one evening in November together with Andrzej and his brother Alek, who knew Kim from college. The chemistry was good between them, and after some boundless search of direction like blind moose on a highway, everything fell into pieces after a concert with Hedningarna. The band had been experimenting with different styles and moods without any clear direction, but after this eye-opening concert, things got much clearer. Kim, who delivers most of the material, presented a bouquet of folk/world inspired compositions from the darker parts of the brain, and the sprouting band followed his direction. Complete lineup (2002) Niels and Rasmus (who knew Kim from Musicology studies) joined the band in February. The band rehearsed steadily during the spring and played their first concert in Dragens Hule, an underground club in Copenhagen, in May the same year. At that point, the band had very little idea what to play, having rehearsed this contemporary and rather strange music in their little bubble for months. The debut gig turned out to be a great success, though, and Afenginn got booked for Odense Folk Festival and three shows at Kulturhavn Copenhagen later that year. Something had made an impression on the audience. This was highly motivating for the young band, and they continued rehearsing and building a bigger repertoire. Tunes like “Tivoli Invaliid”, “Eine Kleine bit of Amore” and “Masterplan” are all from this period. Getting gigs (2003) The band got more and more organized, and Rune got the task of getting the band as many gigs as possible and Afenginn started to have gigs every single month. This would continue for many years as their fan base grew in numbers. During the summer, Afenginn recorded their EP “Tivoli Invaliid” at Reersø with Bjarke Slot. At the same time, Kim wrote the Elk Suite, for the movie about a moose that swam from Sweden to Denmark and was killed by a train. This would later become more or less a trademark for the band. Going abroad (2004) In March, the band went on their first tour abroad - to the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, where Afenginn played 7 concerts on the different islands. Among others on an old fishing boat that was rebuilt to a venue, with room for 20 people. The boat had sunk and was lying on the bottom, and as this was not quite horizontal, Kim got really