Jeg har filmet ved en del koncerter på det sidste. Her er et udvalg. Blandt andet et klip fra første gang hvor Singvogels A.K. Hansn og Sister Chain & Brother John var på scenen sammen.
God fornøjelse!
Lars
A.K. Hansn, Emil Brahe og Sister Chain & Brother John (Beatles cover)
I Like This Wind
Own Road live på Labelday-Kbh, København
The Rhubarbs (Girls Love Rallie) live på Labelday-Kbh, København
The Hunters live i Örebro, Sverige
2. dec. 2013
14. okt. 2013
Videoreportage fra Live At Heart Festival 2013
Jeg har produceret en fem minutters videoreportage og en artikel til Dansk Rock Samråd (ROSA) fra Live At Heart-festivalen i Örebro, Sverige. Her kan du se og læse interviews med bl.a. bands som Battle og Sister Chain & Brother John samt få en fornemmelse af stemningen og musikken på festivalen.
Du kan læse artiklen på dette link.
Jeg har desuden lavet denne side på Sound Of Perpetual Astonishments hjemmeside med flere videoer og fotos. Herunder Sister Chain & Brother John, der spiller Donna Summers "I Feel Love" på et hotelværelse.
Videoreportage
I feel love in the hotel room
Du kan læse artiklen på dette link.
Jeg har desuden lavet denne side på Sound Of Perpetual Astonishments hjemmeside med flere videoer og fotos. Herunder Sister Chain & Brother John, der spiller Donna Summers "I Feel Love" på et hotelværelse.
Videoreportage
I feel love in the hotel room
22. apr. 2013
Nye Sister Chain & Brother John videoer
Sister Chain & Brother John har lige været i Danmark et par uger. Jeg filmede lidt undervejs. Bl.a. da de optog et nyt nummer, men også fra deres koncerter samt en lille akustisk session.
Se de tre små film herunder - eller på feature-siden på SOPA-sitet, hvor der også er en række fotos.
L
Recording "Jacky"
Performing a Bowie song in Svendborg
Recording an acoustic Stooges song with Leonard Davies
Se de tre små film herunder - eller på feature-siden på SOPA-sitet, hvor der også er en række fotos.
L
Recording "Jacky"
Performing a Bowie song in Svendborg
Recording an acoustic Stooges song with Leonard Davies
11. nov. 2012
Sister Chain & Brother John - Satan Said
Here it is! My second music video. It was mentioned earlier on this blog when I wrote about the Marzipan Marzipan music video. But now "Satan Said" by Sister Chain & Brother John is finally finished - and actually also premiered on one of Denmark's best music websites Undertoner.dk.
It was filmed in late September 2012 in Victoria Park in Kreuzberg, Berlin - the night before I filmed the Marzipan Marzipan video. We only filmed for two hours. Then we had no more petroleum for the "feuer peu"-things. It was a full moon, but you can't see that in the video. The camera does not pick that up when it's video. Especially with the lense I had at my disposal. The park didn't have any electrical lights, which was what I hoped for. Still, the moon managed to cast shadows from the trees. It was that bright.
We filmed on the plateau below the monument and above the waterfall which allowed us to use the rather "gothic-looking" gates there. I hadn't noticed the gates the first time I was there. Nice bonus.
The full moon had the park well-lit, so some people were actually taking a night time stroll in the park. But they didn't interfere with the filming, which was nice. We filmed from about 23.30 to 01.30 and I had to act the part of "director". Hadn't thought about that. "Stand there", "Do this", "Move over here", "Do that again". Got to remember to get in character for that the next time. Although, the video I shot the next day in the middle of the Berlin Marathon didn't require many instructions. In the end, two quite different videos.
With the night time video I had to film things closer to the fire than planned. It simply didn't give off enough light to illuminate anything in the background even close to the fire. I should also have had a more light sensitive lense for the camera. But I don't have all the necessary equipment yet. And it's still a learning experience. All in all I am quite happy with the finished video.
I used natural light only. Kind of in the spirit of the band - old-fashioned, Victorian, analogue and so forth. Actually, Stanley Kubrick only used natural light in his "Barry Lyndon" film, if I remember correctly. But no further comparison, just now. ;-)
The original idea for the video came when the "fire girl" Lisa did a performance on the terrace at Kugelbahn when the band had their release party there earlier in the year. There she performed to the recorded version of "The Gambler". But for the video we chose "Satan Said". Fits well with the infernal visuals, no? :-)
Below is a picture I shot with a slow shutter speed to catch the monument in the moonlight. Luckily the camera was on a tripod.
