Musical style: intense chill. A mood that blends feelings and sentimentality with a retro inspired modern electronic twist.
"An original mixture of jazz/funk/blues for the annoyed, the bitter, and the broken-hearted, for the dramatic drama queens who want to throw back dry martinis to feed their angst"
The Leader, 05/09
"I must say: I like what I hear"
Bernd Niedergesaess, Music Editor Europe, Radio 42
"I love your sounds, the way you play your musics, all the instruments very well played, that's because I love your musics very much"
Brazilian Fan
The Planets Have Aligned
The latest one-woman production from Anne-Lise Larsen is her album Planets Aligned. "I learned a lot from releasing my EP, I'm Alive, in 2006. Planets Aligned has better production than I’m Alive, is slightly more experimental and I have brought my cello into the mix to complement my sentimental groove. Making music as a solo performer isn’t exactly what I had planned, but now, I couldn’t imagine doing my music any other way".
Planets Aligned explores themes of personal reflection, dissecting relationships, shattered illusions and the resolution of such with the discovery of new lust, love and finally contentment.
Planets Aligned is full of silky masterful lead vocals and backing vocals with a rich layering, reminiscent of 70s soul and disco. Anne-Lise has made full use sound textures, with sweeping string synthesizers, a traditional Fender Rhodes, exotic percussion, beat driven melodic bass lines and a mixture of traditional pop funk style drumming and dance drum loops. Planets Aligned is an album for those who crave passion, human emotion, musicianship, melody and power in their music with a bit more substance than pop, and more accessibility than jazz.
Anne-Lise has a free podcast, available via iTunes.
