The Basement Tapes

Lars Fredrik Frøislie fought off the blues by giving his imagination free rein: he dreamed of the last battle of the Norse gods, a place in the sun, cosmic omens, and the stark beauty of a Norwegian winter. Now Wobbler’s mastermind talks to Prog about singing in his native tongue and staying sane with his solo album, Fire Fortellinger.

David West

“Basically, this was almost for my sanity that I made this project. I could’ve left it in a vault and just done it for myself, but it’s exciting.” “That was scary, man. Really,” says Lars Fredrik Frøislie. As the keyboard wizard of Norway’s brilliant Wobbler, composer for film and TV, and a producer, Frøislie is a seasoned, accomplished musician. But with his solo debut Fire Fortellinger, he not only plays everything but the bass himself, he sings too. “I’ve only done backing vocals before,” says Frøislie. “Just to release a solo album under my name is scary. I had no idea what people would think so it’s rather frightening. It’s a completely different thing to a band where I’m hiding in the back. Here I am really in the front.”…

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