If you're interested in the album you can download it at Bandcamp, Amazon and iTunes. Or buy the LP at SOPA, Pale Music or Rillbar etc. You can find the links on the album website.
L
It was filmed in late September 2012 in Victoria Park in Kreuzberg, Berlin - the night before I filmed the Marzipan Marzipan video. We only filmed for two hours. Then we had no more petroleum for the "feuer peu"-things. It was a full moon, but you can't see that in the video. The camera does not pick that up when it's video. Especially with the lense I had at my disposal. The park didn't have any electrical lights, which was what I hoped for. Still, the moon managed to cast shadows from the trees. It was that bright.
We filmed on the plateau below the monument and above the waterfall which allowed us to use the rather "gothic-looking" gates there. I hadn't noticed the gates the first time I was there. Nice bonus.
The full moon had the park well-lit, so some people were actually taking a night time stroll in the park. But they didn't interfere with the filming, which was nice. We filmed from about 23.30 to 01.30 and I had to act the part of "director". Hadn't thought about that. "Stand there", "Do this", "Move over here", "Do that again". Got to remember to get in character for that the next time. Although, the video I shot the next day in the middle of the Berlin Marathon didn't require many instructions. In the end, two quite different videos.
With the night time video I had to film things closer to the fire than planned. It simply didn't give off enough light to illuminate anything in the background even close to the fire. I should also have had a more light sensitive lense for the camera. But I don't have all the necessary equipment yet. And it's still a learning experience. All in all I am quite happy with the finished video.
I used natural light only. Kind of in the spirit of the band - old-fashioned, Victorian, analogue and so forth. Actually, Stanley Kubrick only used natural light in his "Barry Lyndon" film, if I remember correctly. But no further comparison, just now. ;-)
The original idea for the video came when the "fire girl" Lisa did a performance on the terrace at Kugelbahn when the band had their release party there earlier in the year. There she performed to the recorded version of "The Gambler". But for the video we chose "Satan Said". Fits well with the infernal visuals, no? :-)
Below is a picture I shot with a slow shutter speed to catch the monument in the moonlight. Luckily the camera was on a tripod.
If you're interested in the album you can download it at Bandcamp, Amazon and iTunes. Or buy the LP at SOPA, Pale Music or Rillbar etc. You can find the links on the album website.
L
6. nov. 2012
Premiering A Movie
Den 20. december 2011 skrev jeg lidt i spøg, at jeg ikke skulle skrive mere om min dokumentarfilm før jeg kunne bruge overskriften "Premiering A Movie". Den 2. november 2012 var så endelig dagen, hvor "First You Close Your Eyes" kunne blive vist for offentligheden. Det skete i Århus' "kultbiograf" Slagtehal 3 til releasefesten Esther Marias album "The Abyss", som filmen handler om. Albummet er først blevet klar til release nu, så det er grunden til at filmen har måtte vente lidt med at se dagens lys.
Når man har filmet og siddet timevis og redigeret hver en lille detalje af filmen er den svær at se - og nyde - som den film den er. Men da jeg stod bagerst i lokalet under fremvisningen kom jeg alligevel lidt tættere på publikums oplevelse. Ikke blot via deres reaktioner undervejs, men også at jeg pludselig automatisk satte mig i deres sted. En scene var pludselig meget længere end jeg huskede den, når jeg så den gennem deres øjne. Sådan føltes det i hvert fald.
Responsen var virkelig overvældende. Meget positive tilkendegivelser fra publikum - og jeg fik endda også noget rigtig god konstruktiv kritik med hjem, som jeg værdsætter meget. Alt i alt en skøn aften.
Nu er opgaven måske at lave en "musik+film" aften mere et sted, hvis vi kan få det sat op. Og ja, ellers kan bandet jo også bruge filmen, som det har lyst til, hvis muligheden byder sig til ved fremtidige koncerter. Jeg vil så samtidig undersøge om der evt. er nogle tv-kanaler eller websites, der kunne tænke sig at vise den. Vi får se. I sidste ende skal den i øvrigt nok komme på nettet i sin fulde længde.
Er man journalist, musikblogger eller lignende og interesseret i filmen og/eller albummet, så sender jeg gerne en dvd. Bare skriv til lsd_dk @ hotmail . com.
