Monsieur Camembert

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History

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Members of Monsieur Camembert at Cygnet Festival 2005 (2)
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Members of Monsieur Camembert at Cygnet Festival 2005 (3)

Monsieur Camembert formed as a five-piece Gypsy fusion band in Sydney, Australia in 1997. Their first album, was the live release The Gypsy Hot Club Presents Monsieur Camembert, which featured Svetlana Bunic on accordion, Julian Curwin on lead guitar, Yaron Hallis on vocals and rhythm guitar, Michael Lira on double bass and Daniel Weltlinger on violin and was recorded at The Gypsy Hot Club.[2] Released in 1999, it is also titled, Live @ The Basement and demonstrated their styles including Gypsy swing, Greek, Hungarian-Russian gypsy, klezmer, tango and original songs.[2]

Their second album was also a live performance, Live on Stage which was released on 11 September 2001. Performing on the album were Mark Atkins on didgeridoo, Eddie Bronson on percussion, Bunic, Curwin, Shenton Gregory on violin, Hallis and Mark Szeto on bass.[3]

They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album (2002, 2003, 2005).[1] The linguistic repertoire of Monsieur Camembert's music includes English, Russian, Romani, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Band members

As of 2009:

  • Yaron Hallis (Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar)
  • Matt Ottignon/Edouard Bronson (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute)
  • Marcello Maio (Accordion/Piano)
  • Julian Curwin (Lead Guitar)
  • Mark Harris (Double Bass/Vocals)

Guest artists including:

  • Shenzo Gregorio (Violin)
  • Vladimir Khusid (Trumpet/Flugelhorn)
  • Anatoli Torjinski (5 String Cello/Balalaika)
  • Daniel Weltlinger (Violin)
  • Svetlana Bunic (Accordion)
  • Jim Pennell (Lead Guitar)
  • Stuart Vandegraaf (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute)

Discography

Albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Live @ The Basement
  • Released: August 1999
  • Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM001)
  • Formats: CD
Live on Stage
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM002)
  • Formats: CD
Absynthe
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM003)
  • Formats: CD
Monsieur Camembert
  • Released: March 2005
  • Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM 004)
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital
Famous Blue Cheese - the Leonard Cohen Show
  • Released: June 2007
  • Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM 005)
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

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External links

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