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12.07.08_ TONIGHT AT GLAZ'ART . We strongly recommend you come to Glaz'art beach tonight.Arturo en el Barco, whose members are also in American bandBalun (featured on the Music for Toys compilation), will play. 09.07.08_ LA VILLETTE A NOUS . Monsterk7 will be at Glaz'art from tonight until July 12th for La Villette à Nous. We will have a stand with Les Boutiques Sonores, among others. 03.07.08_ RELEASE OF A NEW OROUNI ALBUM  . It's official, MonsterK7 is going to release... a CD, on September 3rd. This record is Orouni's wonderful second album, entitled "Jump Out The Window". If you can't wait, you can already listen to three songs from this record on MySpace. And as some things never change, a cassette with remixes, covers and unreleased tracks will go along with the first 50 copies of the album! 12.06.08_ MUSIC FOR TOYS FESTIVAL! . The 3-day festival starts tonight in Paris at the Divan du Monde. Then, there will be concerts tomorrow at Le Monte-en-l'air, and on Saturday at Glaz'art (outdoors and feet in the sand for the second Villette sur Mer night). Thanks again to all who gave us a hand to organize the festival. More info on www.musicfortoys.com. 15.05.08_ RELEASE OF THE MUSIC FOR TOYS COMPILATION . A new MonsterK7 compilation is available on tape, in the same vein as previous theme compilations, since it is dedicated to toy instruments. You can get it for the price of 5 euros (along with a link allowing you to download the 22 tracks), which is a bit more expensive than usual because it helps funding the Music For Toys festival (Paris - June 12th to 14th). To listen to and order this compilation, go to the Tapes and Artists section of the website. 14.05.08_ MUSIC FOR TOYS FESTIVAL . Is there a better way to announce a festival dedicated to toy instruments than a beautiful video...? Thanks to Emmanuel Rebus (scheduled on June 12th for music and video performances)! 25.04.08_ SURPRISE! . Monsterk7 is going to slow down its activities this week, but here is a surprise... 30.03.08_ MICHAEL WOOKEY IN CONCERT WITH PETER & THE WOLF ET MINA TINDLE . MonsterK7 organizes a concert with la Blogotheque on Friday April 11th from 8 pm at La Bellevilloise, Paris. Michael Wookey, Peter & The Wolf and Mina Tindle will perform. More info here. 21.03.08_ TECHNOLOGIC . You can't hold back progress: MonsterK7 now has a blog. 19.03.08_ NEWSLETTER N°5 . Fore more information on Monsterk7 and cassette lovers, please read this 12.03.08_ PAQ AND TOP MONTAGNE TRACKS FOR DOWNLOAD ON LES DIKS QUI SAUTENT . pAq, who was on the first MonsterK7 compilation, "Une ode au toy piano", has just released 10 tracks available as a free download on the Les Diks qui Sautent label. And so has Top Montagne, who were on "Une ode au toy piano" as well as "Face A/Face B"!!! 03.03.08_ A QUIRKY RADIO PROGRAMME ABOUT MONSTERK7 . It is certainly the most sincere and funny reportage made about MonsterK7: 5 minutes fully dedicated to the audio tape cause, downloadable in the first part of Les Visiteurs du jour on RFI (Radio France Internationale). With extracts from Tycho Brahe, Bertram Wooster, and the next MonsterK7 release: Monsieur Tympan. 27.01.08_ A NOAH GLENN EP FOR FREE DOWNLOAD . American musician Noah Glenn, who was featured on "Une Ode au toy piano" compilation (a compilation dedicated to toy piano), has just released a new EP that you can download for free (http://www.noahnoah.net/cloudspotter.htm). 24.01.08_ FACE A/FACE B ON TOUR . Kawaii (http://myspace.com/kawaiimusic) and Spasmodic Joy (http://myspace.com/spasmodicjoy) will play together on February 22nd at La Rumeur, in Lille. More info on the bands' MySpace profiles. 