Henrik Carlsen

For the Danish sea captain, see Henrik Kurt Carlsen

Henrik Carlsen (born November 30, 1959 in Copenhagen) is a Danish composer, record producer and keyboardist.

He was a founding member of Street Beat in 1982 and led it until it was disbanded in 1993.^[1]

As a composer, he has written or co-written pop-songs like "Ring a Ling" (Tiggy), "Diddley-doo" (Cartoons), "Easy Come Easy Go" (Los Umbrellos), and worked as producer or re-mixer with Barcode Brothers, E-Type, Blå Øjne and many more.

As of 2006, he has retired from the music business and now works as a school teacher. He has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.^[2]

Recently he has composed a classical piece called "The Swan". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWyPrm8Cnc He played all instruments himself using the software Logic on a MacBook computer.

References

1. ↑ Jens Jørgen Gjedsted: Dansk Rock, Politikens Forlag 1985, Copenhagen
2. ↑ (Danish) "Drømmen om et fleksjob", The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, 23 May 2003