Max Lorentz

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Max Lorentz at Winbergs Vaxholm July 2014

Max Lorentz (born in Täby, November 16, 1962) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and producer.[1] He has also worked as a session-musician with artists including Ulf Lundell, Sanne Salomonsen, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Skifs, E-Type, Eldkvarn, , Pugh Rogefeldt and Magnus Lindberg, and has hosted the Swedish TV shows , and , and appearing in Jeopardy! on TV4. He hosted the radio show in 1996.

He has released 6 solo albums to date. His 5th, released 8 June 2011, was a David Bowie covers collection entitled Kiss You in the Rain - Max Lorentz sings David Bowie on which he plays one song each from every Bowie album 1967 to 1980.[2]

Other projects include a progressive instrumental album under the name Arktis, electro/dub project with poet/director Anders Gullberg and 1970s hard rock band Mårran with whom he has released 4 albums in two years.

In 2017 he released his second David Bowie covers album. This time concentrating on Bowie songs from 1983 up to 2016. The record was called . 2018 saw him starting a so called "instant composition" project called . This resulted is the LP/album of the same name in November 2018.

He contributed 3 songs to the 2009 album "All Sewn Up - A Tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald" together with Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and Motorpsycho amongst others.[citation needed]

In 2014 he became the 5th member of the legendary British rock group Tyla Gang and in 2015 a member of renowned Swedish progressive rock band Kaipa Da Capo with guitarist Roine Stolt.

Max Lorentz runs a record company called Blind Boyscout Recordings with mainly digital releases of his own as well as related music.

Production discography[]

Artist discography[]

  • (with Bitch Boys) 1981
  • (with ) 1986.
  • 1994
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • (with Dr.Livingstone) 2006
  • (progressive instrumental project) 2007
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2017
  • (with Rossi of Sweden) 2018

Blind Boyscout Recordings[]

Releases up to date:

  • Arktis "" - Max Lorentz progressive instrumental recordings.
  • "" - The complete recordings of Max Lorentz and Michael Thimrén's 1980s grunge band.
  • "" - Max Lorentz and Anders Gullberg's electro/dub project.
  • "" - Max Lorentz' brother Johan Walin's debut LP from 1984.
  • "" - Max Lorentz' brother Johan Walin's second album from 1994.

Upcoming releases:

  • Bitch Boys "Continental" - The 1981 post-punk LP from Max Lorentz and Michael Thimrén's band.
  • - Max Lorentz 1994 debut album.
  • - Max Lorentz second album from 1996.
  • - Max Lorentz third album from 2000.
  • - Max Lorentz fourth album from 2004.

References[]

  1. ^ Discogs: Maz Lorentz
  2. ^ Kiss You in the Rain, Bowie Wonderworld, June 23, 2009

External links[]

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