What are the youth of today saying about Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre, you ask?
"I swear on Wotan, this music is so sinfully decadent, it makes me feel wonderful."
"Johnny Cash meets Serge Gainsbourg and they do ether and fight with knives to the death..."
¡A LA MUERTE!
THOMAS NÖLA- vocals, piano, vibraphone, Hammond, theremin, zither, guitars, percussion, bass, etc.
LE ORCHESTRE (past and present):
Gerard Paul Powers- live bass
Karen S. Langlie- cello, ukelele
Michael Tucker - live drums
Melissey Castevet- female voices
Eric Dahlman - brass
Demian (O Paradis) - vocals, bass, timpani, melodica, etc.
David E. Williams - vocals
Jerome Deppe - vocals
Douglas P. - vocals/spoken word
Jerry Adams - spoken word
Dustmuffin- percussion, live tambourine/keyboards
Raul (Comando Suzie) - Vocals, maracas
Tony Primavera- live percussions/keyboard/vocals
Radioactive Prostitute- trumpet, blackface
Michael Emmet Smith Jr. - spoken word
Influences
The Four Tops, The Monkees, Serge Gainsbourg and a few others...
"FRONTENAC MARTINI VIEW"
"LADY GREY"
"THE ROSE-TINTED MONOCLE"
"ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN"
"CHILDREN IN THE FALL"
"TIERLEXIKON"
"KINDERBUND"
..
"CHAMPAGNE DAYS" (LIVE)
"THE CLOWN IS DEAD" (LIVE)
"BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN" (LIVE)
Sounds Like
DISQUEOGRAPHY:
2005 - 'Soundtrack to The Doctor' (With Douglas P.) CD Digipak or 2Xviolet vinyl - Caciocavallo
2006 - 'So Long, Lale Andersen' - CD Digipak - Lapin
2007 - 'To the Wolves... Soundtrack' - CDR - Lapin
2008 - '¡Vanity is a Sin!' - CD - Punch
2008 - '¡En Vivo!' - DVDR - Eskimo Films
2008 - 'Songs for Children: Vol. 1' - MiniCDR - Lapin
2008 - 'The Rose-Tinted Monocle' - LP+CD or LP+MP3s - Lapin
2009 - 'Nöla Comes Alive!' - CD-R+DVD-R - Eskimo Films
COMING IN 2009:
Les Paradisiers (O Paradis + Thomas Nöla) - "More Tales from the Garden"
Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre - "Très Pathétique" LP
How does the world appear through only a single rose-tinted lens? With the release of Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre's full-length epic "The Rose-Tinted Monocle", listeners are whisked through an antique pink psychedelic haze to the lonely rings of Saturn. Along with the Boston-based orchestra, the album features 3 songs with Demian of O Paradis and appearances by David E. Williams and Jerome Deppe. Conjuring up images of forgotten piano bars, sock hops, and dilapidated orchestra pits, "The Rose-Tinted Monocle" erases the lines between genres, creating its own. Relying heavily on grand piano, vocal harmonies, harpsichord, cello and vibraphone, this album stresses the ORCHESTRE in Thomas Nöla et son...
"The Rose-Tinted Monocle" is presented on stunning ROSE-TINTED vinyl with a CD or digital download of the album. Your choice.
ONGOING THROUGH July 26 in the Bates Memorial Art Gallery: THE QUICKSAND FONTANELLE THOMAS NOLA AND HIS NEW ENGLAND LAPINS. An unreasonably inexpensive opportunity (nothing over $100) to own your piece of “this erratic, infantile wasteland!” Germ Books and Gallery, 2005 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125. 215-423-5002
Fermata: Cliffs Ruby Throat: Dear Daniel Mark Sinnis: Mind Melt Oval Portraits: Crying Windows Unextraordinary Gentlemen: Chaser Sxip Shirey: Istanbul The Dad Horse Experience: Away Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Viktagraph Against Me!: How Low Vermillion Lies: Bonnie & Clyde Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch: Black Adonis Adrian H & the Wounds: Smoke Supersuckers: Hangliders Christian Williams: KK Bridge Neko Case: Vengeance is Sleeping James Blackshaw: Bled Bakelite 78: St James Infirmary Blues Serendipity Musik: Off to War Abney Park: The Secret Life of Dr Calgori Black Heart Procession: A Sign on the Road Amber Lee and the Anomalies: It's Me Jason Webley & Sxip Shirey: Elephant Piano Thomas Nola et son Orchestre: Gloomy Sunday Miss Moonshine: It's Only a Paper Moon
Sad Bastard Book Club: This May Sound Perverse but That is the Sexiest Noose I've Ever Seen Thunder in the Valley: Altar Uncle Sinner: Pearline Zera Marvel: Honeymoon Smoldering Ashes: Barker Sisters of Mercy: 1969 Cult with No Name: Feels So Good Serendipity Musik: Curse of Beauty Jughead: The Hockey Song Adrian H & the Wounds: Murder in the Forest Thomas Nola et son Orchestre: You See Its Fingernails Life After Life: Marijuana Fermata: Ablaze Professor Gall: Creepy Old Haunts Walter Sickert & THe ARmy of BRoken TOys: Sacrilege Foetus: Enter the Exterminator The Doors: The Severed Garden (Adagio) Sxip Shirey: Pandora Jill Tracy: Torture Jason Webley & Sxip Shirey: Crock Magnetic Fields: Very Funny The Bad Things: Drunken Doughboy Ruby Throat: House of Thieves Vermillion Lies: Global Warming Scarlet Room: The Machine Against Me!: Cavalier Eternal Neko Case: This Tornado Loves You Flogging Molly: What's Left of the Flag Nouvelle Vague: I Melt with You Bakelite 78: World's Fair Hotel Christian Williams: To the Trees
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