http://virb.com/monody Mission Monody was initially conceived by a shared love for electronic music, and a desire to push the known envelope of what can be accomplished in a live situation. Monody was formed in the autumn of 2006 out of the Ashes of nothing. Monody will follow any one note to the ends of the earth to trap it, subdue it and make it ours. That is our mission. Nothing more, nothing less... Members Geoff Tripoli - Vocals and Lyrics David Battrick - Drums and electronic percussion Daniel Edgar - Synthesizers and arrangements Geoff comes from a musical background somewhat unlike the Monody sound. It started with piano lessons as a child and on to the electric guitar as a teenager. He was a member of a couple rock bands over the years, but his true passion comes from building on his home studio and becoming a skilled engineer and producer of his own and other musicians projects. His ongoing side project, Entium, occasionally releases tracks that are on the electronica side of things. For Monody, Geoff is undertaking his first all vocal role. He wants to bring a unique vocal sound to the genre, while still staying true to this style of music. Lyrically, he wants to convey a somewhat clouded message in an artful way, without being too abstract. His vocal influences include artists like Dave Gahan, Jean Luc De Meyer and Peter Murphy. According to Dave, as a drummer, his musical career has been just another chapter in the Spinal Tap movie of life. Who knows if spontaneous combustion will happen. In the mean time. He will be sawing as much wood as anyone will let him. Daniel spent much of his early days growing up in a small Oregon town tinkering with drums, various noise making electronics, synthesizers and samplers. Despite not having much inspiration "off the shelf", he found himself begging for mix tapes from family and friends who lived out of town. From an early age, he was listening to a lot of European synthpop, 80's post-punk, and industrial music. Before Monody, Daniel spent time in several bands in different cities playing various instruments such as bass, drums and most recently guitar. Driven by a love for EBM, synthpop and Industrial music, he wanted to write and perform this kind of music in a live setting.]]> Virb 2.0 (@monody) en http://virb.com/monody/videos/2132802 Monody playing "Absent" Live at Kelly's Olympian, February 14, 2009, Portland Oregon. Check out www.monodyweb.com for more band info and free songs.

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