Hi there!

Not only is it the week of The US election but it's also, and more importantly, the week of the release of my album FACTION. Yes it's out today in the UK on old fashioned digipack CD (incl. 2 bonus songs) so pop into your local HMV and see if they stock it. It's also available from Itunes (only the UK store at the moment) and Amazon + all other good download sites.

I will though suggest if you're really into the music that you buy the CD direct from me over at Lojinx @ only £8.50 incl. P&P and we're shipping worldwide!

FACTION:

A couple of years in the making using the very basics of garageband and a wee bit of pro-tools to beef it at the end. Main instruments were my farfisa, micro korg, bass and acoustic guitar straight into the back of the Mac with overdubs sponsored by my dear friends; Alex, Caroline, Ben, Paul, Tim C, Erik, Thorunn, Tim, Luke and Guy wherever they happened to be at the time, sometimes at mine. Artwork was in the hands of Danish artist Wendy Plovmand and the response has been amazing, now I only hope the music does it justice ha!

Lastly I hope that everyone's well, happy and busy, any questions or dead links etc please let me know.

Enjoy!

urz

Hen

Hi there!

After the FACTION launch at Nambucca on Saturday (big thanks to everyone who came!) and the Limp-Power charity gig at JAMM in Brixton last night I'm happy to tell you that the single 'This Time' is available on Itunes worldwide as of Monday 22nd September 2008... yes, it's today love!

Tracklisting is:

1. This Time
2. This Time (acoustic)
3. This Time (Pete Lazonby ISS mix)

The acoustic version I did live with Scottish guitar genius Alex Dickson at Diversion Studios, London Bridge a few weeks back, well we did the main guitars and vocal live, then dubbed the Rhodes, an electric guitar and the bv's. Pete Lazonby very kindly came back with his International Space Station (ISS) mix and I think it really hits and beef the Scandi vibe of the song.

If you still haven't seen the video you can find it here on the site or over on YouTube.

That's it for now, sign up to the mailing list at the top of this page to stay in touch.

Enjoy!

urz

Hen.

Oui!

The people over at Q Magazine have been very kind to choose 'This Time' as the track of the day on their website, read more here, The Q Daily

There's been a few other online press things popping up with more info, another couple of links to the video + exclusive web track ‘Know Where I’ll Be’ can be streamed. I’ll make that track proper available at some point in the future.

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The video for my first single, 'This Time' is up now! The single (with bonus 'acoustic version' and Pete Lazonby's ISS mix) will be available from this page and on Lojinx from 22nd of September. If you for some random reason would rather see the main bulk of your dough go to Itunes, Amazon or another ancient relic, it's also available from those sites.

Anyway, we did about 37 takes but ended up using the test shoot from a couple of days previously, and yes, I'm now trying to live my life like that... no rehearsals (or just that?), live life as it comes every second rather than prepare and think too much... kinda tricky but fun trying out I suppose...

Also, a bit of press is slowly filtering through, I'll blog tomorrow again with links, also for the non-album track 'Know Where I'll Be' which is an old acoustic-thigh-slapping-type-of-thing.

Now, enjoy the wonder of one take technology!

urz

Hen.

News just in is that an album I played bass on last year ‘Further Than Tomorrow’ by the late Matthew Jay has a 4 star review in the August edition of Q Magazine.

The album came into being because the estate of Matthew Jay wanted people to hear the demos that he’d put down for his second album before his untimely death in 2003. These recordings were handed to my friend Diogo Vasconcellos aka Vasco who arranged them and we then beefed the songs in rehearsals. The 12 chosen songs were then proper recorded over 3 sessions in 2007 with producer Curtis Schwartz at his Berry Studios in Surrey, England.

Apart from being an emotional and surreal experience, I mean it’s not everyday that you rehearse or record with a dead mans voice in the PA or in the cans, I again got the chance to record with my good old friend Andy Maclure, we did  Kim Richey’s album in January 2007 and Andy also helped me out with my Royalz’ session for the recording of ‘Every Bitter Drop’ for ‘Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited’, both albums now on Itunes.

Anyway, rumour has it that a major label might be proper releasing ‘Further Than Tomorrow’, I’ll be in touch if that happens.

Enjoy the rest of July!

urz

Henrik

Hello, hope everyone's sweet!

It's official!! My album 'FACTION' will be out in the UK through indie label Lojinx in October.  There's more to come on this website, gigs, videos, blogs, lyrics etc!

So before the storm, enjoy the calm!

Love

Hen

Was going through stuff on the desktop today and found this Q&A from 2006 I did with Australian independent radio station PBS 106.7 FM, go here to check it out: HENRIK Q&A

Thought I'd let everyone know that I just got back from the last mastering session with Giles Martin at Air Studios. The 10 songs that make up FACTION are in the can. Hurrah! Today we also beefed the tracks 'To Believe' and 'Okay' that will be bonus songs on the CD version of the album. They feature my dear friends CatHead and Luke Potashnick repectively.

