"Toni Castells is a one-time classical musician based in London who after starting his first pop band at the age of 12, has been since experimenting and fusing classical music with popular, electronic and other commercial genres of music. Toni naturally combines unlikely musical elements, creating a truly unique sound and musical language, which inspired by some of the best classical and film composers, is easily accessible for an extremely wide audience.
According to Grammy award winning classical producer Michael Haas, “the obvious reference to describe Toni’s music is: Morricone meets Satie. Morricone comes to mind because there is a cinematic vividness to Toni’s music that like his, exudes expanse and distance. It’s dramatic and seems to come from distant times and places. Satie because there is a certain painful nostalgia. Other obvious names are Gorecki and Philip Glass, but these are perhaps too simplistic and obvious and have to do mostly with the use of operatic voices singing vocalaises. Reynaldo Hahn is also relevant, because unlike Satie, he was a more sophisticated cultivator of melancholy and frankly, more serious as a composer.â€
For the Momo Project, Toni surrounds himself with a fabulous group of musicians to bring his work to the live arena, all of them good friends, whom he calls the Momo Family and whom he mostly met during his time at the Royal College of Music in London. Spanish pop star Beth Rodergas and Irish diva Roberta Howett sing alongside soprano Amelia Whiteman and the prestigious Sacconi String Quartet, conducted by film composer Louis Sebastian Mander.
Toni’s live shows are designed to be like a contemporary opera where music, poetry and visuals intertwine to create an unforgettable experience."
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Momo Live
The Bedford London 17th July 2008
Diamonds ft. Roberta Howett & Amelia Whiteman
Atomic ft. Roberta Howett
Rescue Me ft. Roberta Howett
The Momo Live Show
Bush Hall London 23rd July 2007
Louis Sebastian Mander conducts The Sacconi String Quartet
Visuals from Conor Masterson
Diamonds ft. Grace Patton & Amelia Whiteman
Atomic ft. Beth
The Promise ft. Beth & Amelia Whiteman
Rescue Me ft. Roberta Howett
