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juliusmonk

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About Me

- First album: "It's your fault", foehn/jm, 2001- Second album: "The greedy and the thankful", foehn/jm, 2003- Third album: "On vacation", lunar discos, 2006- Live performances at the Barcelona BAM festival, MMVV festival, Hipersons festival, Apolo (electric, acoustic, opening for Lloyd Cole), Radio 3 (La 2 TV), Razzmatazz 3 (opening for Mist), Moby Dick (Madrid), Ronda (Málaga), among others- Inedit tracks included in the Eye of the beholder I and Eye of the beholder II (Tract Records, USA) and Moonpalace records (Spain) compilations (featuring American Analog Set, For Stars, Hood, Jack, Scout Nibblet, Silver Apples, Songs:Ohia and the Walkabouts, among others) juliusmonk - drifting

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/5/2006
Band Website: juliusmonk.com
Band Members: Diaz - vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards Cremades - programming, piano, guitars, melodica, accordion, noises
Influences: In no particular order: Lou Reed (not much), The Divine Comedy (not as often as we'd wish), Scott Walker (sometimes), Morrissey (lately but also before that), Eels (frequently), Les Baxter (almost never, to our dismay), Jim O'Rourke (always in his pop vein), Wilco (lately), Prince (years ago), Burt Bacharach (often), Miles Davis (years ago), Oval/Microstoria (in 2004), Flaming Lips (often, lately), Tortoise (often), Lloyd Cole (master), Lambchop (in pursue of beauty), China Crisis (flaunt the imperfection), The The (genius), Danny Wilson (genius II), Nick Cave (from the Boatman on for Monk, previous albums for Julius), Tom Waits (coffee & cigarettes), Mr. Wright (sometimes), Richard Buckner (genius III), Steely Dan (flaunt the perfection), Baby Bird (seldom), Pulp (we suffocate as well),... to serve as examples.
Sounds Like: humm... hard to say.
Record Label: Lunar Discos
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Best of juliusmonk out now!

Hi again Our compilation "Best of juliusmonk" is out now on iTunes stores around the globe (mostly). Just search for "juliusmonk" within iTunes and you'll probably find it. The track listing is: 1. ...
Posted by juliusmonk on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:13:00 PST

Special online release planned / Planes para un lanzamiento especial por Internet

Dear juliusmonkers, There will most probably be a "Best of juliusmonk" compilation released exclusively online in the following months. I have to admit that I am old enough to like the "physicity" of...
Posted by juliusmonk on Wed, 16 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

Sugerencia para divas

Dedicado a aquellos sabios del marketing que se estrujan la cabeza intentando promocionar a viejas y nuevas "divas" (i.e. Marta Sánchez, Chenoa, Soraya, y todas estas): convénzalas de que titulen su n...
Posted by juliusmonk on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:02:00 PST

juliusmonk diaries - Chapter VII: Debut

Un amigo me dijo un día que esto que escribo era un blog.  Yo no tenía ni idea de a lo que se refería, porque no estoy al día, y prefería además que se considerara una novela por entregas sob...
Posted by juliusmonk on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:03:00 PST

New songs uploaded

Dear friends, As you will see, the four MySpace songs have been completely replaced today - this will happen periodically. You can still listen to "Drifting" by watching the video clip. One of th...
Posted by juliusmonk on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:25:00 PST

New web site online!

Dear friends, Our official site at www.juliusmonk.com has been revamped and is now online. We think it looks great. We will be adding exclusive content in short. Check it out if you've got the energy ...
Posted by juliusmonk on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:49:00 PST

Video clip now uploaded to myspace.com!

Dear friends, Now that "On vacation" has a definitive release date of 9th Oct, we have uploaded the videoclip for "Drifting" to this site. The video was shot in Las Vegas and designatius (www.designat...
Posted by juliusmonk on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:16:00 PST

NEWS!!

Dear friends,A short note to let you know that the third album, "On vacation", will be released in September 2006. It will be published by Lunar Discos and distributed by Popstock. The album contains ...
Posted by juliusmonk on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:31:00 PST

juliusmonk diaries - Chapter VI: The masket

Hay que ver la de tonterías que se le ocurren a uno. Masket: dícese del vocablo absurdo que aunaría (que parece nombre de cantante solista femenina) mask y market, conduciéndonos sin reposo hacia una ...
Posted by juliusmonk on Tue, 30 May 2006 09:34:00 PST

juliusmonk diaries - Chapter V: My live life

Ummm... el directo. Donde un grupo se la juega, dicen. Donde te salen espolones con más brío que haciendo el Camino de Santiago con prisa. El vivo y el directo, como vocablos hermanados en un film de ...
Posted by juliusmonk on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:21:00 PST