Max Lorentz is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 musician, songwriter and producer.
He has also worked as a session-musician with artists including Ulf Lundell

Ulf Lundell

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, Sanne Salomonsen

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, E-Type

E-type (musician)

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, Eldkvarn

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, Grymlings, Pugh Rogefeldt

Pugh Rogefeldt

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 and Magnus Lindberg

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, and has hosted the Swedish TV shows Max, Live Show and Musikmatchen, and appearing in Jeopardy on TV4. He hosted the radio show Sommartoppen in 1996.

He has released 5 solo albums to date. His 5th, released 8 June 2011, is a David Bowie covers collection entitled Kiss You in the Rain - Max Lorentz sings David Bowie

Kiss You In The Rain - Max Lorentz Sings David Bowie

Kiss You In The Rain - Max Lorentz Sings David Bowie is the fifth album from Swedish artist Max Lorentz.The record was released on CD on the 8th of june 2011 on PB8 Records....

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Other projects include a progressive instrumental album under the name Arktis and electro/dub project Dr.Livingstone with poet/director Anders Gullberg.

He contributed 3 songs to the 2009 Crispin Glover Records album "All Sewn Up - A Tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald

Patrik Fitzgerald

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" together with Jello Biafra

Jello Biafra

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 of the Dead Kennedys

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 and Motorpsycho

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 amongst others.

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

Production discography

• Mikael Rickfors
  Mikael Rickfors
  Mikael Rickfors was born in Stockholm, Sweden, 4 December 1948. From 1968 he was the lead singer and bass guitarist in popular Swedish band Bamboo. The band released two singles before breaking up in 1970. Rickfors would later perform with the British rock group The Hollies for about two years....
  
   "Vingar" 1988
• Tone Norum
  Tone Norum
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   "Red" 1990
• Mikael Rickfors
  Mikael Rickfors
  Mikael Rickfors was born in Stockholm, Sweden, 4 December 1948. From 1968 he was the lead singer and bass guitarist in popular Swedish band Bamboo. The band released two singles before breaking up in 1970. Rickfors would later perform with the British rock group The Hollies for about two years....
  
   "Judas River" 1991
• Mats Ronander
  Mats Ronander
  Mats Ronander, born 1 April 1954 in Sundsvall, Sweden, is a Swedish rock musician, guitar player, producer and composer.- Biography :Mats was born in Sundsvall, but grew up in Örebro. At the age of sixteen he succeeded Peps Persson as singer in the band Blues Quality. He was a member in the band...
  
   "Himlen Gråter För Elmore James" 1992
• Lars Demian "Man Får Vara Glad Att Man Inte Är Död" 1994
• Kim Larsen
  Kim Larsen
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   "Kim Larsen & Kjukken" 1996
• Kim Larsen
  Kim Larsen
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   "Luft Under Vingerne" 1998
• Rolf Wikström "Allting Förändras" 2001
• Silverbug "Your Permanent Record" 2005
• Dr. Livingstone "Au Tour De La Ville" 2006
• Jonatan Stenson "Jonatan Stenson" 2007
• Rolf Wikström "Istället för tystnad" 2011

Artist discography

• Continental (with Bitch Boys
  Bitch Boys
  Bitch Boys is a Swedish punk band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 1978. They disbanded in 1981 after several songs. They reunited again in 1994 and rerecorded all the old songs again on a compilation album called Vi är trötta på att vara bäst...
  
  ) 1981
• Subshow (with Subshow) 1986.
• Lovely 1994
• Bravo 1996
• 12 Songs 2000
• The World Is Watching 2004
• Au Tour De La Ville (with Dr.Livingstone) 2006
• Arktis (progressive instrumental project) 2007
• All Sewn Up - A Tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald 2009
• Kiss You in the Rain - Max Lorentz sings David Bowie
  Kiss You In The Rain - Max Lorentz Sings David Bowie
  Kiss You In The Rain - Max Lorentz Sings David Bowie is the fifth album from Swedish artist Max Lorentz.The record was released on CD on the 8th of june 2011 on PB8 Records....
  
  2011

Blind Boyscout Recordings

Releases up to date:

• Arktis "Arktis (featuring Max Lorentz)" - Max Lorentz progressive instrumental recordings.
• Subshow "Subshow" - The complete recordings of Max Lorentz and Michael Thimrén's 1980's grunge band.
• Dr. Livingstone "Au Tour De La Ville" - Max Lorentz and Anders Gullberg's electro/dub project.

Upcoming releases:

• Bitch Boys
  Bitch Boys
  Bitch Boys is a Swedish punk band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 1978. They disbanded in 1981 after several songs. They reunited again in 1994 and rerecorded all the old songs again on a compilation album called Vi är trötta på att vara bäst...
  
   "Continental" - The 1981 post-punk LP from Max Lorentz and Michael Thimrén's band.
• Lovely - Max Lorentz 1994 debut album.
• Bravo - Max Lorentz second album from 1996.
• 12 Songs - Max Lorentz third album from 2000.
• The World Is Watching - Max Lorentz fourth album from 2004.
• Johan Walin "Put Me In The Spotlight" - Max Lorentz' brother Johan Walin's debut LP from 1984.
• Johan Walin "Live At Antons" - Max Lorentz' brother Johan Walin's second album from 1994.

External links

Official website: www.maxlorentz.com