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Flavio Monopoli

About Me

What’s in a name? In the case of Flavio Monopoli — apart from just a load of syllables — it’s the reputation he has developed from working with some of the best talent around to create fresh, vibrant and listener-friendly music. After many years as an active presence in the Canadian music industry, both in performance and behind the scenes, Flavio created Monopoli Music (M2) to fulfill his vision of working collaboratively with unique artists to craft their sound into authentic, accessible music. Flavio has had the good fortune to collaborate with some stellar talent — many of the most skilled and innovative musicians in Canada and the U.S. — to send some of this decade’s most interesting and original sounds into the airwaves: from Pop hipsters Velour 3, Indie darlings The Elusive Project X, Punk banshee Ani Kyd, Emo kids Fake Reality, Pop-Rock trio Sonic, jazzy songstress Marianne Baker, up and coming Hip-Hop artist Latte D. Kyd, Barrelhouse Blues performer Suzanne Brown featuring Julian Fauth and Wayne Charles, and Electro-pop TUIAS featuring ex-Crole Pope bassist Jungle L.Flavio’s most recent projects include the recording and production of a CD of classical piano compositions performed by Derek Yaple-Schobert and a new EP by rock band Fake Reality - Listen for gems like "Deeper Further ".

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Member Since: 12/10/2005
Band Website: www.monopolimusic.com
Band Members: Flavio Monopoli - Producer, Engineer, Composer, Drummer
Influences: Flavio admits to being shamelessly inspired by The Beatles, The Cure, The Beach Boys, Depeche Mode and maybe a little bit of Gregorian Chant. His work as a songwriter and composer is featured throughout his many projects and has garnered him television licensing agreements with the series "The Chris Isaak Show", "Higher Ground", and “The Making Of Snowalker”. Flavio’s preference for working in collaboration has resulted in a wealth of original work, from Electronic Pop-Rock to Emo to Jazz.
Sounds Like: What makes for a signature Monopoli Music production? Fresh, innovative artists; loads of collaboration and dialogue; the contributions of some of Canada’s most stellar musicians; and “outside the box” production techniques — they all come together to create authentic, accessible music. Flavio feels fortunate to be able to work with unique artists to help them craft their vision and sound, and pull from a talent pool of individuals like drummer Randy Cooke, cellist Teimour Sadykhov and pianist Julian Fauth to bring that vision to fruition.In one of the few instances when being obsessive-compulsive is considered a good thing...M2 productions are characterized by a tremendous attention to detail: like the haunting spoken prose over top of Fake Reality’s Emo guitar on their song "Blow"; the other-worldly synthesizer strains that run through EPX’s “See the Dark” or the meshing of 60’s drum sounds with modern loops on Sonic’s version of The Beatles’ “Rain”. Flavio weaves freely through different musical styles, but the common thread is his creation of original, listener-friendly music.
Record Label: M2 - Monopoli Music

My Blog

NEW RELEASE - Elusive Project X CD "11 Days" OUT NOW!

It's been 9 years since the first Elusive Project X CD. We've come a long way since then!This new collection of songs is unique in the sense that they were written, recorded and edited in 11 days. Whe...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:13:00 GMT

NEW RELEASE - Derrick Paul Miller's CD "Page One" OUT NOW!

I recently completed work on Derrick Paul Miller's first CD entitled "Page One". It's a collection of songs including some traditional, some recognizable and some newly written for Derrick. You can li...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:59:00 GMT

NEW RELEASE - Fake Reality's CD "Figments" OUT NOW!

I recently completed production of Fake Reality's new CD "Figments". You can listen to 'Deeper Further' on my myspace page and you can hear clips of the entire album by visiting www.monopolimusic.com
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:03:00 GMT

NEW RELEASE - Derek Yaple-Schobert Classical Piano CD - Nordic Passion

The new Classical Piano CD by Montreal Pianist Derek Yaple-Schobert is now available. This disc marks a departure for me from the worlds of Pop and Rock. It brought into play areas of musical theory I...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:57:00 GMT

TUIAS Garners TV Mini Series License!!!

Just finalized: TUIAS, a band I produced and co-wrote songs for with Jungle Tshongo has just had 'My Picture of You' placed in a CBC Mini Series called 'Dragon Boys'. The show will air in the fall ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:17:00 GMT