L
Filmens website: www.larsdideriksen.com/firstyoucloseyoureyes
Esther Marias website www.esthermaria.com
Fotos taget af mig - pånær det første, der er taget af Gydde Madsen.
Når man har filmet og siddet timevis og redigeret hver en lille detalje af filmen er den svær at se - og nyde - som den film den er. Men da jeg stod bagerst i lokalet under fremvisningen kom jeg alligevel lidt tættere på publikums oplevelse. Ikke blot via deres reaktioner undervejs, men også at jeg pludselig automatisk satte mig i deres sted. En scene var pludselig meget længere end jeg huskede den, når jeg så den gennem deres øjne. Sådan føltes det i hvert fald.
Responsen var virkelig overvældende. Meget positive tilkendegivelser fra publikum - og jeg fik endda også noget rigtig god konstruktiv kritik med hjem, som jeg værdsætter meget. Alt i alt en skøn aften.
Nu er opgaven måske at lave en "musik+film" aften mere et sted, hvis vi kan få det sat op. Og ja, ellers kan bandet jo også bruge filmen, som det har lyst til, hvis muligheden byder sig til ved fremtidige koncerter. Jeg vil så samtidig undersøge om der evt. er nogle tv-kanaler eller websites, der kunne tænke sig at vise den. Vi får se. I sidste ende skal den i øvrigt nok komme på nettet i sin fulde længde.
Er man journalist, musikblogger eller lignende og interesseret i filmen og/eller albummet, så sender jeg gerne en dvd. Bare skriv til lsd_dk @ hotmail . com.
L
Filmens website: www.larsdideriksen.com/firstyoucloseyoureyes
Esther Marias website www.esthermaria.com
Fotos taget af mig - pånær det første, der er taget af Gydde Madsen.
9. okt. 2012
Marzipan Marzipan & Resident Tourist at the Berlin Marathon
I'll do this post in English as I think there might be some non-Danes who will be seeing the video I am about to write about.
Also available on Vimeo in better quality.
I've known DJ, musician and artist Zelda Panda for something like 8 years or more by now. Along the way we've done a few musical things together, but mainly she's been doing her own thing as Marzipan Marzipan - and with others. I also released a compilation of her songs on my record label Sound Of Perpetual Astonishment (SOPA) and she's created various album covers for releases on it too. We have a sort of Berlin, Germany - Aarhus, Denmark "tunnel" between the two cities. A straight connection through things which we make happen or that just seem to happen by themselves.
In July of 2012 I visited Berlin yet again and we ended up recording three cover songs in her flat. Some of which we had played in concert a few times. One of them was John Lennon's "Watching The Wheels". A beautiful song that I actually was unaware of until Panda told me about it not so long ago.
In September I was in Berlin again and was invited for a brunch on the sidewalk outside the "Pandahaus". The Berlin Marathon was going right past the house that day. Panda had suggested we film a music video while it was all going on. I liked the idea. It was simple and fun. But I had no idea how we would do it practically and how much time I would have with all the runners going by. It turned out the main part of runners we going by for about an hour or so.
I arrived around 9.30 in the morning after getting to bed at 3.00 because I had shot another music video with Sister Chain & Brother John the night before elsewhere in Berlin. I'll write about that here later as well. It was just as much a hit-and-run operation with limited time as the marathon shoot was.
I have filmed live performances for years, but not professionally, and have also been doing some documentary work. But never really made a music video, as such. So this is my first. Although it's actually the second I filmed within that 14 hour period in Berlin.
When not being in control of events - like a marathon - as well as being rather new at it, I just had to wing it. At the same time that allowed space for happy coincidences. And somehow they often seem to happen in the company of Zelda Panda.
For instance when she sings "they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind" one runner is walking behind her looking at her at that very moment. No, he wasn't paid or told to do so, he-he. And later when I film her up close and switch focus to the background with runners then a runner with "Denmark" on her shirt walks by. Also a total coincidence that the before-mentioned "tunnel" showed its head in the video like that.
What carries the video I think is - in part - the fact that it was done on the spot in the middle of a major event. Capturing a moment. But mostly it is, of course, due to Zelda Panda's utterly charming performance. And well, also that we managed to do a pretty good version of that great song, if I may say so. It's obvious that John Lennon's lyrics really speak to the singer in question here. :-)
I hope you enjoy the video. It was fun making it. And for now I can't get enough of watching it myself. Warm, fuzzy feeling...
