Abedul -

Abedul was a Spanish symphonic-rock band behind the 1979 Columbia album Nosotros.

Members: Albert Aranega (keyboards), Narcis Baiges (vocals), Pedro Castro (bass), José Luis Pérez (guitar), Lluis Visiers (drums)

Background

Abedul formed circa 1978 in Barcelona when guitarist Josep Lluís Pérez teamed with bassist Pedro Castro Bruque and drummer Lluís Visiers.

Pérez grew up with a musician father and grandfather. He progressed from private music lessons to conservatory studies. Castro (b. December 7, 1954; La Bañeza, León) moved in 1968 to Barcelona, where he combined secondary school with acoustic guitar lessons. The bassist switched in the mid-1970s from guitar to bass for Machine Rock, which accompanied singer Luc Barreto and the pop-vocal trio Nubes Grises.

Keyboardist Albert Aranega joined the trio alongside singer Narcís Baiges. The quintet combined hard rock with symphonic arrangements and wrote songs with English and Spanish lyrics. Abedul contacted Columbia and secured an album deal. The musicians entered Estudios Columbia in Barcelona for the 1979 debut Nosotros.

Discography:

Nosotros (1979)

References and notes

Josep Lluís Pérez interview — April 2, 2018. Pérez identifies the initial partnership with Castro and Visiers, followed by Aranega and Baiges. Direct answers establish private lessons, conservatory studies, the combination of hard rock and symphonic rock, and the approach to Columbia. (Paula Marchal Luque, Revista Rambla)
Josep Lluís Pérez interview — August 14, 2015. Pérez independently confirms a musical family across three generations and childhood music studies. (Manolo García y cía)
Breaking the Law: Homenaje a Pedro Bruque — official tribute dossier, 2010, PDF page 4. Documents the birth details, the 1968 move to Barcelona, acoustic guitar lessons, the switch to bass for Machine Rock, accompaniment for Luc Barreto and Nubes Grises, and the Abedul sessions at Estudios Columbia. (Rec Play Music dossier)
Original Nosotros sleeve — Columbia, 1979. The photographed back cover supplies personnel and songwriting credits alongside lyrics in English and Spanish. The sleeve does not substantiate the engineer and producer names mentioned in the earlier update. (Original sleeve photographs, todocoleccion)
Nosotros — licensed reissue documentation. Supplies the approximate 1978 formation date in Barcelona and confirms the 1979 Columbia album. Retrospective accounts differ on the formation year, hence “circa” in the background. (The Fish Factory)