Arne Würgler was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 30th 1943.
In 1967, he formed Danish band Burnin Red Ivahoe with Karsten Vogel, Steen Claeson, and Bo Trige Andersen, before leaving to form Highfield Crossover with Robert Lelievre and Cy Nicklin. Highfield Crossover would soon change their name to Pan, with Nicklin leaving to form Culpeper's Orchard, and musicians Thomas Puggaard-Müller, Michael Puggaard-Müller, and Henning Verner joining the Pan line-up.
In 1971, after the demise of Pan, Arne went on to form the group Blast Furnace with Niels Vangkilde, Tom McEwans, and Thor Backhousen, releasing only one self-titled LP that same year. Between 1971 and 1976, he recorded six albums and one EP with Danish musician Benny Holst, including "Skolesange" (1971), "Europasange" (1971), "Lærlingesang" (1972), "Hvor Laenge Endnu" (1973), "Den Sidste Olie" (1976), "Ta Part" (1979), and "Europasange" (1992). Arne also released several solo albums, including the following four albums: "Frispark" (1974), "Sa er vi naet dertil. Sange fra en kold tid" (1977), "Med enge ord" (1980), "Hold fast engel" (1983), and "Amerikasange" (1995).
In 1997, Arne did the music for the Danish film, "Christiania", which was his third film to create music for. Throughout the years, he has also created music for nine different theatre productions, including "Monumentet" (1970), "Husker du vor skoletid" (1971), "Du har et problem Rene (1975), "Den menskelige factor" (1976), "Hvornar laete vi at sky ilden?", "Et almindeligt mirakel", "Don Juan", "Bevaegelse", and "Ivanove".
As of 2008, Arne is currently still playing bass, this time with the trio Somanden og Stjernerne.
From 1973 to 2007, Arne was also the Chairman of Danish Jazz, Rock and Folkcomposers in Denmark.
Arne recently played a tour of Cuba in February this year, from the 4th to the 26th. For more information regarding Arne and his career, visit his official website at www.arnewurgler.dk – or visit Somanden og Stjernerne's official website at www.soemandenogstjernerne.dk.
From a recent February 2008 Q & A piece for this site, Arne had this to say about his days in Pan:
"From the beginning this record (Pan's 1970 LP) had a strange destiny - you see the master tape got stolen from a car even before we had arranged the songs in order. So we had to remix the record all over again. The record was however one of the first rock publications in Denmark with a real good sound. We had 10 tracks, which was unusual at that time. The owner of the studio, Philip Foss, was a kind of magician; he created a fantastic reverb, which mostly looked like the bottom of a bed filled with springs. I can remember that we recorded this record with strength and trust in ourselves, that we were the best and most beautiful musicians in Denmark. The recording lasted about 10 days, starting up making the ground tape; ending up with a lot of part songs sang tracks mostly sung by Robert. We were all very impressed by his big musical fantasy. Pan meant everything to us. We rehearsed from morning to night during a year. We considered Pan as our primary work. It made us sad and desolated that the Pan adventure became so short for all of us. The reason why the Pan record did not sell very well may be that it was published in the middle of the Danish summer Holiday - and that some members left the group shortly after. I think that the music in Pan deserved a bigger audience. The Danish music scene at that time was very ambitious. Our cooperation in the groups meant the life to us. To play together was like a marriage. The group gave us identity and pride. Therefore it was very hard if the cooperation stopped. Actually we did not know very much about how to work together in groups. To speak the truth, music meant the life to us and we all walked the line. For some of us it meant loss of life like Robert. It is very sad but in it's own way meaningful. Maybe that is why the music from that time still is worthwhile listening to."
(BASS - CELLO)
