Paul Hankinson is an australian pianist, composer and songwriter. In 2006 he
moved to Berlin to futher pursue his love of beauty, melancholy, humour and humankind
and his alter-ego (kunstlername) Montmorensy was born. He now creates pop music
with a classical-theatrical flavour, drawing his inspiration from an eternal
sense of wonder at the world, the universe and the poetical way of the every
day.
A short story by Montmorensy about getting lost and found in cyberspace
Sankt Oberholz
On a dusty corner in Berlin stands a grand old café called Sankt Oberholz. Inside you may find the odd table of friends, the odd couple having an awkward
first date… but what will strike you upon entering is the number of people sitting alone with their macs (it is rare to encounter a pc person!) .. it’s
strangely beautiful to see all the lonely people together.. lonely together.. einsam zusammen.. a very modern phenomenon ...
read full story here
07.06.2011
Montmorensy
Out now: Montmorensy iPhone app - free download here
A very warm welcome to the Montmorensy app. Step into my world! A world full
of dreams and dilemmas, of melancholy and madness, of stars and symphonies. A
world in which the crows are persistently ecstatic, the bees are disappearing,
the goldfish are losing their minds, Beethoven is causing all kinds of trouble,
the stars are being flung out of their galaxies, green grass is staining and
tainting the great ice continent and beauty is as fleeting and elusive as ever.
And the ducks? Well.. the ducks are quite content. But who the duck *is* Montmorensy?
Montmorensy is a crazed composer, a piano-poet, a star-gazer, a day-dreamer,
a dizzy thinker, a silly soul, a wanderer, a wonderer… Montmorensy is a
renaissance man trapped in modern times. He likes to stay home in his pyjamas.
He has an orchestra trapped in his head! Please enjoy my music, photos and videos.
And explore my website ... I hope this app leads the way to some moments of appiness.
:-)
Montmorensy & the Montmorensy Orchestra perform the little melancholy
ballad "Laundry" live in the Bar Jeder Vernunft (Berlin) on April
4, 2011 as part of the "Writ in Water" Record Release Concert.
On short notice: Montmorensy is supporting 30.3. TEITUR @ Lido, Berlin tonite!
While Teitur is busy finding a support band for his Berlin concert @ Lido, Berlin,
Montmorensy is happy that he posted a "Good Morning, Teitur" - Song on his facebook
page ...
Writ in Water
