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Album
- Finding Home (2007) : 01. Finding home 02. Don't
walk away 03. Can't come along 04. I'm going 05. All at your
door 06. Smile 07. From now on 08. Searching light 09. Rewind
10. Ballad of a broken man 11. On the run 12. The taste of
us 13. Seasons 14. So real 15. Freedom song 16. Stay another
day 17. Til you forgive | plus
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Album - No Compromise
(2004) : 01. Empty As It Comes - 02. Over Your Head
- 03. Photographs - 04. Even When - 05. Bed Lonely People
- 06. On The Way Down - 07. Nothing Left To Lose - 08. Let
Me Dream - 09. In An Ordinary Day - 10. To The End - 11. No
Compromise - 12. Here Comes My Mind - 13. Beautiful Day |
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Nothing
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Photographs
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Mick Hart — "Road
Journals", Birmingham (Angleterre), 17 février
2004 : "The title track NO COMPROMISE was actually
written a few years ago after first meeting BEN HARPER who
has given me wonderful guidance, friendship and support ever
since. the song was originally written in mind as a duet with
BEN but with his ever increasing busy world shcedule it's
been a little too difficult to get it together. I'm sure we'll
get something happening one day down the track. On the first
meeting with BEN at bluesfest back in 99, the first thing
he said was 'man, go to france! you gotta go to france! they'll
love you there!!'... and it was from this intial advice and
inspiration that led me to relocating there from late 2002
to a large part of 2003 where I wrote and came up for the
inspiration for most of this record. Therefore for me the
album title NO COMPROMISE seemed most fitting and to this
day that track contains some of my favourite lyrical moments.
The message being to never compromise your beliefs in any
way and to follow your path as true an devoted as possible
no matter what. NO COMPROMISE to me is my most positive album
to date. Ii was in a totally different world, living in PARIS
and feeling blessed every day to be able to do what i was
doing. The support I was receiving from friends and fans in
FRANCE, HOLLAND, BEGIUM, GERMANY, THE UK, THE USA and of course
back in AUSTRALIA was also a constant source of inspiration
and positive energy. The lyrics to the majority of the songs
therefore celebrate choices in life and in many ways the amazing
things that were happening around me. However it also expores
the other sides of life too with the massive problem of homelessness
for people in those parts of the world.of course it happens
almost wherever we go but I was seriously affected but some
of the sights and suffering i saw around me and two songs
BED LONELY PEOPLE and NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE are tracks dedicated
to those suffering all over the world. I think NOTHING LEFT
TO LOSE has some of the best lyrics I've ever written and
this is definitely one of my favourite album tracks. It was
recorded totally live at around 2am and the spirit just feels
so beautifully in the zone. We are very proud of that one!
Musically we had an awesome amount of fun making this record.
Particularly the groove and reggae stuff which is obviously
kind of a new direction on record for me. I have always played
around with it a little live but felt totally inspired to
explore these styles a little more and get them down for the
album. EVAN and MATT were perfect for this kind of energy
and we love the vibe we have achieved on some of these tracks
like EMPTY AS IT COMES, OVER YOUR HEAD and BED LONELY. Some
of the more intimate acoustic moments are also my faves, especially
EVEN WHEN and LET ME DREAM. Once again totally live and untouched.
As pure as can be. I know a lot of you love BUTTERFLY (and
i thankyou deply for it) but i feel that EVEN WHEN is possibly
the best love song I've ever written. I hope you guys feel
it and like it as much as i do. Anyway that's just a little
insight into the recording and songs on NO COMPROMISE."
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Single - If You Could
(Sept 2003) : 01. If You Could (UK mix) - 02. Believe
(Live in Paris) - 03. It's Alright (Live in London) - 04.
Find the Day (Live in London) - 05. Goodnight (Live in London)
- 06. Time For Goodbye's (Live in London) |
Mick
Hart — www.mickhart.com.au : "If You
Could has always been a special favourite of mine and has
been such a sweet part of this last period away from home.
It has really been a standout track in all it's different
formats and i felt strongly about putting down a fresh new
version.
