Lasse Hoile (born 1973 in

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) is a Danish artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with musician

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and his projects

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and Blackfield. He has also designed live visuals for US

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. In the mid-1990s he was the vocalist for Danish

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band Panzerchrist.

Career

Hoile started working as an editor and producing short films in 1993. Five years later in 1998, he took up photography as a hobby. Since then, he has worked on documentaries, commercials, and short films. Hoile directed videos and created a number of album sleeves for Porcupine Tree following the release of ''

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'' in 2002. Later in 2005, he directed the recording of Porcupine Tree's first live performance DVD '' Arriving Somewhere...'', which took place at Park West,

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. He directed Porcupine Tree's music video for the song "

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" and has also worked on cover art for

's solo work. Hoile designed the cover art for Porcupine Tree's studio album '' The Incident'', released in September 2009. He composed and directed the music video for the album's single, " Time Flies", which was the featured "Video of the Week" on iTunes USA (October 19–25, 2009). Hoile took part in the recording, editing, and direction of some of Blackfield's live shows, including ''Blackfield Live in NY''. He has worked with Israeli singer Aviv Geffen on both live visuals and music videos such as ''Black and White'' shot at

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, during the summer of 2007. He was responsible for visual projections for the Danish group TV-2 during the tour for their album ''De første kærester på månen''. Hoile edited and directed two music videos for

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: "Porcelain Heart" and "Burden" from their album '' Watershed'', released in 2008. Hoile has also designed visuals for the band's live performances. He was responsible for the artwork for the Norwegian

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band

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's albums '' Children of E.L.B.'' (2010) and ''The Beauty of Our Youth'' (2013).

Discography

With Panzerchrist: *''Outpost Fort Europa'' (1999/Serious) *''Six Seconds Kill'' (1996/Serious)

Bibliography

* 2015 Glover, Carl and Hoile, Lasse. ''Index'', (Flood Gallery Publishing)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoile, Lasse 1973 births Living people Danish graphic designers Danish heavy metal singers 20th-century Danish male singers English-language singers from Denmark 21st-century Danish male singers