The history of Monogatari

Monogatari was founded 2007 by Sebastian Ungh. You might say that he is Monogatari, since he writes all the tunes and stands for all performances on the records. Live it's been a different story alltogether. On stage, he have been joined by quite a few people by now. Here is the history of Monogatari on stage.

Sebastian Ungh, Founder of the group, composer and multiinstrumentalist (2007 and onwards)

Joakim Palmqvist, guitar (2007-2008)

Simon Almcrantz, keys, (2007-2008)

Maria Ådahl Rise, flute, fan organ, percussion (2007-2009)

Daniel Gustavsson, electric guitar (2008)

Linn Cardell, glockenspiel, percussion (2008)

Agnes Wästfelt, clarinet, organ, glockenspiel (2008-2009)

Nadin Al Khalidi, violin, guitar, percussion (2009)

Olof Jennfors, bouzouki (2007-2013)

Linda Nilsson Ungh, accordeon, harmonica, toy piano, glockenspiel and pocket piano (2007-2013)

Lennie Stranne, drums (2007-2013)

Mattias Otfors, ukelele, percussion, stylophone (2008-2013)

In the present line up Sebastian is joined by these persons:

Jens Ihlström, guitars, and percussion (2008 and onwards)

Matilda Cederquist, violin, stylophone, synthezisers (2009 and onwards)

Hanna Folkemark Ellborg, accordeon, glockenspiel, percussion (2013 and onwards)

Changes

Some old members have left the group due to various reasons. C'est la vie. However there's a a new and fantastic addition in accordeonist Hanna Folkemark Ellborg who have joined our ranks. And I'm very happy about it!

Let there be rock!

Last weeks I've been rather edged towards things with guitar and stompboxes. I've missed playing loud for a while, but soon that'll ve sorted. The coming live setting of Monogatari will without any doubt be the loudest yet. Be prepared, folks!

Good Intentions - Monogatari

Now I've uploaded One Step Forward and Two Steps Back? so you all can listen for free on Youtube. Cheers!

The remedy

When autumn falls and the days gets shorter and colder, one almost foolproof way to stand it is to simply stay at home and fiddle with some analog synthezisers. Works every time. 

Album cover for It's Almost Like a Dance..., and a release date for the album

Now the cover is ready for It's Almost Like a Dance..., and like all original artwork for Monogatari, it's made by Linda Nilsson Ungh. The time has also come to announce that this record will be released on November 30th 2013. That is not far away, folks! 

Todays most played instrument...

...must be the tzouras, bought this summer on Crete. It have yet to find it's way into one of the songs, but it's damn fun to fiddle around with.