My Friend The Chocolate Cake

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I've Got a Plan 03:12 Tools
A Midlife's Tale 03:27 Tools
Cello Song for Charlie 03:12 Tools
The Romp 04:30 Tools
Talk About Love 03:06 Tools
Throwing It Away 03:58 Tools
Lighthouse Keeper 04:09 Tools
Nanny's Farewell 03:29 Tools
The Gossip 04:17 Tools
The Old Years 03:45 Tools
A Slow Storm Brews 04:29 Tools
It's All in the Way 03:39 Tools
My Friend the Chocolate Cake 03:37 Tools
I Like it Like This 04:56 Tools
Let's Go Walk This Town 04:11 Tools
Song From Under the Floorboards 03:56 Tools
Dance (You Stupid Monster to My Soft Song) 02:35 Tools
Greenkeeping 03:26 Tools
Slow Way to Go Down 05:17 Tools
Good Luck 03:14 Tools
Neighbourhood Watch 03:41 Tools
Jimmy Stynes 03:20 Tools
Sirens 05:48 Tools
Fingerbone 03:58 Tools
Danny Boy 05:18 Tools
Your Ship Has Gone 03:08 Tools
Brood 03:46 Tools
Uncle Bill's Paddock 02:36 Tools
Aberystwyth 04:09 Tools
Bottom and the Rustics 04:22 Tools
How Green was My Valley 03:11 Tools
Salt 04:53 Tools
Buffalo Ballet 03:01 Tools
John Cain Avenue 03:42 Tools
A Song From Under the Floorboards 03:59 Tools
Low 02:27 Tools
The Red Wallpaper 01:39 Tools
Rosetta 03:49 Tools
Can't Find Love 03:10 Tools
Thirds for Jackson 02:28 Tools
Home Improvements 00:41 Tools
The Pramsitters 03:11 Tools
John Elliot's Nose 04:03 Tools
Teteko 04:25 Tools
Vandorlo 03:30 Tools
Here Come the Sirens 05:46 Tools
Yandoit 04:16 Tools
More Heart Than Me 06:25 Tools
The Boat Song 04:53 Tools
100 Flowers in Bloom 02:44 Tools
The Kitsch Parade 03:41 Tools
Young Girls 02:28 Tools
G-B 02:01 Tools
She dreams all different colours 04:07 Tools
Weep 03:43 Tools
Hymn For The Carnies 05:14 Tools
Television Theme #47 03:35 Tools
Pentecostal girl 04:15 Tools
The weather coast 05:59 Tools
I Guess it Don't Get Much Better Than This 03:31 Tools
Vandorlo (Live) 03:13 Tools
My Friend The Chocolate Cake (Live) 03:51 Tools
The Black Dog Follows 04:07 Tools
Five sisters 05:42 Tools
The forgotten athletes of persia 03:53 Tools
This Life Tonight 06:26 Tools
Seek 04:40 Tools
Opus lagavulin 04:20 Tools
Leave (if you want to) 04:21 Tools
Algeria... 00:00 Tools
Muckheap 04:32 Tools
The Mangrove Song 04:09 Tools
25 Stations 04:10 Tools
John Patap 02:46 Tools
Curious 04:01 Tools
Swirl 04:27 Tools
Movement 04:48 Tools
Malaise 04:44 Tools
Request 03:22 Tools
Malolo 04:07 Tools
The Kilana Stringband Song 02:37 Tools
Czardas 03:50 Tools
Kelly Kwalik Country 05:34 Tools
The Centre Cannot Hold 04:01 Tools
Foreigner 04:43 Tools
Great Expectations 04:08 Tools
The 5 Thing 02:51 Tools
Turkish Story 02:45 Tools
Black Ice 05:31 Tools
Madang Panic Attack 04:19 Tools
The Slow Way To Go Down 04:49 Tools
Everything We Need 03:19 Tools
Chinese Envoy 03:04 Tools
Sister Berenice 04:34 Tools
I'll Be Alright 03:35 Tools
Sing Me Soft & Sweet & Slow 04:33 Tools
That Eye the Sky 02:56 Tools
A Quiet Place 06:23 Tools
Crossing Shlovniak Hollow 05:12 Tools
Travel Shop 04:26 Tools
Novella (IV) 02:21 Tools
Poke Along Slowly 02:27 Tools
Wash the Pain Away 04:00 Tools
Slow for Alice 02:22 Tools
Measured Best 04:15 Tools
You're No Flower Anymore 03:50 Tools
Take This As Read 04:47 Tools
Dead Errol 02:03 Tools
Bottle (I) 02:27 Tools
The Samick 02:43 Tools
Still 03:15 Tools
Bottle (II) 01:20 Tools
Easter Parade 00:00 Tools
Emry's 01:37 Tools
Satellite Boy (Pumpy) 02:24 Tools
Sleep The Whole Night Through 02:27 Tools
Your Ship Is Gone 03:12 Tools
Stori Rabaul 00:00 Tools
Another Year 02:27 Tools
The Fire Turns To Embers 02:24 Tools
The Prince 02:24 Tools
Busojaras 02:27 Tools
Cry Beloved Cry 00:00 Tools
Jeffrey Smart ( Silver City) 02:24 Tools
Are The Kids Alright? 02:24 Tools
Middle Velt 03:48 Tools
Vándorló 03:31 Tools
The Fortunate Isles 03:48 Tools
Bad News From Home 03:06 Tools
Gentle Rain 02:27 Tools
That Eye, The Sky 03:19 Tools
Jim’s Refrain 02:45 Tools
Gone 01:46 Tools
Gentle Pain 02:27 Tools
Algeria… 02:24 Tools
Tetcko 00:00 Tools
Algeria 02:24 Tools
Home Improvements (Catalogue Mix) 03:48 Tools
The Chinese Envoy 03:05 Tools
Algeria.... 02:24 Tools
100 Flower in Bloom 02:45 Tools
Drone 02:24 Tools
Curious (Bonus Track) 02:24 Tools
01 Intro 02:45 Tools
Intro 02:45 Tools
