Danse Macabre existed for a short but intense period of time in the middle of the 80’s. Inspired by the wave of beautiful, melodic but also very dark rock music that came from England at this time Marina Krig, Anders Håkanson, Johan Lewholt and Erik Håkansson started in the beginning of 1985 the band Danse Macabre. And in the late fall of 1986 they played their last concert together with Cortex, Camouflage and Jack of all trades at the Folkets Park in Mjölby. The story ended.
During this 1 1/2year Danse Macabre released two cassette tapes. Even though the cassette tape is a medium that has gained som renaissance and retro reputation, it may seem odd today to make the choice of only releasing the music on cassette tapes. But vinyl recordings were expensive, the process of getting a label interested too long for bands that were anxious to get the music out there. The sales of these cassettes were mostly performed in the classified ads section in the music magazine Schlager.
The first, self-titled, cassette was recorded under primitive conditions with a four channel tape recorder at the rehearsal space in the basement of a school. The second cassette, Pickman’s model, consisted of the 10 tunes you can listen to here. It was from this cassette that Lars Aldman, host of influental radio programme Lilla Bommen, picked the tune Höst. This tune then top rated during a couple of weeks at the Spränglistan, a top list where the listeners voted for their best tunes. Together with a number of fun and good concerts this was probably the highest point in the bands short career.
credits
released February 1, 1986
Marina Krig (song),
Anders Håkanson (guitar)
Johan Lewholt (base)
Erik Håkansson (drums)
Pickmans model was recorded at Delta recordings in Linköping and was produced by Danse Macabre.
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Danse Macabre existerade under en kort men intensiv period i mitten av 80-talet. Inspirerade av den våg av vacker, men också mörk rockmusik som kom från England vid den tiden startade Marina Krig, Anders Håkanson, Johan Lewholt och Erik Håkansson Danse Macabre tidigt 1985 i Motala. Efter en avskedspelning tillsammans med Cortex, Camoflage och Jack of all trades en kall höstkväll 1986 i Mjölby Folkets Park var det roliga slut. Under detta 1½ år gav Danse Macabre ut två kassetter. Även om detta är ett format som idag fått viss renässans idag kan det låta besynnerligt att endast släppa sin musik på kassett. Men vinyl var dyrt att göra, få det utgivet på skivbolag var en för lång process för oss som var otåliga att få ut vår musik. Så försäljningen av kassetterna skedde mestadels via tidningen Schlagers radannonser.
Den första, självbetitlade kassetten spelades in under primitiva förhållanden på en 4-kanalig bandspelare i bandets replokal. Den andra kassetten, Pickman’s model, innehöll de 10 låtar du kan höra här. Det var från denna kassett som Lars Aldman, programledare för det då så inflytelserika radioprogrammet Lilla Bommen, hämtade låten Höst. Låten låg sedan i toppen i ett par veckor på den av lyssnarna framröstade listan Spränglistan. Tillsammans med ett antal roliga och bra spelningar var detta nog höjdpunkten i vår korta karriär.
credits
released February 1, 1986
Marina Krig (sång),
Anders Håkanson (gitarr)
Johan Lewholt (bas)
Erik Håkansson (trummor)
Pickmans model spelades in på Delta recordings i Linköping och producerades av Danse Macabre.
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