The track was going to be a remix but after entering a London
studio with my buddy Dean Manning (from Leonardo's Bride)
in July, it felt best to just hit it all fresh and basically
re-record the whole thing whilst hanging onto some of the
beautiful subtle moments from the original version. Dean helped
in kind of a co-producing role and really we were just two
friends in there just having fun and painting a new and better
picture of something that had already been born. The new version
has this very cool 70's kind of drum loop sound to it (something
my drummer jerry and i had always talked about trying on it)
with a lot of the similar textures from the original, as well
as some beautiful haunting flavours and soundscapes that we
added to kind of take it somewhere dreamy and new. Basically
it has ended up sounding really really awesome and something
i am very proud to share with you all.
The 5 live tracks are all very special and influential moments
from the last 6 months worth of gigs o/s. Firstly 'Believe'
was from a Paris show in April that featured a whole new audience
of people coming along and was the first song of the night...
a beautiful and memorable introduction to kind of a new beginning.
'It's Alright', 'Find the Day' and 'Goodnight'
were all from a very memorable gig at the 12 Bar Club on London
in February. The first two were played on a gorgeous old wurlitzer
keyboard... and it felt like mellow heaven in there. 'Goodnight'
was the encore and a fitting finale to one of the best gigs
of the whole last year. The final track 'Time for Goodbyes'
is a completely new track that i had written on my lapsteel
in Paris just before i left in June. It was the first song
of the night at a return 12 Bar London show just last July
and was basically so new it was almost completely improvised.
The feeling in that gig at that moment is something i'll not
forget and the fact that we had it captured on tape is a timeless
treasure and it just felt right to include this as a taste
of what is to come." |
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Album - Upside Down
In The Full Face Of Optimism (2002) : 01. Find The
Day - 02. Silhouette - 03. Sunlight - 04. Sweet Consequence
- 05. If You Could - 06. Nothingness - 07. Face In The Water
- 08. Goodnight - 09. Acceptance - 10. Low - 11. Wait For
Me - 12. It's Alright - 13. Which Way? - 14. Reach Me - 15.
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Sweet
Consequence
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"Le
Nouvel Observateur" (Juin 2003) : "Essai
Transformé - Après un premier album très
remarqué en Australie, Mick Hart s'apprête à
conquérir le monde avec "Upside down in the full
face of optimism". Entre rock électrique et douceur
acoustique, les quinze titres de son nouvel album font mouche
et la guitare slide à la Ben Harper fait merveilles.
Ainsi armé, ce petit frère de Jeff Buckley (même
sensibilité, même voix traînante et même
sens aigu de la composition) devrait se faire rapidement une
place sur la scène internationale." |
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Album - Still The Flowers
Bloom (2001) : 01. Still The Flowers Bloom - 02. Blinded
- 03. This Is Not The Way - 04. Left For The Wind - 05. Chameleon
- 06. Is This Goodbye? - 07. Purity - 08. Lost - 09. Help
Me With A Sign - 10. Watching It Fade - 11. Butterfly - 12.
For Nowhere - 13. Waiting For Another Day - 14. Sweet Light |
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Left
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"Revolver"
(Australie) : "Le meilleur chanteur/songwriter
que compte l'Australie confirme tout son talent avec le remarquable
'Still The Flowers Bloom'. 15 titres qui remplissent vos côtés
sombres d'honnêteté, d'amour et d'envie."
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SIDE PROJECT --
Monkey Boy
Duo blues/rock formé en juillet 2004 par Mick Hart
(guitare et voix) et Angus Diggs (batterie et percussions)
- influencé par le son des 60's et de groupes tels
que The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Kings of Leon, The Black Keys,
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion...
Album - Bananas And Other Things (2005)
: 01. Can't Get Up In The Morning 02. All You Ever Wanted
03. Just A Little Bit 04. Let Me Be 05. Alright 06. Mess You
Up 07. Dig It 08. Get Gone 09. Come On 10. Can't Get Together
My Song 11. Bitter Man 12. Missin' Moments 13. I Wanna Be
Your Monkey 14. Help Yourself
Single - Can't Get Up in the Morning (2004)
| plus d'infos sur www.monkeyboy.net.au
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