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Promoter
Stony Sugarskull
Date
Dec 15, 2022 20:00
FB Event
About the Concert
Stony Sugarskull is the sonic project of Berlin/Los Angeles based, pioneering singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Dr (PhD) Monika Demmler. With her innovative style, her unique voice that calls to mind the music of Mazzy Star or Nico, coupled with her boundless creativity, she transcends borders by blending punk, shoe gaze, electronica and psych in a very unique and captivating way.
Her second album “Princess” was released on 18th November 2022 with a special show at the Victorian historical monument HM157 Los Angeles with Steve Grohne on bass, Daniel Beallo on drums and special guest Johnny Nasty Boots.
Princess on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/65b99tTTbUKEKFWxNJYslu...
https://open.spotify.com/album/65b99tTTbUKEKFWxNJYslu...
The most distinctive thing about Monika Demmler is her unique vocal style and transcendent delivery: a collage of dreamy, playful, innocent, ironic, clever, earnest, at times even spiritual psychedelia. Her artsy sound blends shades of the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Marianne Faithful, Led Zeppelin and Mazzy Star into its own new best.
“Princess” was recorded analogue on tape with UK producer Kristian Bell (The Wytches) in Yaxley Town Hall (Peterborough/UK) and mastered by Luke Oldfield (Tilehouse Studios London) in 2021/2022. Drums/Bass: Kristian Bell, Vox/Guitar/Zither: Monika Demmler, Guitar: Franz Bargmann, Keys: Alex Tower.
"Stony Sugarskull are, on the evidence of this record, a force to be reckoned with. [...] Her Mazzy-starish vocals switching between English and German as smoothly as her music transcends genres. Shot through with a distinctly Berlin ennui [...] Lioness is a trip from start to finish." (Paul Moody, Classic Rock Mag)
