Back in the days when King of Pain still was a booking/promotion agency, I worked with an incredible incredible French band, composed of some of the nicest human beings I ever had the honour to meet: Munshy from Paris. These 4 guys and the 1 lady created an unique and distinctive sound, somewhere between Korn, Aphex Twin and Tori Amos – and their liveshow blew everything away, but in a positive way. Where other bands will leave you powered and burned out, Munshy actually managed to conserve all the energy within you, and you left their show with a smile. Every time.

Unfortunately everything ends, and the same happened to Munshy. After 2 of the founding members left the band in 2007 due to that age-old musical differences, the remaining band members played on as an acoustic three-piece and finally declared their split (after trying out a couple of new members) at the beginning of this March.

And even though I’m very sad about the fact that this emotion- (I witnessed people crying at their shows, and not because they played so bad) and movement-inducing juggernaut has stopped playing completely, I’m glad that all members keep on creating art: some offsprings are Sweyd, Orchester and Fata Morgana. But I’d like to draw your attention especially to the project of guitar wielder Robby Kielt. He keeps on playing under the moniker Robby W@n, and performs acoustic songs in the vein of John Butler and Damien Dempsey. And as this soundtrack fits my current desk-bound existence very well I can really recommend his sound. Please follow him on MySpace and Facebook, and by all means visit one of his shows should you happen to be in the Paris area.

So, here’s to old friends, endings and beginnings. Cheers.