Glenn Main - The Lost Cave

Glenn Main Henriksen is an artist, songwriter and producer from Norway. His great idol is Jean Michel Jarre, which you can hear when you listen to Glenns own electronic music. His first CD, “Electronic Secret“, was completed in 2008. This release was followed up with a huge outdoor concert in his home town Porsgrunn (in Norway). Glenn was finally on the scene with his own songs, lights and laser show. The sound could be heard throughout the city. Glenn Main has established himself as a purveyor of high quality, melodic electronic music that sits comfortably in the realms of his influences. But his music bears only a passing resemblance to Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, because Glenn has carved out a totally unique style of melodic electronic music that has grown and evolved with each new release. “The Lost Cave“ is from his outstanding cd ’Arctic Treasures’. ( 2010 ) Glenn Main (also known as Glenn Henriksen, or just Glenn) has carved a niche for himself in producing clean-cut, no-nonsense, cheerful, melodic electronic music somewhere between Jean Michel Jarre, Andy Pickford and what’s released on MellowJet. I know Glenn is probably tired of being compared to Jarre by now, but while the comparison isn’t far fetched, there’s also a unique “Glenn“ style to the music. Most tracks are bouncier and more poppy than the average Jarre track, which is something I feel often is missing in this kind of music. Most composers in the lighter electronic music genres go for dramatic epicness, dark designs and grand structures (or - shudder - ancient Berlin School sequencers) in an attempt to sound “big“ and “serious“. Simple and happy music is underrated, which is not to say that Arctic Treasures is simplistic; it’s by far the most mature and developed of Glenn’s three albums. Boundaries are being pushed compared to the two previous albums, and what we get is a clean, clever and creative album that’s using the tricks of the trade (vocoders, guest singers, etc.) to great length. It’s not easy to create a niche of your own and stay true to it, while still think out of the box, but for what this album tries to be, it’s just too well crafted to be ignored. Arctic Treasures works for the same reasons as why Syntech’s two albums work, and for the same reasons as why Jan Hammer’s Escape from Television is a classic. Highlights: Total meltdown, Ice tunes, Iceman’s melody. Glenn Main live at private party in Hamm Germany 30 June 2012: #!/