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The Monroe Transfer

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Member Since: 9/4/2005
Band Website: www.themonroetransfer.co.uk
Band Members:
follow tmtxoxox at http://twitter.com we make long, densely-orchestrated, instrumental music on a variety of instruments...ed {drums, percussion, glockenspiel, samples, recording}
nick {guitar, sampling, electronics, recording}
nicole {'cello, piano, toy organ}
neil {viola, guitar}
pete {guitar}
rhiannon {violin}
susie {double bass, violin}

Other bands we play in...
Lights
Fireworks Night
The Known Unknowns
Irrepressibles

Influences: Arvo Part, Steve Reich, Sigur Ros, William Basinski, Godspeed you black emperor, Magyar Posse, MONO, Do make say think, Dirty Three, Magyar Posse, Aphex twin, John Cage, Joe Diorio, Masami Akita, Susumu Yokota, Krystof Penderecki etc etc etc
Sounds Like: constantly falling
Record Label: self release // Organ Grinder Records
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! Bank Holiday Festival this Sunday!

Good evening, all.  To celebrate a week in the studio, recording material for our new album, we're having an all-day Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! festival at The Macbeth this Sunday 24th May, which wil...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 08:36:00 GMT

Thomas Truax's album launch gig this Tuesday 5th May

Apologies for the lack of updates recently- weve all been busy as hell, working on new recordings (about which more very soon&)  In the meantime, well be playing our regular slot at Goodbye, Fait...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 08:25:00 GMT

Reviews of 'I dreamt I was a hammer & everything was glass'

As you might expect from a 20 minute piece of music, it's hard to find publications willing to review our latest offering.  A few kind blogs and magazines have gone above and beyond, and we're very pr...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:30:00 GMT

'I dreamt I was a hammer & everything was glass' launch gig this Tuesday 7th April!

The time has come when we, finally, will be having a launch gig for I dreamt I was a hammer & everything was glass.  Next Tuesdy 7th April, at the Macbeth, we will be joined by the Dead Rat Orchestra ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:27:00 GMT

We are in The Metro today!

We're featured in The Metro today in their 'One To Watch' section!   Oh, and tickets are on sale now for our single launch at The Macbeth - April 7th -  only £4! click hereTMTx
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:41:00 GMT

Pandora's Box @ BFI SouthBank, 11th March

Something weve been working on since the beginning of the year is a particularly exciting new project- The Birds Eye Film Festival have commissioned us to write a new score for Georg Wilhelm Pabsts...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:44:00 GMT

Enthusiastic reviews of 'Joy' and 'Silent Night' on Losing Today

If you downloaded Joy and Silent Night at some point in December, thank you very much.  We're very glad that they seem to be enjoyed, and numerous blogs and other organs of music dissemination seem to...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:38:00 GMT

Two new, free pieces of music to download...

So, here's the quick story- we were asked to record something for one side of a split 103 EP; sadly, that's now not going to happen due to financial horrors. So, with a mastered track and nothing to d...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:29:00 GMT

Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! IX

Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! present an exhilarating group of artists in December, collectively one might call them a murder of artists. Headlining we have the aptly named The Hellset Orchestra. Their n...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:35:00 GMT

Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! VII @ The Macbeth (13th October 2008)

Picking up the fallen Goodbye, Faithful Kingdom! baton from the track, it's our old friend The Macbeth, sprinting away into the distance with a whole host of exciting music and sporting metaphors... G...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:31:00 GMT