AVIUS was a UK-based, three piece alt/rock band.
Personnel
The members of Avius were Sebastian Brice (guitar and vocals), Adam DT (bass guitar and vocals) and Bertie Whitfield (drums). They met while studying at
Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire.
The instit ...
Sebastian Brice is also a successful model and is the son of Trevor Brice,
who was part of the 1960s band
Vanity Fare
Vanity Fare (often misspelled ''Vanity Fair'', due to the similarity of the novel and magazine title) are an English pop/rock group formed in 1966. They had the million-selling song, " Hitchin' a Ride", which became a worldwide hit in 1970.
C ...
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Career
In 2010 Avius was chosen to be one of the bands promoted by fashion brand Burberry in 'Burberry Acoustic' which saw Sebastian Brice and Avius featured in the London Evening Standard. and The Black Book.
In September 2011, Avius provided the live music accompaniment for Ennio Capasa's C'N'C
Costume National
Costume National is an Italian fashion house founded in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, creative director, and his brother Carlo, CEO. It has its head office in Milan. The company produces clothing under the brands ''Costume National'', ''Costume National ...
show in Milan. The performance was broadcast live on the internet, via Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana ''(National Chamber of Italian Fashion)''.
Avius made the finals (out of 7,000 performers)
in the 2011 Pizza Express ''"Big Audition with Jamie Cullum"'' competition.
Recordings
The EP "Avius" was recorded live at Studio Paranormal in 2011, and released by BA1 records, the in house label at the
City of Bath College
Bath College is a Further Education college in the centre of Bath, Somerset and in Westfield, Somerset, England. It was formed in April 2015 by the merger of City of Bath College and Norton Radstock College. The College also offers Higher E ...
. It included the following songs (Lyrics: Sebastian Brice / Music: Avius):
* Holding On
* Said and Done
* 66 & 99
* Without Sin
References
External links
Avius on SpotifyEP "Avius" issued in 2011Avius YouTube channelBurberry AcousticPizza Express competition{dead link, date=October 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
English alternative rock groups
Musicians from Bath, Somerset
Musical groups from Somerset