside.
Her fandt jeg et gammelt billede af en velklædt herre, som sidder ovenpå en død hest midt på gaden i slutningen af 1800tallet i byen Sheboygan.
Billedet er velkendt i byen, og der har i tidens løb været mange spekulationer om, årsagen til dette optrin.
The book The Sheboygan Files was based on a picture I found on the Sheboygan city website.
Sheboygan is a city about the size of Roskilde in the state of Michigan, U.S.A.
My friend Tom Uebelherr has moved there with his family, and I was curious about the city, so I went to the city website.
Here I found an old picture of a well-dressed gentleman sitting on top of a dead horse in the middle of the street in the late 1800s in the city of Sheboygan.
The picture is well-known in the city, and over time there has been much speculation about the reason for this scene.
Forlaget Pixum tilbød på det tidspunkt et format :
20 sider i størrelsen 15 X 15 cm, stift bind med en pap slipcase. En lille pixibog.
Jeg kunne virkelig godt lide dette format og begyndte at fabulere over “Manden på den døde hest” .
Jeg fik endog Tom til at tage nogle billeder af gaden, hvor optrinnet havde fundet sted for mere end hundrede år siden.
Bogen kaldte jeg The Sheboygan Files.
Sideløbende med dette projekt tilbød Tom Uebelherr mig en udstilling på Green Bay University Galleri.
Det blev til udstillingen :
The SHEBOYGAN FILES & ASSORTED MYSTERIES
At that time, the publisher Pixum offered a format:
20 pages in the size 15 X 15 cm, hardcover with a cardboard slipcase. A small pixie book.
I really liked this format and started to fantasize about “The Man on the Dead Horse”.
I even got Tom to take some pictures of the street where the scene had taken place more than a hundred years ago.
I called the book The Sheboygan Files.
In parallel with this project, Tom Uebelherr offered me an exhibition at the Green Bay University Gallery.
The exhibition became:
The SHEBOYGAN FILES & ASSORTED MYSTERIES
December 2020 – February 2021.
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LONG DOG Orchestra all them bones
Nils ‘Big Foot Barolo’ Christensen (Drums, Vocals)
Lennart ‘Old Dog’ Larsen (Vocals, Harmonica)
Steen ‘The Rock’ Dahl Pedersen (Bass, Keys, Vocals)
Jan ‘Smokie’ Andersen (Guitar Mandolin Vocals)
Simon ‘ The Ace’ Andersen (Guitars, Vocals)
“After 10 years of live performances, the Danish band Long Dog Orchestra is finally releasing a well-deserved album on CD. The album’s real title is actually ‘The Magic Return of Big Foot Barolo’.
The debut album All Them Bones first pushes you into a pleasant bluesy/Americana atmosphere with the drunken café song ‘And The Walls Came Down’. Then it gets even more crazy and down to earth with the tight rhythm of ‘Who Let The Chickens Out’; now try to catch them again. Recognizable thin tones on the Fender and a singing sound à la Johnny Cash make ‘Cold, Cold, Wind’ warmer than it seems. Lennart Larsen sings like the late Ray Manzarek on his solo albums: half singing, half talking.
The first bars of ‘Dog Bark’ sound a lot like David Bowie’s ‘Fame’. Or ‘The Wren’ reminds me of the Kinks’ ‘Muswell Hill Billies’. And so you can detect strong influences from other bands in every song and on every instrument.
The Long Dog Orchestra consists of skilled old guys who play convincing blues/Americana songs with experience.
An eighteen years journey from the studio project LONG DOG
to the live band LONG DOG Orchestra.
Since I started playing the harmonica and singing in various blues bands in the late sixties, music has been a big part of my life. In the late eighties, I was introduced to sampling, and we started collecting sounds and using them in music. Through this, the idea arose, that we could use samples to renew the expression of blues music. Back in 1995, I started a project with Anders Poulsen, Lars Bo Jensen, which led to the first Long Dog release "Loose Ends" from 1998.
We created our own samples and combined them with our instruments.
“Loose Ends” contains mainly interpretations of classic blues songs and only a few of our own compositions, but the process, and the possibilities that sampling created, meant that I together with Lars Bo Jensen, started writing new songs, and the next release “Heads’n Tails” 2001, consisted entirely of our own songs.
Anders Poulsen had left the project, and Jan Andersen had stepped in as guitarist. Both albums were well received
“Hound Dog Taylor meets Dylan (“Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat”). Strange as that may sound, it doesn’t come lose to capturing this superb 1998 recording (………..).
This is definitely not your father’s blues disc. Call it what you will (a difficult task), this wholly unique effort is superb”.
Mark E Gallo mnblues.com on Loose Ends https://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2002/longdog-looseends-mg.html
“What to make of this one? I have to admit I simply don’t know. Not much of a review, true, but rarely have I encountered anything quite as . . . umm . . . unique (yeah, unique – that’s it!) as Long Dog’s “Heads ‘n Tails.” It’s definitely not a blues album, of that much I’m sure”. If you’re feeling adventurous, Long Dog is definitely worth checking out. If you prefer the tried and true and familiar, stay clear of this one”.
John Taylor mnblues.com on Heads´n Tails https://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2002/longdog-heads-jt.html
In 2005 we released “Old Stories New Tracks” again with our own songs.
Guitarist Simon Andersen participated,
and we invited two drummers to play
on the pre-recorded tracks.
Simon Andersen took the initiative in 2012 for a compilation release and invited LONG DOG, who contributed 4 songs to the release.
It was in continuation of these recordings, that the LONG DOG Orchestra was formed.
Until then LONG DOG had been a studio project and never performed.
The band performed for the first time at the presentation of Routes.
In 2016, the second compilation album A BRAND NEW SOUND was released, where Long Dog also participated with 4 songs.
LONG DOG Orchestra Posters 2014 - 2025
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artarat.com
Why artarat.com, as the name for this website.
The name is composed of the words ART, TAR & RAT.
Many have asked the question: What is ART?
You may also ask: Who is ART? or
Where did ART go?
Some kind of an answer can be found in the book 3 3letter words
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fortsættes - to be continued
