Novakade -
Previous Members -
Bass Players - Tina Fullerton, Michael Jansen, Tony Milner, Glen McAllistair, Rob Firth, Dan Bitchler.
Drummers - Aaron Flynn, Steven Pritchard, Mat Williams, Luke Olerhead-Griffith.
Monesque Session Musicians -
Craig Rideout - Bass, Shane Spoor - Drums, Peter Baraclough - Trumpet, Chris Sleight - Saxophone, Garry Beavis - Guitar, Ashique Tarifar - Bass & Guitar, Byron Mengal - Viola.
Producers -
Gerry Keyes, Craig Rideout, Shane Spoor, Jandy Rainbow, Chris Neehasse.
Influences
Inspiration
Monesque has always been keen to create her own original sound/style. She’s been inspired by songs that really work regardless of style – you can’t beat a great melody, beat and riff.
She’s inspired by such artists as The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, The Go-Betweens, The Saints – Ed Keupper and Chris Bailey, The Doors, The Triffods, The Stranglers, The Beat, Blondie, Ella Fitzgerald Phil Spector's ‘wall of sound’, Brian Wilson, Elvis, The Church, Japan, Nina Simone, Neil Diamond, Glen Campbell to name a few.
Coming from an alternative musical background, Monique is also inspired by diverse musical styles such as “world music African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian, South American/Latin and native American Indian music); alternative guitar bands, soul, R& B, 50’s rock’n’roll, early 60’s ‘mod’ music, late 60’s psychedelia and acid rock, 70’s disco, funk, punk and junk, ambient, techno, electronica, rockabilly, psychobilly, indie, new wave, house, hardcore, folk, industrial, thrash, swamp, experiemental, blues, jazz, brit pop, hiphop, lounge, grunge, reggae, ska, classical and baroque”. Instead of copying, she decided from the start to create her own sound and find out what music she had inside. This process, once started, has never stopped.
Sounds Like
No one else really but welcoming to comparisons if you can think of any.
If you would like to buy a cd, please email me at monesque_novakade@hotmail.com. Within Australia, $20 ( inc. postage and packaging) or overseas $25 (inc. p & P). Thanks.
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- Monesque Bio -
An original songwriter-guitarist from Brisbane based in Melbourne, Monesque writes about diverse topics,likes exploring melody and through her own unique sound, tries to treat each song as a separate canvas, as if it were a painting. Monesque is left-handed right-handed guitar player and likes recording songs in different ways with different instruments and recording environments.
Monesque is the solo name and has played in her own band, Novakade, with its diverse and eclectic range, and its comings and goings of musicians, as well as its changing incarnations in both Brisbane and Melbourne.
Monesque has an arts background and makes her own videos. She's been inspired by a wide and varied range of music, and has mostly been inspired all types of alternative and indie music. She is also inspired by arabic and african music.
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ETE presenting Pro Rata, The Broadway Heist, Cotton Sidewalk, The Thieving Gypsies, Busted Spies & The Green Tea Circus this Friday Night @ The Noise Bar!!
6 awesome bands and several awesome beers, check it out!
Please check out our video on YouTube from Battle of the Bands and leave a cool comment. It's one of our NEW songs and your page views and comments on Rockitz' YouTube page count toward our Battle of the Bands VICTORY!!! How about giving us a boost to the checker flag? Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBAmkityqfY Can you help me pass the word? Enjoy the jam... and thanks :-) - Jim
Forget about downloading our music on itunes etc... we've got something even MORE exciting.
You can now actually OWN a piece of the band. Instead of buying our cd right now - you can be a shareholder in our next one. It's a brilliant system - check it out!
You pick how many shares you want to buy - and then once the album is done, you start making money! :) And of course you can back out at any time. It would be really cool to have you on board for this.
Quelques news de deja vu: notre album "Roulette Russe" sort (enfin!!) officiellement le 09 novembre prochain (mvs records/anticraft)! Il sera dispo dans tous les bacs hexagonaux, sortie numérique etc...
Deux concerts en novembre pour fêter tout ça: le 17 novembre au Batofar à Paris, et le 27 novembre à la Marquise à Lyon (gratuit!!). Tu seras là?
Yo Monesque & Novakadeasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
