Tonight sees the return of Larse to our fair city. Last time he took control of The Lost Society but this time he takes the helm of Sin. With his sexy vocal groovers in tow, he’ll set the tone for the new weekly Friday night in the Temple Bar venue. ‘Shakedown’ is surely set to be warmly welcomed each Friday night and with Larse to open up proceedings it’ll be off to a flyer. You can expect to be dished the finest house gems and when his remix of Candi Staton’s Hallelujah gets it’s spin, the place will surely erupt in rapture. It always hits the sweet spot!
We caught up with Larse prior to his previous show in Dublin so check out our conversation if you want to get to know him a bit better before the big one later on. Obviously now with his debut Dublin gig under his belt his return should prove even more interesting!
Admission – €15
Last summer things really kicked off. Can you tell us about how you got to that stage; the fore of dance music? And maybe a little about your work with Candi Staton on the anthem ‘Hallelujah Anyway’, how did that come about?
Haha…the fore of dance music ; ) After I did “So Long“, I got in touch with Defected, Simon Dunmore charted the track, and asked me to do a remix for Defected. I refused the first offers cause I was looking out for the perfect track to mix, Then they sent me “Hallelujah“… it was love on the first listen and i wanted to do it without any question! The success of the Mix is crazy, I just heard it was #1 in South Africa and is currently Top 20 in Belgium…as I said, really crazy;)
You have a long running show on 1Live radio on Friday nights, has your extensive experience there helped you develop your career? With your recent successes has it been tough to commit time to the show?
I’m doing this for such a long time now and I know that things need time. That’s the main thing i learned from all those years. The show is a solid base to spread quality club music on the radio, which I guess is important, for the listeners and for me. But it is a fact that a live broadcasted friday night show makes it hard to satisfy the demand of bookings as I can`t do proper touring.
Last time we talked you identified your next move as ‘working on new tracks, different styles’. Remixing Feed me and Crystal Fighters certainly seemed to fit that bill, can tell us a little bit about that remix?
When i got the request to remix Feed Me and Chrystal Fighters i was really surprised because, the sound is not what i’m used to listen to… BUT, the vocals kicked it for me, great lyrics and chorus. So i decided to give it a try and I really got into it. It developed really fast and was pure fun to work on it…even Feed Me himself was into it.
What are your plans for the summer (another vocal anthem in the works perhaps)?
Maybe yeah…but not as a remix, hopefully as a LARSE track, that would be nice…seriously it will be time for an original release again….but, there will be some interesting mixes comin up too.
Finally first time playing in Ireland, what can we expect from your set in Dublin?
Yeah, it’s my first time comin’ to Ireland, and i’m really lookin’ forward…You can expect a journey to different Styles in House Music as Shirley Lites said: “Heat you up, melt you down!“
