What's your name: Jesper M. Jensen Born: 1972 What's your civil profession/education: I'm free, no normal stress Are you married: No Do you have any kids: No Which instrument do you play in Anubis Gate: Guitars, bass on recordings Do you play other instruments: A little drums How many years have you been playing your main instrument: 20 Which bands have you played with before Anubis Gate: Extreme Feedback, Geronimo & Invocator Have you released other albums before Anubis Gate? Yes Which: Bass on Invocator "Excursion demise" debut album, 1991. Guitars & bas on Geronimo "Peace to the chief" debut mcd, 1995 What's your favorite bands: Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Iron Maiden, a lot prog and power metal bands Your 5 favorite albums of all time: Pink Floyd "Division bell" & "Pulse", King Crimson: ALL:Tango Orkestret: ALL: Black Sabbath "Tÿr", Iron maiden "Somewhere in time" Your favorite food: Mex & italian food, hot & spicy food Your favorite drink: Milk, coca cola and beer Any hobbies besides the music: Friends, family, Internet, spiritual life Funniest moment in your life: Too many :-) Most embarrassing moment in your life: Too many :-) Biggest hope for your musical future: Making more music.
Morten Sørensen, Drums
What's your name: Morten Sørensen Born: 1970 What's your civil profession/education: Landlord Are you married: Yes, to Sandra Do you have any kids: A son Lukas, 4 years old Which instrument do you play in Anubis Gate: Drums Do you play other instruments: Air guitar How many years have you been playing your main instrument: 22(on and off) Which bands have you played with before Anubis Gate: Extreme Feedback, Unicorn, Spaxtiq Zznååth, Geronimo Have you released other albums before Anubis Gate? Yes Which: "Peace to the chief" ,Geronimo 1995 What's your favorite bands: Queensryche,Crimson Glory,Savatage,Maiden,Priest,Vicious Rumors,Heir Apparent,Evergrey,Lord Bane,Lethal…..And about a thousand other great metal bands. Your 5 favorite albums of all time: Crimson Glory:Transcendence,Queensryche:Rage for order,Lord Bane:Age of elegance,Maiden:Somewhere/7th.son,Savatage:Ghost in the ruins…not really fair just to mention 5 is it?There are so many great and important albums…! Your favorite food: Beer Your favorite drink: Beer Any hobbies besides the music: Beer Funniest moment in your life: Too numeruos to mention! Most embarrassing moment in your life: Appearing on local tvshow! Biggest hope for your musical future: A 3rd Anubis Gate album.
Kim Olesen, Guitar, Keyboards
What's your name: Kim Olesen. (And yeah, in Denmark Kim is a boys name) Born: 1973 What's your civil profession/education: I am a guitarist of education. I majored in guitarplaying (jazz) . I took my education from the conservatoire of music. For a living i play gigs and teach guitar. Are you married: Not quite. Do you have any kids: I am a stepfather. Which instrument do you play in Anubis Gate: Guitars and synthesizers. Do you play other instruments: I'm a pretty good bassplayer and can get by on drums. I used to play the flute as well but haven't done so in a while (sadly 'cause i liked playing it). How many years have you been playing your main instrument: 23 years. At the age of 12 i began playing professionally (meaning getting paid for playing). My first pro gig was a wedding party. Which bands have you played with before Anubis Gate: Camden, Extreme Feedback and lots of others. Including gigs with some wellknown danish artists such as Alberte, Sascha Dupont, Dorthe Kollo ,Kim Sjøgren, etc.... Have you released other albums before Anubis Gate? Yes. Which: Camden released 2 albums "Ground Zero" and "The Interstate" (which i produced). The Interstate had some minor radiohits on it. I did an album with "Ordentlige Folk" some years ago. Recently i played guitar on "DJ Bailars" version of Bakerstreet ,which was a real hit, making it into the top ten in the singles chart. And very recently i played synths on german metal band "Fear My Thoughts" latest release "Hell Sweet Hell". (There have been some other minor releases as well). What's your favorite bands: Genesis, Beatles, King Crimson, Iron Maiden, Kraftwerk, Megadeth, Jethro Tull. Your 5 favorite albums of all time: Tough one ;-) Well in no particular order: Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden, Computerwelt - Kraftwerk, Revolver - Beatles, A Trick Of The Tail - Genesis, Voivod - Dimension Hatröss Your favorite food: Any italian food (as long as it hasn't got fish or any other hideous sea creatures in it). Your favorite drink: Coca Cola light. Any hobbies besides the music: Not really. Funniest moment in your life: Seeing "Life Of Brian" for the first time. I was 15 years and had to leave the cinema for 10 minutes because i laughed so much. Most embarrassing moment in your life: Too embarrasing to spread on the web;-) Biggest hope for your musical future: Artistic fullfilment.
