About Arvid Tuba

Markus Arvidsson from Falun (Sweden) began at the early age of 13 to record strange sounds. Around 15, in 1985 he released his first demo tape. It was heavy industrial collages and cut-ups. For rest of his grade school and through high school he would produce demos and play live frequently, gaining a fanbase over Sweden and at diverse places of the world as Japan, Canada, USA and over Europe. He gradually developed from the industrial to ebm, synthpop and dance music, though always with his very personal style. He released a tape and a single with Börft Records and mingled musically with the other odd participants of the swedish demo scene like Green's Restaurant and Psychic Pissbrain. In 1992 he made a tv-debut, a home made promotional video and released the 7" single Att Måla Med Svartsjuka. After that he more or less disappeared from the scene. Since then ha has occasionally reappeared with limited distribution of tapes and cds and new material, among others his Kiss-covers and some very beautiful songs like Den felande länken och Vakna Väckarklocka! Vakna! released around 2000. RELEASES: NIERENSTEIN - mc. 1985 BESS IS BEASTLY - mc. 1986 AM I OBSCENE? - mc. june 1987 YNKEDOMEN - mc. june 1988 EFTERSATT - mc. april 1989 FLEISM - mc. 1990 [börft 026] ARVY - mc. juni 1990 LIVE I BOLOGNERN (GÄVLE) - vhs. 1990 ATT MÅLA MED SVARTSJUKA - 7". 1991 [börft 46] DEN FÖRLORADE CD:N - mc. 1998 SOMMARLÅTAR - cd/mc. 1999 KISS-COVERS - cd/mc. 1999 UNOFFICIAL RELEASES: TOMAS J - mc. 1990? (inof. title) UNRELEASED TRACKS - mc. 1990 LITE MUSIK JAG HOPPAS ATT DU GILLAR - mc. 1996 (inof. title) LIVE PÅ VALVET (GÖTEBORG) - mc. 1997 THIS HOLE IS MINE - mc. I´VE GOT THE POWER - mc. I WAS IN AN I - mc. HAVET & VATTNET - mc. IMPROVISATION - mc. BODY BOY - mc. (unreleased 10 tracks) BODY BOY - mc. (unreleased 2 tracks) COLLABORATIONS: Greens Restaurant with Arvid Tuba: SKIFTA REJÄLT - mc. 1988 (Patrik Markusson and Markus Arvidsson) Musikduon: DEMONSTRERA - mc. 1991 (Markus Arvidsson and Christer Ljungqvist) Musikduon: MUSIKDUON - mc. 1991 (Markus Arvidsson and Christer Ljungqvist) Musikduon: SVENSK I BLÅGUL SKJORTA - mc. Gehirn Boys: GEHIRN BOYS - mc. (unreleased) Arvid Tuba/Skb: TUBA/SKB - mc. (unreleased. similar to the "TOMAS J"-tape)