Lorraine (band)

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Lorraine
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 2002 – present
Label(s) Waterfall RCA
Website http://www.lorrainemusic.com
Members
Ole Gundersen
Anders Winsents
Paal Myran Haaland

Lorraine are a 3-piece band from Bergen in Norway consisting of Ole Gunnar Gundersen (vocals), Anders Winsents (guitar) and Paal Myran Haaland (keyboards, programming). They signed to the major record label RCA Records in 2007 after parting ways with Columbia Records. The band cite their influences as Depeche Mode, a-ha, Pet Shop Boys and New Order. The band are currently recording tracks for a new album which is expected to be released in 2008.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

The Perfect Cure (Rec90 2003)

  1. Perfect Cure 3.35
  2. Highlights 3.22
  3. Lip Gloss 4.41
  4. The Water 3.55
  5. Hold 4.06
  6. Twenty Years Under Water 4.25
  7. Virgin 5.03
  8. Any Given Sunday 3.51
  9. Sold Out 4.00
  10. Ghosts 5.18

2006 Sampler

  1. Transatlantic Flight 3.25
  2. Saved 3.12
  3. Beautiful Thing 3.17
  4. She Lives In Gardens 3.22
  5. I Feel It 3.05

[edit] Singles


Lorraine E.P. (Rec90 2003)

  1. Twenty Years Under Water 3.55
  2. Lovesong For An Ugly Girl 4.26
  3. Sold Out 4.16
  4. Echoes 5.01


Perfect Cure Remix (Rec90 2003)

  1. Perfect Cure (Beat Mix) 3.37
  2. Ghosts (Remix) 5.58


Saved / I Feel It (September 2005 Genepool)

Clear 7" Ltd. to 500 copies)

  1. I Feel It (Extended Mix) 5.00
  2. Saved (Demo Version) 4.15


Tell Me Where You Wanna Go

Free 3" Promo CD (Columbia February 2006)

  1. Tell Me Where You Wanna Go 4.16


I Feel It (Columbia 10 April 2006)

CDS

  1. I Feel It 3.05
  2. K-19 3.46

Maxi

  1. I Feel It 3.05
  2. Italian Girlfriend 4.45
  3. I Feel It (Cicada Remix) 7.31
  4. I Feel It (Video)

Spearmint 7"

  1. I Feel It 3.05
  2. Confetti 4.25


Transatlantic Flight (Columbia 31 July 2006)

12"/Digital E.P.

  1. Axwell Mix 7.33
  2. Rize & 7th Heaven Dub 8.20
  3. MHC Dub 6.02


Heaven (Columbia 23 October 2006)

E.P.

  1. Heaven 4.03
  2. Saved (Demo Version) 4.15
  3. When I Return To The World 4.01
  4. Confetti 4.25

Clear 7"

  1. Heaven 4.03
  2. Saved (Demo Version) 4.15


Saved (Waterfall 10 December 2007)

7" Ltd. to 1000 copies

  1. Saved (New Version)
  2. The Mess That We Are


When I Return To The World (Waterfall 19 May 2008)

White 7" Ltd. to 1000 copies

  1. When I Return To The World
  2. Beyond The Sky

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Winsents and Gundersen met in a guitar shop when they both started playing Stairway to Heaven at the same time. They later discovered Haaland drunk at a bus stop.
  • At age 11, Winsents won the gold medal in a Scandinavian speed walking competition.
  • They first began recording music in Haaland's bedroom, later moving to a decaying factory outside Bergen.
  • They now have a drummer, who though not an official member of the band joins them on stage at live shows.
  • Their first record was recorded by Bjarte Ludvigsen at Tinnitus recording studio and was very well received by the critics.

[edit] Other Recorded Tracks

  • A Life Less Ordinary (Unreleased)
  • Imagine This (Unreleased)
  • Remind Me (Unreleased)
  • Touch Me (Free download)
  • Heaven [Sebastian Leger Remix] (Promo only)
  • Beautiful Thing [MHC Remix] (Free download)
  • Live to Tell It All (aka Tell Them All) (Unreleased)

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