morgan (songs, vocals, instruments)
with occasional help from : erwan (recording, bass, etc)
katalin (cello) milo (drums, lapsteel)
catherine (viola) paloma (beat up drums)
pauline (flute) vanina (backing vocals)
olivier (lead guitar) elise (cello & vocals)
Influences
smog,
nick drake,
will oldham,
richard buckner,
leonard cohen, jim o'rourke,
the tindersticks,
joao gilberto,
matt ward,
cat power,
the silver jews,
lee hazlewood, scott walker,
kyle field,
pavement, damien jurado,
velvet underground,
east river pipe,
ennio morricone, david pajo,
spain, idaho,
the pixies,
neil young,
mojave 3,
tortoise,
jason molina,
jonathan richman, mark eitzel,
durutti column,
alexi murdoch, troubletown,
antony & the johnsons,
josé gonzález, kevin house,
kris kristofferson,
iron & wine, christina antipa,
sufjan stevens, jens lekman,
townes van zandt,
ben watt,
tom jobim, julie doiron,
john cale,
sonic youth,
momus,
tim hardin,
henry mancini,
vic chesnutt,
lou barlow, edith frost,
the sea and cake,
red house painters,
bob dylan, barzin, nico,
belle & sebastian,
curtis mayfield,
talk talk,
saint etienne,
chris bell,
lisa germano,
yo la tengo,
brokeback,
dominique a,
morrissey,
burt bacharach, herman dune,
the softies,
georges delerue,
trembling blue stars, tracey thorn,
tom waits,
pet sounds,
stina nordenstam,
the go-betweens,
the zombies,
felt, low,
john cunningham,
sam cooke,
daniel johnston,
j mascis,
horace silver,
amelia fletcher,
chris knox,
young marble giants,
patti austin,
& various books
as well as
movies...
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Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin is
essentially Morgan Caris. For a good many years now he has been writing
and recording songs, some of which have been released on lps
and compilations mostly in Spain and Japan, but *Hapless* is the first solo album of his to see the light of dusk.
* Hapless * WR-02
Released in the Spring on Waterhouse Records in France, it has been said to be a stark and arguably intense piece of work.
Reminiscent of early Leonard Cohen or late Nick Drake records, for its soft melodies, quiet guitars and bare arrangements, it also evokes Smog or the Silver Jews for its bone dry and sometimes darkly sarcastic lyrics.
Also, listen to WNYC's
Spinning On Air episode about the album
and check out the
Last.fm page for more songs and downloads.
Then visit the Waterhouse Records page to hear more bands.
To buy Hapless online, click here (prices include shipping):
Hapless
Waterhouse Records
WR-02
France 11€
Europe 12€
Others 13€
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i use my top 12 friends as a playlist for what my myspace mixed cd would sound like. its updated monthly, and i have put one of your tunes on this months 'cd' (track listing in blog).
come swing by and check it out if you got a minute, great tunes -- i think you'll like.
Hello Morgan ! N'hésite pas à faire le voyage pour :
Mercredi prochain au Vieux Léon (Paris) POLLYREZA WELCOMING ... V.O.
Petit rappel du concept : pour ces rendez-vous trimestriels, Pollyanna et Reza ouvrent la soirée en acoustique avec 3 morceaux chacun, avant le laisser la place à un invité venu d'ailleurs pour un full-show unique.
Pour cette 5e édition, nous avons la joie d'accueillir V.O. , projet de Boris Gromberger, guitariste de Françoiz Breut, batteur de Soy un Caballo et fer de lance de l'excellent label belge Matamore.
Le Vieux Léon, c'est sympa, bien situé (métro Etienne Marcel, rue de la Grande Truanderie), l'entrée est gratuite et c'est toujours entre 20h30 et 22h00.
Un peu paradoxalement, Reza Hatami est un musicien né en Orient (en Iran) mais qui ne rêve que des grands espaces de l'Ouest. Avec des musiciens parfaitement choisis (Boris Kohlmayer alias Lauter à la guitare ; Pierre-Jean Grappin, ex Holden, à la batterie et Gonzague Octaville à la contrebasse), il sort un deuxième album qui sent la poussière et nous transporte dans les grands espaces désertiques des Etats-Unis. Reza est donc désormais un vrai groupe de pop-folk qui n'a rien à envier à ses homologues d'Outre-Atlantique. Comme son nom l'indique, Moonless est un album à écouter par une nuit sans lune.
Partie 1 : interview (21'32)
Partie 2 : session acoustique (9'22)
Partie 3 : Bonus avec H-Burns, Pokett et New Pretoria (13'11)
"La Casa degli Artisti", venne costruita nel 1911 per ospitare studi di artisti (tra gli altri, Fabro, Buzzati, Ferroni e Chet Baker). Chi la abitava l'ha mantenuta in piedi, curata e animata. Dal 20 settembre 2007 è abbandonata e desolata a seguito dello sgombero ordinato dal Comune di Milano.
"La Casa degli Artisti" - literally the "House of Artists" - was built in 1911 in order to host some artists' studios (among them, Fabro, Buzzati, Ferroni, and Chet Baker). The people who lived in it kept it running, well-groomed and animated. Since September 20th 2007 it has been neglected and deserted, as Milan's municipality ordered its evacuation.
hello morgan! how are you keeping these days? ill be in paris all this august. will you be? fancy grabbing a coffee or a beer sometime? i'll bring hapless too, would love to get that signed by the genius himself! josh
Cheers, Morgan. Sadly I have to work that night, as usual when fun stuff is happening. No city hall yet, but sold a couple of pieces after my show. Almost like a real artist, eh?
