Lars Fredrik Frøislie (born 28 July 1981 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian musician. His main instruments are keyboards and drums. He is also a music producer and runs Termo Records together with

Jacob Holm-Lupo Jacob Holm-Lupo (born 15 July 1971) is a Norwegian guitarist, composer and producer. He is the main songwriter in White Willow and the Opium Cartel. He also runs Termo Records together with Lars Fredrik Frøislie., and the recording and mixing ...

. Frøislie mainly uses vintage analog instruments like Mellotron M400, Chamberlin M-1, MiniMoog Model D, Hammond C3, Rhodes MkII,

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, Korg VC-10,

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and so on. He is a member of Wobbler,

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, Tusmørke and White Willow and has done keyboards for various artists such as

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, Shining,

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, Urgehal, Trollfest, The Opium Cartel and The Electones to name a few.

Film music

Together with musician and composer Ketil Vestrum Einarsen (

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), Lars Fredrik Frøislie has written music for a number of films for both TV and cinema.

Selected discography

*2003: Ásmegin - “Hin vordende sod & sø” *2004: White Willow - “Storm Season” *2005: Wobbler - “Hinterland” *2006: White Willow - “Signal to Noise” *2007: In Lingua Mortua - “Bellowing Sea – Racked by Tempest” *2008: Xploding Plastix - “Treated timber resists rot” *2008: Finn Coren - “I Draumar fær du ” *2008: Ásmegin - “Arv” *2009: Wobbler - “Afterglow” *2009: The Electones - “If you..ll be null i..ll be void” *2009: The Opium Cartel - “Night Blooms” *2009: Shining - “VI/Klagopsamler” *2009: Rhys Marsh and the autumn ghost - “Dulcima” *2009: Urgehal - “Iconoclast” *2010: Angst Skvadron - “Sweet Poison” *2010: In Lingua Mortua - “Salon des Refusés” *2011: Trollfest - “En Kvest for den Hellige Gral” *2011: Wobbler - ”Rites at Dawn” *2011: Shining - “VII/Född Forlorare” *2011: White Willow - “Terminal Twilight” *2011: Finn Coren - “Mitt hjerte” *2012: Furze - “Psych minus space control” *2012: Matilda Gressberg – ”A Heart” *2012: Tusmørke – ”Underjordisk Tusmørke” *2013: Koldbrann – “Vertigo” *2013: Shining – “8 ½ – Feberdrömmar i vaket tillstånd” *2013: The Opium Cartel – “Ardor” *2014: Tusmørke – ”Riset bak speilet” *2014: Haakon Ellingsen – ”Orkaner og fuglesang” *2017: Wobbler - "From Silence to Somwhere" *2017: Tusmørke – "Hinsides" *2020: Wobbler - "Dwellers of the Deep" *2023: Lars Fredrik Frøislie - "Fire Fortellinger" *2023: The Chronicles Of Father Robin - ''The Songs & Tales of Airoea, Book I'' *2023: The Chronicles Of Father Robin - ''The Songs & Tales of Airoea, Book II'' *2025: Lars Fredrik Frøislie - "Gamle Mester"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Froislie, Lars Fredrik 1981 births Living people Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Norwegian black metal musicians People from Ringerike (municipality)