L
Also available on Vimeo in better quality.
In July of 2012 I visited Berlin yet again and we ended up recording three cover songs in her flat. Some of which we had played in concert a few times. One of them was John Lennon's "Watching The Wheels". A beautiful song that I actually was unaware of until Panda told me about it not so long ago.
In September I was in Berlin again and was invited for a brunch on the sidewalk outside the "Pandahaus". The Berlin Marathon was going right past the house that day. Panda had suggested we film a music video while it was all going on. I liked the idea. It was simple and fun. But I had no idea how we would do it practically and how much time I would have with all the runners going by. It turned out the main part of runners we going by for about an hour or so.
I arrived around 9.30 in the morning after getting to bed at 3.00 because I had shot another music video with Sister Chain & Brother John the night before elsewhere in Berlin. I'll write about that here later as well. It was just as much a hit-and-run operation with limited time as the marathon shoot was.
I have filmed live performances for years, but not professionally, and have also been doing some documentary work. But never really made a music video, as such. So this is my first. Although it's actually the second I filmed within that 14 hour period in Berlin.
When not being in control of events - like a marathon - as well as being rather new at it, I just had to wing it. At the same time that allowed space for happy coincidences. And somehow they often seem to happen in the company of Zelda Panda.
For instance when she sings "they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind" one runner is walking behind her looking at her at that very moment. No, he wasn't paid or told to do so, he-he. And later when I film her up close and switch focus to the background with runners then a runner with "Denmark" on her shirt walks by. Also a total coincidence that the before-mentioned "tunnel" showed its head in the video like that.
What carries the video I think is - in part - the fact that it was done on the spot in the middle of a major event. Capturing a moment. But mostly it is, of course, due to Zelda Panda's utterly charming performance. And well, also that we managed to do a pretty good version of that great song, if I may say so. It's obvious that John Lennon's lyrics really speak to the singer in question here. :-)
I hope you enjoy the video. It was fun making it. And for now I can't get enough of watching it myself. Warm, fuzzy feeling...
L
23. sep. 2012
Someone please shoot the messenger!
Man kan i denne uge læse "Alt om den royale skandale", som det proklameres på forsiden af Se & Hør. Eftersom skandalen består i selve offentliggørelsen af de meget omtalte og meget grynede billeder af Kate Whatever - og derfor skabt af mediet selv - så må vi ud fra den logik konkludere at Ekstra Bladet burde gå ud og myrde nogle mennesker for at få lidt mere gang i kriminalstoffet. Eller hvad er det lige, jeg misser her?
Desuden er det jo bare et par bryster. I ved godt, at der findes andre blade derude, som har billeder af den slags i langt højere billedkvalitet, ikke? Og endda på næsten hver side. De er ret populære. Eller det har jeg i hvert fald hørt.
L
Desuden er det jo bare et par bryster. I ved godt, at der findes andre blade derude, som har billeder af den slags i langt højere billedkvalitet, ikke? Og endda på næsten hver side. De er ret populære. Eller det har jeg i hvert fald hørt.
L
4. sep. 2012
Selvhenter - Live på Elektronisk Jazzjuice
Sidst i august var jeg med til nok en omgang af Elektronisk Jazzjuice i Århus. De ellers fine nye rammer på Radar gjorde, at det ikke var helt det samme som tidligere. Knapt så løssluppent og hyggeligt. Og denne gang kun med én scene. Tidligere har det været op til tre.
Der var dog indtil flere spændende bands fra ind- og udland. I år synes jeg, at de var Danmark, der kom med det bedste band.
Fire meget talentfulde musikere i en medrivende bølge af percussion og forvrængede blæseinstrumenter. Normalt er der også et femte medlem med, som leverer stryger-delen. De kalder sig for Selvhenter. Jeg har stiftet bekendtskab med et par af dem tidligere - i flere mindst lige så spændende bands - og de var også denne gang en stor oplevelse.
Jeg filmede lidt fra det mest af festivalen, men jeg endte med at filme mest af netop Selvhenter. Jeg har prøvet at samle nogle highlights fra koncerten fra de dele, jeg fik filmet bedst. Og efter bedste evne forsøgt at få delene til at glide over i hinanden. Værsgo! Power så det brager - hele vejen!
L
Der var dog indtil flere spændende bands fra ind- og udland. I år synes jeg, at de var Danmark, der kom med det bedste band.