Henrik Fevre, Bass
What's your name: Henrik Fevre Born: 1972 What's your civil profession/education: Musician/music teacher Are you married: No Do you have any kids: 1 daughter Which instrument do you play in Anubis Gate: Vocals (mostly harmony) and bass guitar Do you play other instruments: Guitar, keyboards How many years have you been playing your main instrument: I've been singing since birth really. Got serious about it around '84. Which bands have you played with before Anubis Gate: Besides the early ones mentioned in the Bio, I played in a group called Heyday, which in a span of 10 years ('90-'99) played pop with various genres involved; prog. rock, acid-jazz, funk, jazz and dance. After that I started on my own. Have you released other albums before Anubis Gate? Yes Which: In 2002 I released an album as a solo artist, called Seasons of a soul, which is kind of pop with a lot of different moods and influences from both jazz, new age and contemporary classical music. What's your favorite bands: Metalwise: Early Queensryche, Vanden Plas, Pagan's mind & Opeth. Otherwise acts like David Sylvian, Prefab Sprout, Pat Metheny Group, Mew & The Blue Nile. Your 5 favorite albums of all time: David Sylvian "Brilliant trees", Prefab Sprout "Steve McQueen", Maurice Duruflé "Requiem, opus 9", Donald Fagen "The nightfly" & Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach "Painted from memory" (no particular order). Your favorite food: Chateau de Briand Your favorite drink: Cool coke on a hot summer day Any hobbies besides the music: Not really Funniest moment in your life: First rehearsal with AG. It was 20 years since Jesper and I played together, only this time the roles were switched. I used to be the leader, playing guitar, writing riffs, with Jesper on the bass. It's topsyturvydom. Most embarrassing moment in your life: Luckily I can't remember (or won't). Biggest hope for your musical future: To change peoples lives through music.
Jacob Hansen, Vocal
What's your name: Jacob Hansen Born: 1970 What's your civil profession/education: Studio manager, engineer, producer Are you married: Yes Do you have any kids: 3 girls - Liva (1), Mikkeline (4) and Cecilia (6) Which instrument do you play in Anubis Gate: Vocals and probably some guitars here and there Do you play other instruments: Well, I'd say I get by on many instruments, but I'm not really great at any How many years have you been playing your main instrument: I have been singing (singing notes - not screaming) since 2002. Guitars s ince '86, which is embarrassing considering how bad I am... Which bands have you played with before Anubis Gate: Invocator, Maceration, Beyond Twilight Have you released other albums before Anubis Gate? Yes Which: Invocator - 5 albums, Maceration - 1 album, Beyond Twilight - 2 albums What's your favorite bands: King's X, Lost Horizon, Fates Warning ('till "Inside Out"), Crimson Glory, Queensryche, Soilwork etc. Non-metal: Stina Nordenstam, Elvis Costello, Jellyfish, Joseph Arthur. Your 5 favorite albums of all time: King's X - Dogman, Fates Warning - Parallels, Jellyfish - Spilt Milk, Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes..., Lost Horizon - A Flames To The Ground Beneath Your favorite food: Thai, or just well-prepared, non-fast food Your favorite drink: Before having kids; Scotch & soda, after kids - Tchai Tee and Coffee - shitloads of coffee! Any hobbies besides the music: Studiogear, shopping Funniest moment in your life: There are so many, and most of them include my former bandmate Perle Most embarrassing moment in your life: There are so many. I sometimes feel I have a big mouth and a pea-sized brain.
