Artist description Australian film composer and musician. Midi based studio producing ambient and electronic music.

Music Style Electronic, Film Music, Synth, Classical, Ambient, Space

Musical Influences Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, Jarre, Kraftwerk

Similar Artists Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Tomita, Jarre

Artist History Recording since late 70's. Soundscape CD released in 1997. Always creating new pieces for my own and other pleasure.

Group Members Lance Lenehan

Instruments Midi Studio

Albums Soundscape

Press Reviews If the best music works on more than just your eardrums, then the music of Lance Lenehan is like getting a full-body massage. Based in Australia, Lance composes symphonic synthesizer music in the tradition of Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Enya, and Mark Dwane. He was introduced to electronic music in the early 1970's when he heard Japanese synthesiser artist Isao Tomita playing Moussorgsky's famous "Pictures at an Exhibition." Not long afterward, Lance purchased his first synthesiser and began experimenting with and recording a whole new range of sounds. Since then, he has composed and produced a wide variety of music which is largely ambient, but also incorporates elements of traditional orchestration, jazz, and rock. His music, created on both analogue and digital synthesizers and digital samplers, reflects the major technological developments in electronic music over nearly 20 years. Today, Lance combines his computer programming skills with the latest music technology to develop soundscapes from layers of both traditional and modern instrumentation. His album "Soundscape" contains beautiful examples of his musical approach. The song "The Summer Past," with its jubilant synths and intricate pop melody lines, is reminiscent of Erasure. The more orchestral "Turning Point," with its engaging Celtic melody, is comparable to the early work of Enya. "Animotion" features a very deep sampled voice and an exotic, bouncy piano rhythm. "The Last Rainforest" combines the sounds of traditional instruments (such as drums, bells, flutes) with guitar and brass in a mid-tempo world-music style. "Runner" is a majestic, upbeat synthpop piece with crisp percussion and a strong, uplifting melody that repeats in the style of a Hindu chant. Review by Craig Conley in The Kettle Black.

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Location Sydney, NSW - Australia

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