The Franco Proietti Morph-tet

About Me

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The Franco Proietti Morph-tet started as an idea to record a couple of songs, and perform them live using a laptop for beats, bass and other layers... it has since then grown into a band featuring anywhere between 5 and 10 musicians depending on the song or the gig. The almost constant flux of song style as well as line up on stage is the inspiration behind the band name. "Morphology", their first CD includes the obvious influences of jazz, hip hop and funk - but also ventures into the realms of atmospheric, cinematic sounding tunes as well as a chain gang song and an intriguing tale told over a spooky sounding waltz. The physical CD is now available for purchase at Indyish.com, by following this link: and if you want to download the cd, or just a song or two from it, you can find it on iTunes by clicking this link: and of course you can always buy a cd directly from us off the stage at any Morph-tet show... that always makes us happy!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/12/2006
Band Members: Fernando Gelso: drums -- J.F. Martins: bass -- Andrew Kushinr: turntables and sampler -- Dustin Good: Guitar -- Averil Parker: alto sax & miscellany -- Melissa Pipe: Bari sax, flute & miscellany -- Franco Proietti: alto sax, flute, and miscellany -- Jonathan Emile: Vocals.
Influences: First and foremost, my parents, who got me listening to music at a very early age. My entire family has always supported my endeavours... I think my sister is still my 1 fan. Also, Dave Turner, an excellent musician & educator. Then, of course, the people you might find on my cd player: Bird, Diz, Ella, Billie, Trane, Monk, Miles, Mingus and the rest of the jazz cats who are too numerous to name. BÃ©la Fleck & The Flecktones, MMW, Courtney Pine, Branford's Buckshot Lefonque and others who are brave enough to audaciously mix and meld different genres. Digable Planets, Guru's Jazzmatazz, L.O.T.G and Black Star because I love good hip hop. The Beatles, Frank Zappa and King Crimson for doing something interesting with rock. King Tubby, Sly and Robbie, The Skatalites and the Easy Star All Stars when I'm feeling chill, Mozart, Bach and Chopin when I'm feeling intelligent, John Zorn when I'm feeling aggressive, Led Zeppelin when I feel like ROCKING! Danny Elfman when I'm feeling whimsical, Tom Waits when I'm feeling crazy... and any other musician that makes me feel something when I hear them. Then there are the authors: Kerouac, Hesse, Vonnegut, Hemmingway, Ondaatdje, Morrison ... probably more if I stop to think about it.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Bongo Beat Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

On CBC Radio 3 ...

Wow ... I'm kind of blushing here... Someone wrote something really nice on the CBC radio 3 site, so I figured I'd copy it here along with a little interview on CBC3. />MorphologyPoste...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:18:00 GMT

March 21st show

I don't want to jinx it - but EVERY time we play at the Centre St Ambroise, we have a blast. Last Saturday was no different. We had had a great practice the night before, so any feelings of trepidat...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:11:00 GMT

2 new tunes

So we just put up 2 new tunes. Both recorded live onto tape - they are preproduction for our next cd, that will probably be done mostly live. Moanin' is a Charles Mingus cover that we've been doing ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:14:00 GMT

Montreal Mirror review

Well, folks - better late than never. Here's the link to the article printed in the Montreal Mirror a couple of weeks ago:http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/011509/music3.htmlOr - you can read the co...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:25:00 GMT

Article in the Montreal Gazette

Hey everyone - if you want to see what Bernard Perusse of the Montreal Gazette wrote about the Morph-tet today, you can follow this link: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?i d...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:59:00 GMT

Impact Campus Review

Here's a link to the review we got in Impact Campus last week... I'm really happy withthe things they said, and they had a nice review on chyz, the Université de Laval in Quebec city's radio...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:20:00 GMT

Gettin' ready for Hallowe'en!

So now that the Digable Planets show is over (WHAT?! We opened for The Digable Planets?!) it is time to get ready for the Morph-tet's second annual Hallowe'en show. New profile pic... a bu...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:56:00 GMT

Ninja Funk Orchestra show

Last night was the kind of show that I've always dreamed of playing. Thank you so much to all who assisted - either by playing or attending! The music was on - both bands played great sets and the j...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Montreal Mirror CD review

Check out what Rupert Bottenberg had to say about our disk right here: http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/091808/disc.html Or read the cut and pasted version below: The Franco Proietti M...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:28:00 GMT

Gazette CD Review

Bernard Perusse gave us a very nice review today in the Montreal Gazette... read it here if you'd like: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=2f1817bf -757c-44a6-9796-7fe264acef26 ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:49:00 GMT