ETC mk2 (Dec 1987 - Feb 1988 )



Johnnie McCoy - drums, percussion
Frank Carvalho - guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion


Demo tape January 1987

  1. Dance of the Daemons suite
  2. Experience (Frank Carvalho)


All Songs folder

Recorded in Tage Lutkens studio, Sondrup Bakker, January/February 1988.
Produced by Johnnie McCoy and Frank Carvalho.
Engineered by Johnnie, Frank and Tage Lutken.
Recorded on TEAC 8 and 4-Tracks with Dbx noise reduction, and mixed on ReVox 2-Track.

Johnnie McCoy - drums, percussion
Frank Carvalho - guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
with
Mads Wadmand - grand piano, lead synth, Morten Elbæk - saxophone, Katrine - vocal, Elisabeth Ørsnæs - flute. The Cecilia Choir.

On this recording we used: Ibanez 12/6 string doubleneck, Washburn Falcon, Yamaha steel 6-string, Rickenbacker 4001S, Tama drums, Vox AC-120 Twin, Vox 710, Yamaha B100 solid state bass top, Fender 2x15" bass cab, Roland JX3P, Diamond CR900 organ with Leslie 147, flute, saxophone, grand piano, Boss OD-1 overdrive, flanger, stereo chorus, Midiverb, and probably a few more things I have forgotten.
Those that love musical instruments may check out the equipment page.



The background


This tape was made because there never were any proper recordings of the Etcetera #1 songs. Johnnie and I wanted to make this up, so it was not a real band, but rather a long demo project. We picked these songs for the recording as they were our most ambitious. Dance is a 20 minute suite in three parts: part 1, in medias res and part 2, and Experience is another 17 minutes piece of wild playing.
To make it really good, we called in a lot of friends to help us. Dance part 1 features a saxophone solo by Morten Elbæk, as well as a great synth solo, played by Mads Wadmand, who also provides jazz piano in Experience and beautiful classical piano in In Medias Res, where he plays duet with Elisabeth Ørsnæs on flute.
A number of Xylophones, Marimbas and other percussion instruments were borrowed for a minimalist inspired bridge in Experience. The Cecilia Choir, Aarhus, sang a part in Dance part 2, and you can also hear The Choir of st. Those-that-were-there-at-the-time, which featured Anders Kjærulff and Tage Lutken. We had no access to Mellotrons, so we went for some live choir instead, to get it right. We also attempted to record a real church organ part, but due to some problems we had to leave it out, in favor of an ordinary organ. What a pity.
The sound of the tape is very dry, as most of the instruments were recorded in Tages soundproof room. This room is very dry, and we had no good effects to put on afterwards. I have digitized these recordings and improved the sound a bit, so it is now available in a better sound quality for those interested.
The mastered copies of this session can also be purchased from me, with extra recordings added. See the Retail Page.