Epicure (1980 - 1983 )


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Arvid Nielsen - bass,
Bjarne Soerensen - drums,
Peter Toft - guitar and
Frank Carvalho - guitar

In the lifespan of this band we used many names. To begin with it was called Aerodynamic, but later on, for no particular reason, it became Epicure. We were very musically purist as we never played covers, but wrote our own music. The bass player Arvid and I always had a creative competition going, to come up with the best songs. I think we both improved our skills that way.

To begin with we played hard edged rock, very inspired by the music of the time (Thin Lizzy, Police, Dire Straits), and we built up a large repertoire of songs and played some gigs. Then, soon we went for different musical things. Arvid was into soul, pop and funk music, and I fancied odd time signatures and extended beat instrumentals.

Then the drummer split, as his family was moving to another town. This left us with no drummer, and no rehearsal room. For some time we played with another drummer, Soeren Brink, but it didn't work out, so we went on as a songwrinting trio, without real rehearsing. In this period we developed our songwriting skills a lot, influenced among other by the band of that day: Saga. In this period we made two demo tapes: One song recorded in the summer of '82, and two more in the summer of '83.

Then Arvid decided to pursue a musical career, and I had to make up my mind about what to do. So we split, as I was doing well in high school. Later on, he stopped playing the bass in favour of singing, and he put out the album 'Saa Laenge Det Swinger..'. This album eventually sold about 10.000 copies, which is quite a remarkable debut in the danish market. Then he went to the danish conservatory of beat music in Copenhagen. Recently (autumn 1996) he has been involved in a Copenhagen cast of 'Hair'.


Demo tapes 1982 and 1983

Frank Carvalho Arvid Nielsen

Song list:

  1. Warewolf (Arvid Nielsen/Frank Carvalho) - 1982
  2. Cheater (Arvid Nielsen) - Oct.1983
  3. Enigma of Erses tree (Frank Carvalho) - Oct.1983
Recorded in :Bjørn 'Bønne' Christensens demo studio, Aarhus, Denmark in summer 1982 and Oct. 1983.
Production and engineering: Bjørn 'Bønne' Christensen.
Recorded on TEAC 8-Track with Dbx noise reduction. Mastered to 1/4 inch tape on a ReVox 2-Track reel tape recorder through custom built 12 channel mixer. Also used: Boss Overdrive, Boss Compression, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Roland Stereo Chorus/Ensemble, Yamaha G50-112 guitar amplifier, Vox Dynamic Bass guitar/bass amp, Music Man tube guitar top on a no-name cab. More details about instruments can be found on the equipment page.

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