Nikolaj Torp Larsen

Nikolaj Torp Larsen (2013) in Aarhus, Denmark

Nikolaj Torp Larsen (born 1973) is a Danish musician (also credited as Nikolaj Torp, Nick Torp, Nik Torp). He is also a producer, film composer and writer, who has played keyboards, piano and Hammond with numerous artists on tour and on many successful records, including Adele's "Skyfall" which won the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 2013 Brit Awards,^[1] a Grammy, Golden Globe and an Academy Award.^{[citation needed]}

Larsen became a professional musician in Denmark at 17, the first band of note being the jazz group "Once Around The Park" and later joining the band Krajn, which became Cirkus and moved to the UK in 1996, with the other members Kristoffer Sonne, Anders Christiensen, Rune Funch and Jakob Illeborg. The band changed their name again to Warwick Avenue and were signed to Columbia Records in the US, releasing an album, Let it out in 2005.

The band eventually split, with Larsen becoming an "in house" session musician for many recordings produced by Martin Terefe in 2006 and later on sessions with producer Paul Epworth, contributing to more than 70 albums by artists including Teitur,^[2] James Morrison,^[3] Yusuf Islam, Klaus Voormann, Donovan, Chaka Khan, Pointer Sisters, Gloria Gaynor, Sister Sledge, Grace Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Willie Nelson, Milton Nascimento, Jason Mraz,^[4] Train,^[5] Tristan Prettyman, Joshua Radin,^[6] Howie Day,^[7] Amy Winehouse, KT Tunstall, Florence & The Machine, Cee Lo Green, John Legend, Adele, Mark Ronson, Elton John, Engelbert Humperdinck, Olly Murs, Third Eye Blind, Erin McCarley, Laura Izibor, Natalia Jayden, Wild Feathers, Marc Scibilia, Eric Hutchinson, Alyssa Bernal, James Walsh, Katie Mehlua, Dan Kamit, Lana Del Rey and many more.

In 2009 Larsen also joined The Specials as the replacement for Jerry Dammers^[8] and still tours with the group worldwide.

In 2013 Larsen opened Squat Sound, a recording studio in West London, with Dyre Gormsen and Kristoffer Sonne, the three together known as "The Suppliers", with their own label imprint, Squat Sound. Their first signing was Rob Bravery, whose album "Esque" was released in June 2015.^[9] The second signing to Squat Sound was Rocky Nti, whose EP "Ride On" was released on the 29 June 2015.^[10]

In 2014 Larsen started work on the film score for the feature thriller In Embryo, by first-time director and well-known actor Ulrich Thomsen,.^[11] In 2015 Larsen started scoring the feature film "Framing Mom" Directed by Norwegian ,^[12] which was released in 2016.

In 2018 Larsen co-produced, co-wrote and played on The Specials album Encore, which was released in February 2019, becoming their first ever UK No. 1 Album https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/08/the-specials-reach-no-1-in-album-charts-for-first-time-with-encore and in 2019 was musical director, played on and co-wrote 2 songs on the Jack Savoretti album , which also went number 1 in the UK in 2019.

In 2020 Larsen played on and co-wrote four songs on album Voyager^[13] as well as performing on records for 2021 release by Arlo Parks,^[14] Jack Savoretti and George Ezra amongst others.

Full film score credits:

• Movies:
  • Epilog (1992) - Mikala Krogh/Sara Bro
  • In Embryo (2016) - Ulrich Thomsen
  • Framing Mom (orig. Rosemari) (2016) - Sara Johnsen
  • Gutterbee (2019) - Ulrich Thomsen (as additional Composer) ^[15]
  • How To Stop A Recurring Dream (2021) - Ed Morris^[16]
• In collaborating with Jonas Struck:
  • The Newsroom: Off The Record (orig. Ekstra Bladet: Uden for citat) (2014) – Mikala krogh
  • The Idealist (orig. Idealisten) (2015) – Christina Rosendahl
  • Den Anden Side (2017) – Pernille Rose Grønkjær
  • Qeda – Man Divided (2017) – Max Kestner
  • Handle With Care (orig. Hjertestart) (2017) – Arild Andresen
  • Borg (2017) – Janus Metz Pedersen

External links[]

• Nikolaj Torp Larsen discography at Discogs

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