Yes, culture vultures, our beloved Monty was on BBC Radio 3 last night playing some amazing improvised jazz piano with Gilli Bloodaxe. The good peolpe at the Beeb have made the programme available in BBC Iplayer. Check it out, it won't be availabe for long.
The Damned are proud to announce their involvement in the title track to the highly anticipated video game "Shadows Of The Damned”, to be released worldwide in June 2011 on Electronic Arts/Grasshopper Manufacture.. Written and performed in collaboration with the hugely influential Japanese video game developer Grasshopper Manufacture, the song is the perfect blend of video game soundtrack and trademark dark energy that only these two powerhouses of their respective industries could concoct. officialdamned.com
Dave Vanian has penned the score for the feature film I, Superbiker, which is due for general release in spring 2011. The film follows four superbike riders through their dramatic British Superbike Season. They are considered the new GLADIATORS, battling at 200 MPH, riding through torturous conditions and risking life and limb at every race meeting. Only one can be the true champion...
Monty has been getting established in the world of improvised and experimental music. He has recently supported Steve Beresford and Eugene Chadbourne and is headlining at the Open House in Brighton (nr. London Road station) on the 26th January with Graham Clarke. Graham is a fantastic violinist who was part of Viv Stanshall's show "Stinkfoot". Since then he has played with Andy Sheppard and Keith Tippett. Monty got to know him when he was playing with Gong and Daevid Allen's "Magic Brothers". On the 23rd February Monty will play (again at the Open House) with Ron Caines (who played sax in East of Eden), and Tony Gill, amazing drummer and story teller: an English Ivor Cutler!
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