True Stories
LP 2024
This is an electro-acoustic project from 2024, with recordings made between 2000 and 2024, mostly put together in November-December 2024, into 7 pieces of varying length.
The record is released on the Austrian label Forst Rekords ran by Robert Trömer, for digital streaming, and an LP is going to be pressed and released in 2026.
Supported by Norwegian Arts Council and The Composers’ Remuneration Fund
Thanks to all above, Kristine Tjøgersen, family and friends
The cover is a scan of a Polaroid photo that was found outdoors, on a street not far from where I lived in 2015.
Side A
1. The man is reading the newspaper2. The next time I look up, he has disappeared
3. A woman with grey hair and grey glasses is passing
4. The background music changes
Side B
5. Now a totally different guy sits down at the bench nearby
6. Someone with instruments and suitcases is passing by
7 .The one who sat here when I arrived is still here
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
ARP Odyssey
Volca Keys
Casio Casiotone MT-70
ARP 2600
Nord Modular
6. Someone with instruments and suitcases is passing by
7 .The one who sat here when I arrived is still here
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
ARP Odyssey
Volca Keys
Casio Casiotone MT-70
ARP 2600
Nord Modular
OTHER SOUND SOURCES
Vibrating speaker on metal box
Cups on a table
Typewriter (this one)
Coffee automat
ENVIRONMENTS
Café
River
Staircase
A party in a restaurant
Analog & digital recordings 2000—2024
Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Lars A. Skoglund
Mastering: Niklas Adam
Cover art: A polaroid photography found by Lars A. Skoglund
Cover layout: Lasse Marhaug
Executive producer: Robert Trömer
My original idea for the cover was very different. It looked like this:
But due to strange regulations for music streaming, my cover was rejected, with the message
And speaking of strange regulations, another also not quite understandable hinderance this record met on its way to being released, was that
the original track nr. 4, the quiet and thoughtful 11 minutes piece called “The background music changes” was rejected due to its “exceeding the silence time limit”. Apparently it had something like 15 seconds of silence in it – not in one continuous stretch, but cumulatively, during its 11:20 duration. This was too much for the distribution services for the digital music of today.
The silences are of course a part of the composition, to make the piece breathe a bit. I contacted the service and explained this to them, but to no avail.
So that composition ended up as an LP only track. But you can also hear it here.