News – Alex Monk

27.11. 13 You can buy now buy all releases in the shop below including strictly limited vinyl editions of ‘Indiscreet Mirror’ & ‘The Safety Machine’

Previous 2 CDRs are now sold out but are still of course available as downloads and will hopefully will see a re-release in the future.

22.08.2013

My new album ‘Indiscreet Mirror’ will be released on Smeraldina Rima on October 4th 2013 on limited vinyl and Download. The album features Gavan Kearney AKA Sand Snowman on bass on ‘Trickster’, Gareth Jones bass and ARP Odyssey on ‘Pluckley Follies’ and Steve Dowle plays drums on ‘Syd the Shell’ and ‘Pluckley Follies’ . Thanks to them for all their contributions. The album features the dan tranh (17 string Vietnamese zither, ) Shennai pipe, mandolin and 12 string guitar, Novation bass station, hand percussion, Casio SK1, Tibetan hand chimes and field recordings from the UK, Italy and Vietnam. The album is mastered by Mark Beazley @ Trace. Thanks to Mark!

There will be a tour to support the record and please see details below launching with the record launch on October 4th at Cafe Oto.

04/10 Cafe Oto London Smeraldina Rima Records night

12/10 Luna Lounge London with Simon Breed & Sam Astley

27/10 Jazzhouse Copenhagen with So Like Dorian & Jo Quail

29/10 TBC Aarhus w So Like Dorian and TBC

30/10 Fanø venue TBC w So Like Dorian

30/10 Maidstone Stepping Stone Studios w So Like Dorian and TBC

31/10 Folkestone Bar Down below w / So Like Dorian and TBC

01/11 Knaresborough UK venue TBC with So Like Dorian & Tidswell Noise Collective & TBC

02/11 Mark 2, Hackney London with So Like Dorian , Mark Wagner & Berain

16.07.13 Show in Copenhagen

I’ll be back in Copenhagen this weekend for an all day event with some fantastic musicians:

17.06.13 New project Douglas Firs

I’m delighted to announce a new musical collaboration with Mark Beazley called Douglas Firs. Mark founded the group Rothko in early 1997, and has since released a range of material, both collaborative and solo in nature. Mark also mastered my last record ‘The Safety Machine’ and did a wonderful job! You can read more about him and his work over at http://www.tracerecordings.com

08.06.13 Releases

I still have some copies of ‘The Safety Machine’ on double vinyl. You can also purchase all three of my records on the bandcamp page clicking below:

01.02. 13 Serbia/ Hungary tour

I’m excited to announce an upcoming tour of Serbia and Hungary. I’ll be performing alongside WoO of Serbia and So Like Dorian of Denmark. The genesis of the tour began after discussions at the uniquely magical Fanø free folk festival last summer.

For the first ImprovE2.2 night on the 15th in Belgrade we will be joined by Milana Zaric (harp, percussion) Dusan Damnjanovic (percussion) Jamal Al Kiswani (sax) Izvanredni Bob (visuals). You can read more about the event here. This is to be followed by other shows in Serbia and Hungary before coming back to Belgrade. Thanks so much for WoO for all his amazing work putting this tour together.