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Monogram

About Me

MONOGRAM first performed live at The Drill Hall, London in October 2004 as part of the Irregular Records English Chanson season. We have played at loads of places around London and one day we would like to play in Texas. We like country, folk, chanson, cellos, melodikas, old movies, Victorian novels and cups of tea. We released our first album on the Irregular Records subsidary label, Unlabelled Records, in 2005. Why not buy a copy? You might have seen us at venues in London like The Bush Hall, The Windmill, The Haggerston and The Horse Hospital, or playing at the Vyner Street Festival. Or you might not. Depending on whether you ever go out. We have nearly finished our second album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/19/2005
Band Website: www.monogramophone.com
Band Members: Vic Pratt music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, farfisa, glockenspiel, bass, percussion.
Stephen McConnachie music and lyrics, vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, bass, percussion.
Corinna Reicher vocals, cello, harpsichord, bass, piano, tambourine, melodica.
Influences: Vashti Bunyan, France Gall, The Carter Family, The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake, Nico, Alasdair Roberts, Francoise Hardy, The Kinks, Neil Young, Mungo Jerry,The Beach Boys, Honeybus, Fairport Convention, Smog, Bob Dylan, The Monkees, Belle and Sebastian, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Pentangle, Serge Gainsbourg, Tudor Lodge, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Pastels, The Orchids, Willie Nelson, The Field Mice, The Wake, Tallulah Gosh, Scott Walker, Heavenly, The Beta Band, Hank Williams, Appendix Out, The Gentle Waves, Isobel Campbell, Ivor Cutler, Udo Juergens, Shirley Collins, Minotaur Shock, Animal Collective, Lee Hazlewood, PG Six, Six Organs of Admittance, Magnetic Fields, Shelagh McDonald, Red House Painters, Sarah Records, The Stanley Brothers, Gillian Welch, Spriguns of Tolgus, Richard Thompson

Sounds Like: Monogram
Record Label: UNLaBELLED
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Vic introduces The Barn Recordings

THE BARN RECORDINGS In May this year we decamped for a few days to record some new songs in an amazing location that became known as THE BARN, a huge converted farm building, hidden away deep in the B...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:06:00 GMT

Vic laments the disappearance of well-cut corduroy trousers

Hello again. It strikes me that these are dark times for those of us chaps that like to cut a dash with regards to trousers. Are you aware how difficult it is to obtain a well- tailored pair of cords ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:17:00 GMT

Vic on going to see Ray Davies play at the Albert Hall

Greetings, world at large. Today I must speak to you about my visit to the Royal Albert Hall, where I attended a recent performance by the ex-Kinks front-man, Ray Davies. Did I enjoy myself? Well, ye...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:49:00 GMT

Stephen on Monogram recording activity

There's been a new momentum in the Monogram camp with the arrival of autumn.. We've been recording in the Colney Hatch Lane Studio A (aka my living room), working on Vic's new song 'Melody Girl'. In t...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:40:00 GMT