Carpark North is a band formed in Aarhus, Denmark on 28 July 1999 by Lau Højen (vocal, guitar), Søren Balsner (bass, synthesisers) and Morten Thorhauge (drums). The band set out to create music that would contain their sources of inspiration: Björk, Police, Vangelis, Depeche Mode, Eggstone, Mozart, Kraftwerk and The Beatles.
Carpark North was the first in Denmark to present the genre electro rock for a mainstream audience.
The name Carpark North was created from the electro and rock genres: "Carpark" stands for car parks, edges, roughness, metal - the rock part, and "North" stands for northern lights, stars ethereal electronics.
The foundation for Carpark North is laid on Mellerup Efterskole, where Søren Balsner and Lau Højen meet and formed a band. This band played in the national championship in rock in 1997.
Søren and Lau split up after Mellerup, and Lau started his education at high school - Aarhus Katedralskole. Here he joins a band - "Spacekraft" and met Morten Thorhauge a young drummer from Søften. After a couple of months Lau and Morten formed their own band, and contacted Søren.
The first notes in Carpark North were played on a hot summer day in July 1999 in the MGK-facilities in Aarhus, Denmark.
If you ever played the video game called FIFA 08 (2007) probably you already heared the song "Human" and maybe you ask yourselves who's the band which sings it. Well... that's Carpark North.
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