Seek (Happyland Mix) 02:45 Tools
04 The Boat Song 02:45 Tools
02 Weep 02:45 Tools
07 More Heart Than Me 02:45 Tools
Without a Bolt the Rifle's not a Weapon 02:27 Tools
Weather Coast (Mix 5) 02:45 Tools
05 The Gossip 02:45 Tools
Gentle Plain 02:27 Tools
Weather Coast (Alternate Mix) 02:27 Tools
06 Muckheap 02:27 Tools
Va'ndorlo 02:27 Tools
Your Ship Has Gone (live) 00:00 Tools
Good Luck (Uncut) 03:43 Tools
Kitsch Parade 03:43 Tools
Jeffrey Smart (Silver City) 02:34 Tools
Romp 03:47 Tools
Travelshop Window 03:47 Tools
poor ditching 03:47 Tools
Hymn To The Carnies 03:47 Tools
Cello Song (For Charlie) 03:47 Tools
Hymn for the Carnies (Alternative Mix) 02:34 Tools
Movement (Alternative Mix) 00:00 Tools
Without A Bolt A Rifle's Not A Weapon 04:36 Tools
Vunapope In Ruins (Bonus Track) 02:34 Tools
Sing Me Soft and Sweet and Slow 04:33 Tools
GB 02:34 Tools
Jim's Refrain 00:00 Tools
When We Talk About Love 02:34 Tools
Midlife's Tale 04:33 Tools
Seek (Alternative Mix) 00:00 Tools
Get It Back Now 00:00 Tools
Kitsch Parade (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Middle Veldt 00:00 Tools
Samick 00:00 Tools
Old Years 00:00 Tools
Slow Storm Brews 00:00 Tools
A Midlife\'s Tale 00:00 Tools
Talk About Love (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Song From Under the Floorboard 00:00 Tools
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Formed 1989 by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort (members of Not Drowning Waving) Like their former band, My Friend The Chocolate Cake's music can be seen to straddle the worlds of ambient and world music, with an emphasis on piano and violin-led acoustic music. Influences range from the obvious (such as Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Celtic folk music), to the less obvious (such as John Cale and Talk Talk). In 1989, Bridie and Mountfort were playing in globally acclaimed ambient/world music ensemble Not Drowning, Waving when they opted to unplug and unwind with a few more breezy compositions. The idea of the band began when Bridie took a holiday in New Zealand and wrote a collection of songs that didn't fit into the Not Drowning, Waving style. He & Mountfort then began My Friend The Chocolate Cake with the intention of playing all acoustic music. From the inception My Friend The Chocolate Cake emerged as an enjoyable ensemble, as musical friends & colleagues came together one by one to form their own unique sound. Hope Csutoros, a violinist with eastern European gypsy roots and a flamboyant stage presence to match, was an inspired early accomplice. Mandolinist Andrew Carswell and guitarist Andrew Richardson added to an exotic web of acoustic textures. Russell Bradley was the first of several percussionists. The band's collective musical influences are diverse and include: Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Irish & Scottish folk music, Joy Division & folk / pop / rock performers such as Billy Bragg, Arvo Part, Talk Talk, John Cale & Michelle Shocked. My Friend The Chocolate Cake write songs of lyrical & musical mastery about people, characters and their community. Defying categorisation, the band perform emotive musical pieces that move from subtle chamber instrumentals to frayed acoustic pop, and songs of wry observation. By no means formal in their presentation, My Friend The Chocolate Cake travel between atmospheric and ambient through to full scale romps and ballads. The band offer a unique and unsurpassed combination of moods. In addition to Bridie and Mountfort, the band includes Andrew Carswell, Greg Patten, Dean Addison, Andrew Richardson, and Hope Csutoros. Previous members have included Russel Bradley, Michael Barker, and David Adiuso. My Friend the Chocolate Cake are: David Bridie : piano, harmonium, vocals Andrew Carswell : mandolin and tin whistle Helen Mountfort : cello and backing vocals Greg Patten : drums and backing vocals Dean Addison : double bass Andrew Richardson : guitar Hope Csutoros : violin and past members: Russel Bradley : snare drum and shakers Michael Barker : drums and percussion David Adiuso : double bass Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.