02.01.08_ RELEASE OF THE FACE A/FACE B COMPILATION . We are going to celebrate the release of the Face A/Face B ("A side/B side") compilation with a concert at the Divan du Monde in Paris. This is going to happen on January 11th from 7 to 11 pm, with Orouni, Benjamin Fincher, Alice et Gregaldur, My Girlfriend is Better Than Yours, Watine and Vadim Vernay. Info on these artists (bios, mp3s and videos) is available on a special page dedicated to this show. 25.12.07_ DOWNLOAD THE COMPILATION FACE A/FACE B . We just put online a compilation called Face A/Face B with 30 french bands : 15 electro titles on Face A (with the artists The Boom and the Arty, Vadim Vernay, Pierre the Motionless, Dring Toy, Ana Kanine, Moana, Kawaii, Princesse Rotative, Moujik, 9th Cloud, Nitneroc, Enzym, Minitel, Aliplays et GNG) and 15 folk titles on Face B (with the artists Uncle Jelly Fish, Centenaire, Spasmodic Joy, Rrose Tacet, Benjamin Fincher, Tycho Brahe, My Girlfriend is Better than Yours, Tazio and Boy, Orouni, Flexion Flute, Top Montagne, Chapi Chapo, Yeepee, Watine et Micusnule). Download it for free in " Tapes and artists " part. 17.12.07_ RELEASE OF A LIVE FROM MICHAEL WOOKEY . MonsterK7 just released a live tape from Michael Wookey. This tape is the testimony of a live performance given by the artist at the 1Bis at Ivry-sur-Seine near Paris on the 6th October 2007. In that mysterious place, he takes the time to establish his intimate ambiances and dares audacious covers (Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen...). Limited edition : 50 copies. Cost: 5 euros worldwide shipping included. 08.11.07_ RELEASE OF FUZZKHAN'S SCRATCH TAPE . La Scratch Tape de Fuzzkhan sort aujourd'hui! Les K7 sont d'ores et déjà disponibles sur le site (rubrique "K7 et artistes") et les premiers exemplaires seront en vente ce soir à la soirée "K7 et cas sociaux" organisée aux Disquaires à Paris. 17.10.07_ DOWNLOAD FREELY " UNE ODE AU TOY PIANO " COMPILATION . The tape compilation " Une ode au toy piano " is sold out. But you can download it for free now in the " Tapes and Artists " part. You can even record and keep it on tape since we added the tape cover in PDF format. 16.06.07_ CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION (BONTEMPI) . While we are preparing the second MonsterK7's mixtape, we are developing quite a different project about Bontempi organs. Developed as a blog first, it will then be the subject of a tape and a book. More: monsterK7 ((at)) hotmail.fr. 16.06.07_ CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION (CIRCUIT-BENDING) . We begin to prepare MonsterK7's thematic second mixtape. It will be dedicated to circuit-bending. All the artists who are interested can send us a track (good quality mp3s) and a photo of the circuit-bended object(s) to monsterk7 ((at)) hotmail.fr. 15.05.07_ RELEASE OF THE FIRST MIXTAPE . The first tape of MonsterK7 will be out on the 15th of June. It will be a compilation about Toy Piano. A gig will be organized at the library En Marge in Paris on Thursday June 28th at 7.00PM to celebrate this release. Artists who have contributed to this compilation will play during this evening utterly dedicated to Toy Piano. 10.05.07_ INSCRIPTION TO THE NEWSLETTER . To be kept informed about MonsterK7's news, the artists' releases, the compilations, the calls for contribution and the gigs, send us an empty e-mail to monsterk7 ((at)) hotmail.fr or register by clicking on the link Newsletter at the top of this page. 1.05.07_ MONSTERK7 HAS ITS MYSPACE PAGE We can release audiotapes and keep modern. MonsterK7 has its bilingual MySpace page: http://myspace.com/monsterk7. |
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