Eric Appapoulay was Born in East London on 21st Dec 1971, to Mauritian parents, he began playing (sega) traditional music from Mauritius at age 8 alongside reggae, calypso, soca and high life. He studied Classical guitar privately, inspired by John Williams. Listened to Flamenco guitar, Paco de Lucia, also Blues, rock & country, BB king, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Kelly joe Phelps & Mark knopfler. Much later Jazz/Fusion with George Benson, Earl Klugh, Larry Carlton, Robin Ford, Pat Metheny, Bireli Lagrene and Scott Henderson,

Founder member of the Capital Radio young band of the year 1995 Quite Sane

Artist’s he has worked with include: (Live work)

Yusuf, Neneh Cherry, Daniel & Natasha Bedingfield, Craig David, Plan B, Keri Hilson,Jason Derulo, Lionel Richie, Don Blackman, Beverley Knight, Lucie Silvas, Nitin Sawhney, Mpho, Patrice, Terri Walker, Nate James, Tackhead, Anette Peacock, Ola, New Sector Movements, Liquid Biskit, Zen Badism, Jhelisa Anderson, Glen Scott, Wisechildren, Colin Emmanuel, Jimmy Dawkins, DJ Pogo, Mc Ty, Jonzi D, Manifest, Wunmi, Kojo Antwi, Vikter Duplait, Eska Mtungwasi, Marcina Arnold, Natalie Williams, Julie Dexter.

Recording work

Eric Appapoulay “Faith is trust”
Quite Sane “Child of troubled times”
Mc Ty “Awkward” &“Upward”
Beverley Knight “Same as”
Julie Dexter “Dexterity”
Terri Walker “Dirty Weekend”
Nitin Sawhney “Human”
New Sector Movements “Download This” & ”Turn it up”
Murky Waters “Check yourself”, “Spontaneous”, “The non-committal yes”
Daniel Bedingfield “Second first impression”
Yusuf “Moonshadow the musical”
Plan B “The Defamation of Strickland Banks”