Biography
-
Years Active
1995 – 2001 (6 years)
-
Founded In
Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England, United Kingdom
-
Members
- Kavus Torabi
The Monsoon Bassoon were a London based rock band, who existed between 1995 and 2001. Their music can be described as psychedelic rock or math rock, although their songs were often characterised by sudden changes in direction or mood. Regular features of their songs were alternating & simultaneous male and female harmony vocals, woodwind parts, poly-rhythmic sections, time changes and unusual scales.
Although sometimes sounding chaotic, their music was carefully planned to the last note. At times, all of the band could seem to play in different timings, before locking into a crescendo. For example, "The King of Evil," starts as a gentle folk song, but ends with all three singers shouting in chorus over a death metal guitar part. The band won the NME's single of the week award three times and had a passionate underground following, particularly inspiring other bands.
Since their break up, guitarists Dan Chudley and Kavus Torabi have continued to write songs together under different names. As of 2005, they are rehearsing with ex-Monsoon Bassoon drummer Jamie Keddie, under the name Authority. Laurie Osbourne now writes, records and performs within the dubstep community under the name Appleblim. After working as their guitar technician for several years, Kavus Torabi is now also a member of Cardiacs, the cult underground rock band.
Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