Fire meget talentfulde musikere i en medrivende bølge af percussion og forvrængede blæseinstrumenter. Normalt er der også et femte medlem med, som leverer stryger-delen. De kalder sig for Selvhenter. Jeg har stiftet bekendtskab med et par af dem tidligere - i flere mindst lige så spændende bands - og de var også denne gang en stor oplevelse.
Jeg filmede lidt fra det mest af festivalen, men jeg endte med at filme mest af netop Selvhenter. Jeg har prøvet at samle nogle highlights fra koncerten fra de dele, jeg fik filmet bedst. Og efter bedste evne forsøgt at få delene til at glide over i hinanden. Værsgo! Power så det brager - hele vejen!
L
19. jun. 2012
Det ser ud til at være lyd
Forleden fik jeg den idé, at starte en parallel blog til denne. En med et meget simpelt koncept: Små omtaler af film, der på forskellig vis handler om musik. Om det så er dokumentar eller fiktion, kendt eller ukendt, Hollywood eller gør-det-selv. En blog ment som et sted, hvor man kan finde inspiration eller genopdage ting, man har glemt.
Jeg er startet med at skrive om fire musikdokumentarer, som jeg søgte inspiration i, da jeg skulle lave min egen musikfilm, "First You Close Your Eyes", som jeg tidligere har skrevet en del om i denne blog. Du kan læse de første fire indlæg allerede nu.
Jeg har valgt at kalde den nye blog "It Looks Like Sound To Me". Den er på engelsk og du kan finde den på www.itlookslikesoundtome.blogspot.com. Jeg har også lavet en Facebook-gruppe til bloggen, hvis man vil følge med der.
Jeg vil fortsat skrive på Støj På Overfladen om alt muligt andet.
L
3. jun. 2012
Skam dig, Ridley!
Jeg må konstatere, at selv med et hold normaltvis gode skuespillere, en imponerende 3D-effekt og flotte billeder, så fortsætter Ridley Scott sin årelange stærkt nedadgående formkurve. Al den pseudo-spirituelle snak til side, så har "Prometheus" nøjagtigt samme plot som "Alien". Lander på planet, går ind i et rumskib, finder noget uha-uha, tager det med tilbage... everybody dies. Næsten.
Alt godt "design" i filmen trækker på Gigers og Moebius' oprindelige ideér og alle de nye elementer (diverse aliens) ligner noget, der er helt til grin. At man så også har tilsidesat elementær lære om spændingskurver (den går ikke bare op på 1, 2, 3 og 4) og gør 9 ud af 10 karakterer så dumme og overfladiske, at man (som i så mange andre af den slags film) ikke har noget investeret i dem, når de ganske forudsigeligt kradser af, gør at filmen simpelthen ikke er spændende. I halvdelen af filmen kunne jeg gætte replikkerne før de blev sagt.
Er der ikke nogen, der gider fortælle "Lost"-forfatteren, der tilsyneladende er hunderæd for at kede publikum (men ender med at gøre det), at han skal holde sig til tv-serier? "Prometheus" får "Alien3" til at fremstå som en ganske god film.
Jeg GRRRRUUUUER for hvordan Ridley kommer til at fucke "Blade Runner"-universet op, når han kommer så langt. Man kunne håbe på, at han lader den ligge.
Please.
L
Alt godt "design" i filmen trækker på Gigers og Moebius' oprindelige ideér og alle de nye elementer (diverse aliens) ligner noget, der er helt til grin. At man så også har tilsidesat elementær lære om spændingskurver (den går ikke bare op på 1, 2, 3 og 4) og gør 9 ud af 10 karakterer så dumme og overfladiske, at man (som i så mange andre af den slags film) ikke har noget investeret i dem, når de ganske forudsigeligt kradser af, gør at filmen simpelthen ikke er spændende. I halvdelen af filmen kunne jeg gætte replikkerne før de blev sagt.
Er der ikke nogen, der gider fortælle "Lost"-forfatteren, der tilsyneladende er hunderæd for at kede publikum (men ender med at gøre det), at han skal holde sig til tv-serier? "Prometheus" får "Alien3" til at fremstå som en ganske god film.
Jeg GRRRRUUUUER for hvordan Ridley kommer til at fucke "Blade Runner"-universet op, når han kommer så langt. Man kunne håbe på, at han lader den ligge.
Please.
L
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