ETC mk4 (May-June 1996)






Demo tape May-June 1996

Anders Kjærulff - bass
Johnnie McCoy - drums, percussion
Frank Carvalho - guitars, bass, keyboards, MIDI..

Set list:
  1. Anagrams (Frank Carvalho)
  2. Gongtric Yestacles (Frank Carvalho)


Recorded in Eigens Ballroom rehearsal rooms, Copenhagen, and Freeport Studio, in May/June 1996. Recorded on Alesis 8-Track ADAT, through Allen & Heath 16/4/2 mixer, and mixed to DAT.
Produced by Johnnie McCoy and Frank Carvalho.
engineered by Johnnie, Frank and Anders Kjærulff.

Used on this recording: Rockinger bass, Fender Precision fretless, Laney tube bass top, Rickenbacker 4001S, Rickenbacker 360, Ibanez 12/6-string doubleneck, Washburn Falcon, Segovia accoustic 12-string, Yamaha steel 6-string, Vox 710, Vox AC-120 Twin, Vox 730 cab, MiniMoog Model D, Crumar Multiman-S, Roland PC200mkII MIDI keyboard, Korg 05R/W sound module, Macintosh SE, 2 TC Electronics four band parametric equalizers, Boss SD-1 overdrive, BF-2 Flanger, DD-3 Digital Delay, Sovtek/Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, Diamond Fuzz, Morley Volume/Wah-Wah. Check the equipment page.

During 1994-1996, I spend a lot of time working as a computer programmer, and taking care of my wife and kids. This has kept me busy since then. But it has also been a good reason to invest in some home studio equipment, and to compose some more. In this period I made a lot of songs, of which I think a few needs mention: Ocean, Charles' Unhealty Pictures, Infinite Chords, Anagrams I+II and Gongtric Yestacles. Unfortunately we were only able to record the latter two, but I have also included work recording sound snippets of the first two, and plan to record all remaining songs soon.
All five songs are suite type prog rock. None of them last less than 7-8 minutes, and I think they are really about 15 min. on average.
Anagrams is a two-part suite. The first part is more 'classic', in terms of song structure and instrumentation. It has vocal on I think that this demo is our best effort to date. Johnnie and Anders are not overly satisfied with the feeling of the pieces, unfortunately, but I think that we at least got the sound pretty close to the intended. The project was plagued by time pressure. We used hired recording equipment (ADAT, DAT, mixer, mics), and of course the ADAT started to chew our tape when most of the basic tracks had been laid down! Johnnie and I had to wait another three weeks before we could finish the basic tapes and mix. Anders had come over from Aarhus to join us, and he had to go home again. I also had another deadline to keep: My second daugther was born on June the 19th!


Freeport Studio!

This is my home recording studio. I'm happy that it's there for me whenever I need it. No more hired equipment breakdowns! No more tight time schedules! Everybody should get one!