Progressive Rose Promotions
Lalle Larsson

Swedish pianist/composer Lalle Larsson's music have been described as beautiful, virtuostic and a bit melancholic. He has mixed a timeless jazz sound with modern classical composition, musical experimentalism, heartfelt romanticism and a fiery energy that hints at his teenage love of heavy metal. His unique playing style has made some of his recordings cult collectors’ items the world over.

Lalle has recorded and/or performed with Karmakanic, Electrocution 250, Ominox, Richard Hallebeek Project and TimeLine.

In 2008 a DVD of his own groundbreaking live concert for chamber orchestra & electric guitars, Seven Deadly Pieces, (featuring members from the highly acclaimed thrash metal band Darkane) was released through WeaveWorld music. This 220 minute double layered disc features a documentary about Lalle as well as live clips from different gigs in Europe with Ominox, Karmakanic & Richard Hallebeek.

Outside of Sweden Lalle is perhaps more known as Lale Larson and he has appeared on over 20 CDs over the years alongside people like Gary Willis, Dave Weckl, Virgil Donati, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Sebastiaan Cornelissen, Richard Hallebeek, Todd Duane, Peter Wildoer, Sir Millard Mulch, Phi Yaan Zek, Marco Minnemann, Frans Vollink, Randy Brecker, Jonas Reingold to mention but a few.

For a more extensive biography on this extremely talented musician, please click here

You can also visit Lalle Larsson's other websites at:
http://www.lallelarsson.com
http://www.myspace.com/lallelarsson
http://www.myspace.com/lalelarsson


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Discography

SOLO

  • Weaveworld – (Reingold Records)
  • Seven Deadly Pieces – Concert For Chamber Orchestra & Electric Guitars (DVD)(Weaveworld Music 2008)
  • Ominox – Contemporary Past – Recordings from 1993-95. (Liquid Note Records 2004)

BANDS
  • Karmakanic – Who’s The Boss In The Factory – (Inside Out 2008)
  • Electrocution 250 – Electric Cartoon Music From Hell (Liquid Note Records 2003)
  • RHP – The Richard Hallebeek Project – Feat: Brett Garsed & Shawn Lane (LNR 2004)
  • TimeLine – with Gary Willis & Sebastiaan Cornelissen (Munich Records 2005)

Reviews



“The trio CD with Gary Willis blew my mind. You are outstanding! Thank you for being a real champion for music, you are one of my favorites”
~Kai Eckhardt (John Mclaughlin)



“While everyone here (at RosFest) is a great player, the absolute standout musician (of this set or the whole weekend) was keyboardist Lalle Larsson. An absolute monster of a player, his solos throughout the set were mind blowing and just blew away the audience.”
~Dave Thomas, Meteornotes, USA, 2006



“I don’t think of technique anymore when I listen to Lalle play, he seems to have surpassed such physical limitation. What I hear is an artist spontaneously painting the sky with colours; conjuring music with love, imagination and a unique spirit of adventure”
~Phi Yaan Zek (solo artist)



“Lalle Larsson on keyboards - he's one of the sickest, badest mo-fo players on the planet. Classically trained and chops from hell but plays with real sensitivity - not just blazing fast runs.”
~The Laser’s Edge – USA, 2008


“Lalle is one of the greatest keyboard virtuosos on the globe."
~Mikolaj Furmankiewicz – HMP Magazine/Department of Virtuosity, Poland, 2008



“- one of the most compositionally inventive and Technically impressive keyboardists I’ve heard in a while–a musician that Allan Holdsworth told me about.”
~Chris - DJ Los Angeles Radio KPFK 90.7/Co- founder of Alternity Records, USA, 2006