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About Me

"Hailing from Cardiff, he brought with him a selection of well thought out melodies, not too clichÃ© lyrics and an incredibly powerful voice." - www.caughtinthecrossfire.com.

"I enjoyed the first two minutes then found him rather scary. He was like the kid at school you refrained from talking to." - www.ffaf.co.uk forum.

Broken Leaf used to be called Teflon Monkey. When he was called Teflon Monkey he did some cool things, like release an EP on Placid Casual records, played instruments on records by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Brave Captain, and did lots of gigs around the UK with nice people like Super Furry Animals and Mountain Men Anonymous.

Then the Teflon people said he couldn't use the word Teflon any more. Bastards. So he became Broken Leaf instead.

Broken Leaf hasn't done quite as many cool things as Teflon Monkey yet, but he did get to play a Green Man festival which was a lot of fun, and played other low key gigs around the Cardiff area.

Bands Broken Leaf has served time in in some guise or other: Silver Spurs, Cymbient, Stray Borders, Heck and Nameless. There maybe more, I can't recall right now.
He is currently concentrating on other bands but is still recording his own songs when he has the time. He would also love to hear from you.

Bands Mr Broken Leaf is currently playing in (apart from his own badass project):Vito Ratatosk The Secret Show Eugene Francis and the Juniors

Poor Me - Eugene Francis Jnr

Lovers - The Secret Show

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Members:

A 25 year old weirdo called Rhodri Viney. He is close to giving up.

Influences:

Alasdair Roberts, Nick Cave, Phil Ochs, Will Oldham, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Mahogany, Blonde Redhead, Daniel Johnston, Mono, Matt Elliott, Manyfingers, Sigur Ros, Slowdive, Cecil Sharp, Johnny Cash, Gillian Welch, Silver Jews, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Bedhead + The New Year, Lisa Germano, Built to Spill, Gram Parsons, Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service, Explosions in the Sky, Iron & Wine, Low, and many many more that you probably don't care about.

Sounds Like: It won't end well.
Record Label: The Velvet Eagle media conglomerate.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Last.fm page

Hi all,I've added a load of songs available to listen to and download on Last.fm - there are some old songs there, and some brand new ones too.Go and listen! The links are thus:http://www.last.fm/musi...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:52:00 PST

Vito gig + introducing Right Hand Left Hand

Hiya all, Vito are playing a gig to celebrate the end of writing our 2nd album in Clwb Ifor Bach on Friday 30th November. We will be playing a set of brand new tunes and will start recording the new ...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:48:00 PST

Another song, and a special gig thing...

Hi all, just uploaded another new song called "It Never Goes That Far". I'm well happy with it and think it's one of the best songs I've written for a good long while. So go and have a listen...Also, ...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:24:00 PST

Some new / different songs for you

Dearest all of you,I hadn't done any recording or changed the profile for a long long long time, but hey - it's just occured! There is now something for everyone in the new songs, and I will now prove...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:19:00 PST

Ratatosk!

Hiya, may I divert you here:www.myspace.com/ratatoskisnowRatatosk is a different solo thing I've just started, treading a more ambient, instrumental route... basically, bits of music that don't fit co...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:55:00 PST

16/2/07 - Radio, gigs and general news

Hiya team, So apparently I was played on Radio 1 the other night (not just Radio 1 Wales, but the whole UK Radio 1 that you can hear beyond Chepstow and Oswestry) - cheers to Huw Stephens and co for ...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:23:00 PST

"Life is a skill I've yet mastered"

Afternoon, Just a quick word on the 4 songs up at the moment - these are all traditional songs recorded in the 1910s by Mr Cecil Sharp in the Appalachians that have been adopted and adapted by me.&nbs...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:07:00 PST

2/1/2007 - New Year Competition with a prize and everything.

Hi everyone, to celebrate the year turning to 2532, here's a little poseur for you: Which of these is the odd one out: a) a dogb) a catc) a monkeyd) a horsee) NASA Scroll down for the answer . . . . ....
Posted by Broken Leaf on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:15:00 PST

THE BROKEN LEAF CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST (updated)

Alright folks,Here's a present for you all (and for me too) - I've gone done and recorded a couple of special tracks for you (and me) as a little christmas present (hooray!). It's been fast work so it...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:22:00 PST

All the Broken Leaves...

Hi all,Just to let you know I've finished recording a new tune (it's an old one really, but with fresh paint to hide the age) called All the Broken Leaves, available for your listening pleasure.It dat...
Posted by Broken Leaf on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:06:00 PST