Can't wait to present this album to you, hang in there!

urz

Hen.

Hello,

Just a quick one to wish everyone a happy christmas and a great new year. What a year it's been, never been busier with music than now. Needless to say I'm most chuffed with finishing me own album 'Faction', been a couple of years in the making but it's turned out a rather neat, close-up, warm, introspective (hopefully not too much!) little collection of songs. The artwork is in the hands of Danish artist Wendy Plovmand and just the other week I was approached by UK indie label Lojinx to put it out through them in 2008. All very exciting me think and I can't wait to get started..... actually it's started already, it's always starting isn't.... no, it's always going, that's it, we're always going.... somewhere..... whether we want to or not.... whaaaat? you know what I mean ; )

Keep it real, and don't forget to vote with your wallet.

'Here's to the future my friends, whatever it holds in store, I hope that each day from now on holds more.....' Ken Stringfellow.

urz

Hen.

It's been a while and a lot stuff has gone down here in Los UK, where to start, where to start...?

Oh yeah, I've finished my album 'Faction', years in the making but with last minute infusions from various (very!) helpful people, it's now officially done. We're working on cover now and if I'm not too busy baking, cleaning or something third, the album will be available here and on the various digital outlets Itunes, Napster etc. not too long into the new year. I am also looking into prober distribution but more on that later. Song list for 'Faction' is:

1. Hey Ho! (Dickson/Henrik)
2. Any Old Day
3. Try Me
4. Isit?
5. Giving
6. This Sound
7. Carmex
8. This Time
9. About You Today
10. 10 Seconds

Also, as you might know I've joined Jamie Scott & The Town, done a lot this summer, the various festivals, Ireland, Scotland & Germany. The album 'Park Bench Theories' is out on Polydor so go get your copy. We're off to Germany supporting Take That (don't tell anyone!) today but it's gonna be good to play the set in a big setting and no doubt help build a following on the Continent.

Actually this turned out short but that's it for now, hope everyone out there is doing what they're meant to be doing, and don't forget to vote with your wallet!

urz

Hen.

Here we go…. time is moving at an insane speed eh? 1st of March already, jeez, wasn't it just Christmas? Anyway, did an hour 'cloud-watching' this morning with Caroline through our bedroom windows, well, the one on the right. Weird shapes came and went, pretty sure that the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters walked over Hampstead Heath and through The Village a couple of times… I feel it's already a good day, what about you? Bar the mad situation between Police and the 'dirty' youth of Copenhagen of course, but hey, the Government must have seen it coming (they sold the building that's been 'housing the youth' of Copenhagen for 25 years to some religious organisation… Pythonesque I know!) Maybe if it had just been the messed up rich kids coming in from the suburbs to let go of their frustrations, the current (fascist?) right-wing government of DK would have kept the thing going, maybe even installed and funded a sensible shoot-up room with a dental-care unit at hand??!!… I actually think that would have been a very good idea, they should definitely try it over here. Isn't it time we as a human race took some chances, I mean, we know the Universe will take care of everything in the end, there really isn't that much to do right or wrong, only our own ideas about the two…. And do they work? Hmmm…

Who cares?… it's a good day, actually, it's a great day!

Anyway, I wanted to give you an update….

Kim Richey's album was a treat to do and it's sounding great. Andy Maclure and I finished our basic bass and drum tracks at Eastcote studios around mid-January, Giles Martin and Kim beefed stuff further there and went on to AIR to overdub more vocals and guitars etc… very happy that me mate Alex Dickson got involved in the end, he could easily be the best guitarist in the country. I'll let you know when the album's out etc, think it'll be July. I'd love to play those songs again sometime… Kim?….. Kim??

For my own album I still have two songs to wrap and mix but will get down to that in the next two weeks… if the stars align maybe even earlier. I'm recruiting friends back home to help me with the cover, and I have a few cool ideas…. simple but effective as they say… can't wait to have it wrapped and ready to zip. Talk of DK, I'm going back in a couple of weeks to jam with new friends in Copenhagen, don't know what will happen of course, but the outset/overall idea is a new and fresh power-pop unit… the sounds we have in mind stem from say Jellyfish, Raconteurs, The Lads etc…. basically as much singing as possible…. will be in touch on that one if the spirit of the project decides to join us here on earth.

Another new thing, I've joined forces (once again!) with two good friends of mine, Karl Brazil and Luke Potashnick. We've been recruited as the rhythm section of new band The Town, we've done some rehearsing, and did two songs last Wednesday at Kensal Town Studios in Kensal Road, but that's kinda all I can say right now…. but keep an eye out for The Town in the not too distant future….

Love

Hen.