Melonious Quartet / La Miugrana

**Mandopolis** · Jan-15-2010, 7:28am

Hi there !

I'm happy to inform you that "La Miugrana", Melonious Quartet's last album, is now available online there :
http://1d-paca.com/fr/album/miugrana

Regards,

Celine

**LKN2MYIS** · Jan-15-2010, 3:03pm

Thank you. I love those guys.

Is it being sold through any other Web outlet?

**DougC** · Jan-16-2010, 1:50pm

Yea, I love them too. Sure would like to know more about the instruments.

**Jim Garber** · Jan-16-2010, 6:40pm

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**Jim Garber** · Jan-16-2010, 6:41pm

Hmmmm... it seems like their site is just one page announcement of the new CD. Celine, I don;t see links to the other pages where they describe the instruments.

Some videos:

**Mandopolis** · Jan-18-2010, 5:26am

Hello again,

Well, the website is down, we have to finish the new one, and we never have time... And we need to translate it too...

About the instruments : Melonious plays a "classical" mandolin quartet (mandolins, alto and mandocello), all instruments created for them by Andre Sakellaridès, luthier à Marseille, in France.
You can see from the video that the mandocello they use is quite big.

In "La Miugrana", they also play other instruments : banjo, guimbri (an african instrument), electric mandolin, tenor mandola, oud, djoura (the smallest saz)... and also some other things (bottleneck, "mandoline préparée", distortion etc.).

And we have no other web outlet till now, as we decided to produce and distribute this CD ourselves, it's a bit difficult...

Céline

**Mandopolis** · Jan-18-2010, 5:27am

About the website : there is a Melonious page on Facebook, and also on MySpace, and a "Front de Libération de la Mandoline" group on Facebook....

**Paul Kotapish** · Jan-18-2010, 1:27pm

The Melonious Quartet is great, and I appreciate that their sound is quite unique and seemingly independent of the pervasive post-bluegrass/Dawg/Marshall/Thile influences (not that there's anything wrong with those influences, of course). I particularly enjoyed their recent collaboration with Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera--fabulous record.

**LKN2MYIS** · Jan-22-2010, 2:23pm

Originally Posted by Mandopolis

Hello again,

Well, the website is down, we have to finish the new one, and we never have time... And we need to translate it too...

About the instruments : Melonious plays a "classical" mandolin quartet (mandolins, alto and mandocello), all instruments created for them by Andre Sakellaridès, luthier à Marseille, in France.
You can see from the video that the mandocello they use is quite big.

In "La Miugrana", they also play other instruments : banjo, guimbri (an african instrument), electric mandolin, tenor mandola, oud, djoura (the smallest saz)... and also some other things (bottleneck, "mandoline préparée", distortion etc.).

And we have no other web outlet till now, as we decided to produce and distribute this CD ourselves, it's a bit difficult...

Céline

I'm ready to buy this CD - FANTASTIC group. But the Website doesn't seem to want me to.

A couple of suggestions:

Option for English, if you can -
Option for PayPal, if you can

I'd buy a couple of copies today, if it would let me.

**brunello97** · Jan-22-2010, 10:22pm

Tout est bon, Céline, ma carte de crédit travaille en français ou en anglais. Faites-nous savoir quand vous l'aurez fixé.

Mick

**Mandopolis** · Jan-24-2010, 4:50pm

To get the website in english, there is a small "FR" at the top of the page, just near the shopping cart icon, you can switch it to english.

And you can pay with paypal after you log in.

And I think the problem with the CD copies is solved now.

Please let me now if you manage to order these copies.

It's also possible to download the album on the "digital" tab...

**Glassweb** · Jan-24-2010, 4:58pm

Originally Posted by Paul Kotapish

The Melonious Quartet is great, and I appreciate that their sound is quite unique and seemingly independent of the pervasive post-bluegrass/Dawg/Marshall/Thile influences (not that there's anything wrong with those influences, of course). I particularly enjoyed their recent collaboration with Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera--fabulous record.

i'm with you Paul... i first saw Patrick Vaillant perform many years ago in Seattle as part of a world music evening at Meany Hall. It was obvious that his music was beautiful and unique and, as you point out, it was so wonderfully free from the ravages American mandolin cliches. I guess they just hear things differently over there in Europe... thank god! where would we be without Django & Steph!

**LKN2MYIS** · Jan-27-2010, 5:12pm

THANKS!!

Just ordered 2 copies - one for me, one as a gift.

**Linda Binder** · Jan-29-2010, 11:37am

I ordered it as a digital download. Listening now....wonderful music!

**Paul Hostetter** · Feb-10-2010, 1:39am

I spent almost an hour trying to set up an account with 1d-paca.com so I could buy it. I could never make it work. I would have even settled for downloads, but even that didn't work. I cannot imagine why some people make it so hard to buy (or even find) music over the internet.

I'm sure I'll hear it eventually.

Boo!

**LKN2MYIS** · Feb-10-2010, 6:22am

Paul -

Give it another try. It's worth it.

I picked English, set up the account, no problem. Requested the physical CDs (one for me, one as a gift) and received them from overseas in 1 1/2 weeks.

Great music - really enjoy these guys.

**Paul Hostetter** · Feb-10-2010, 12:32pm

No, I just wasted another 25 minutes on it. It rejects something every single time I try to set up an account, none of which breaks its silly overwrought rules for number or type of characters, spaces, etc. I cannot set up an an account, and this seems to be the only vendor on earth to sell this CD.

**LKN2MYIS** · Feb-10-2010, 12:41pm

Well, it would be easier if they could do it via CDBaby or some other outlet.

I'm really a big fan of theirs.

**Dagger Gordon** · Feb-10-2010, 12:58pm

Maybe try this

http://www.rdmshopping.com/details-2...s_quartet.html

**Mandopolis** · Feb-22-2010, 3:37pm

Originally Posted by Paul Hostetter

No, I just wasted another 25 minutes on it. It rejects something every single time I try to set up an account, none of which breaks its silly overwrought rules for number or type of characters, spaces, etc. I cannot set up an an account, and this seems to be the only vendor on earth to sell this CD.

Well, up to now, it is the only vendor on earth.
I am sorry it doesn't work with you, but I can ask them for support...
Can you send me an e-mail explaining the problem, and I will ask.

Regards,

Celine

**Mandopolis** · Feb-22-2010, 3:43pm

Originally Posted by LKN2MYIS

Well, it would be easier if they could do it via CDBaby or some other outlet.

I'm really a big fan of theirs.

I will study the CDbaby case...
Problem is shipping...

**Paul Hostetter** · Feb-22-2010, 6:27pm

Originally Posted by Mandopolis

Well, up to now, it is the only vendor on earth.
I am sorry it doesn't work with you, but I can ask them for support...
Can you send me an e-mail explaining the problem, and I will ask.

Celine -

Give me an email address and I'll send you the info. The PM thing on the Café doesn't work very well—my email (which is always available on the Café and elsewhere) is music@lutherie.net. Let's continue there.