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Update 10th of October
Wow that has been a long time ago! I haven’t been able to get to this site for various reasons: One of them illness, the other one business! We’ve been working hard on new songs and some exciting things are about to happen. A colobaration on our new album with the KMT faculty of the University of Utrecht and London allows us to record 4 new songs in top quality! It’s planned to release these songs with the album, but maybe you guys can get a sneak preview somewhere in januari. I know, that’s a long time.. But in the meantime there still is the DVD which will be released in October! More on that soon!

Besides this we will be giving a performance unless our promise of not performing for a year! We will be playing in the city Helmond in a venue called “Plato”. It can fit 700 people and ofcourse we would love to pack the place up! Tickets are 6 euro’s and available through us!!!

Update 19th of August 2007
So.. a major update this time: 3 new MP3 songs! Because of our DVD release on the 22nd of october we’ve decided to put up some live MP3’s! Some of you might be shocked by the funkieness of our live performance, others may be charmed :) Hope you’ll enjoy it!

Besides this we got a really positive review on our showcase in the Winston at the 16th of August! A little impression can be seen on our video section and the review can be found here (in dutch)

Some quotes (translated to english)
“In a one and a half hour during set the band leads the public through all different musical styles they play. From dance-able funk, to harder rock to their intimate songs”

“The different arrangements are well organised and arranged, but still there is enough freedom for the musicians to follow their musical intuition!”

“At the moment Monsieur Cannibale is working on their new record. If tonights performance is an indication of this record we can expect a wonderful record!”

Update 13th of August 2007
Chaotic times are finally over now I’ve finally moved into my new appartment! The band is working hard on 4 new songs that have been written for the new album! Maybe some of them will be performed during our special SAB performance in the Winston in Amsterdam on the 16th of august! I also worked out some idea I’ve been thinking about for a while! Please read about it on the forum!
And last but not least: A new video is added to our profile!!!
Don’t forget to come and see us live after the Sellabration!!!

16th of august 2007 – 23:30h

Winston – Amsterdam (www.winston.nl)

Warmoesstraat 131

Easy to get there by tram!



Update 29th of July 2007
Check out www.youtube.com/monsieurcannibaletv and request your favourite cover song! And Frank will perform it for you!

Update 23rd of July 2007
So we finally got it all straight! The Monsieur Cannibale showcase will take place on:


16th of august 2007 – 23:30h

Winston – Amsterdam

Warmoesstraat 131

Easy to get there by tram!

From Paradiso take tram 16 or 25 towards Central Station
Or take tram 24 towards the A’dam Passengers Terminal

Get out on the stop DAM and from there it’s only a 2 minute walk (as you can see on this map)

Really Really hope to see you all there!!!!!!!!

Update 20th of July 2007
Wow! I really had a crazy night and day today and yesterday! I’ve sent over a 15.000 invites to all of our myspace friends, family and more to visit our Sellaband profile! Besides that I’ve updated our official website with new news and a new blog! And I’m trying to plan some pleasant surprise at the Sellabration day (16th of august) for all the believers here on Sellaband!
I’ll keep you guys updated :) And hope to hear from you all!!!

17th of July 2007
Well there we are! Finally an own SAB account! At this moment we’re busy working on a new CD and planning an European tour! The CD is planned for summer 2008 and the tour for the 2nd half of 2008! As you can read in our bio below or can see at our list of shows we’ve been working really hard to achieve our goals! In october there will be a release of a DVD recorded last may!

For those who are willing to invest in us we’ve got the following:

If you’ll buy 2 parts you’ll recieve our debut CD “Big City
Nights” which includes the song “Tired of my Love” as can be heard on
our profile

If you’ll buy 3 parts you’ll recieve our DVD which will be released in october “Live at Greve” 1,5 hour of fine live music!

If you’ll buy 4 parts you’ll recieve both the CD and DVD

If
you’ll buy more then 20 parts we will be more than happy to come and
play in your living room during our European tour in the 2nd half of
2008! (dates and locations still to be announced)


All gifts will be handed out everytime we manage to get a multiple of 5K!!!

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Founded in may 2005 Monsieur Cannibale brings the best of all
musical worlds together in one band. With four band members who have
their roots in all different types of music the band is trying to make
compromizes in their songs which will bring an exciting mix of all
types of music. Monsieur Cannibale goes from the intensity of a
singer/songwriter to the enthousiasm of a young funk band performing as
if there is nothing better on the world! Their most important goal in
playing? Having fun on stage and let the crowd have the best time of
their lives!

Frank van den Ende (vocals, guitar), Jos
Otter (bas), Niels van Lier (guitar) and Frank van der Star
(drums/percussion) met each other at the Conservatory of Utrecht where
Frank van den Ende was looking for some musicians to perform his songs
with. Little did the others know that Frank had allready planned a
performance before the rehearsals even started: a band competition in
his own birthplace Monster. After rehearsing 2 times the band decided
to take the dive in the deep waters of performing and headed of to the
band competition in Monster… which they won!

After this great start the band decided to
record their first EP which was released under the band name “Monsieur
Cannibale and the Vegetarians” and which was titled: “Attack”. The band
name indicated a seperation between the singer/songwriter name of Frank
van den Ende “Monsieur Cannibale” and the rest of the band “the
Vegetarians”. For a long time this seperation stood for two different
sets the band performed. An acoustic more singer/songwriter kind of set
on the one side, and a mixture of rock/disco/funk set on the other
side.

In the months of december 2005 and januari
2006 the band recorded their first full-length album in the home studio
of drummer Frank van der Star. Working together with guest-musicians
Annabel de Romijn (Violin), Jos Hoogstad (keys). Shara Bakker (backing
vocals) and Hera van Willick (backing vocals) the debut album focused
mainly on the singer/songwriter side of the band. Critics compared the
sound of Monsieur Cannibale to acts like Coldplay and Jeff Buckley and
gave the CD a lot of positive critisism.

After releasing the album in februari 2006
the band had a lot of performances ahead. During this tour which
besides the Netherlands also got to England and Denmark, the band
decided to drop the seperation in their performing names. From now on
the band would be called Monsieur Cannibale and the two sets would be
mixed in to one!
This mixture was recieved very positively by both
the press, different venues and the music-lovers all around the world!
Using the internet website MySpace.com the band has gained a solid
fanbase!

At this moment the band has gained airplay
on the largest dutch radio station “Radio 2” with a retake of the song
“I Disgrace Myself”. This single has been recorded for It’s Your
Record! and van be found on the compilation album “It’s Your
Record!Part 4”. On "It’s Your Record! Part 5 you can find a retake of
the song “Mary Kate”.

In may 2007 the band has recorded a
live DVD during a unique concert in cafe Greve (the Hague – NL). During
this performance the band combined the older material from both
Attack and Big City Nights with new material which has been written
during the touring!