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Members: Monique Ortiz- vocals, fretless bass, 2-string slide bass. Mike Howard- drums

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Monique Ortiz
Austin, TX        Alternative / Gothic Blues / Low Rock

Bio

Vocalist/songwriter/bassist Monique Ortiz is known as the front woman of the Boston trio A.K.A.C.O.D. (a collaboration with Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley and Binary System drummer Larry Dersch).

A fine art graduate of Pennsylvania College Of Art as well as a vocalist and multiinstrumentalist since childhood, Monique Ortiz has developed her own sound, heavily influenced by Morphine's "Low Rock" (a term coined by Morphine front man Mark Sandman, used to describe a minimal and spacious rock ...

Songs

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In Red, Sir (excerpt) by Alien K...
Monique Ortiz
In Red, Sir (excerpt) by Alien Knife Fight
Sun Burns Out
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Yellowest Leaves (with Dana Col...
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Yellowest Leaves (with Dana Colley)
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Jerkoff (w/Larry Dersch & Roger...
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Jerkoff (w/Larry Dersch & Roger Miller)
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Three Chairs
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Comments

Sills & Smith
Sills & Smith: Clocks comes from a strange place where beautiful dreams turn suddenly into vivid, horrific nightmares. This is astonishing music of great maturity and depth. Frank Smith  Dec 11
Turtle Dove Rock
Turtle Dove Rock: Great Music!!! are u playing any shows the week of Jan 9th, 2012?  Nov 12
Kerry Leigh
Kerry Leigh: Love your sound and where you're taking it! - Kerry Leigh  Nov 11
Livio Amato & Sarah M. Coletti
Livio Amato & Sarah M. Coletti: great! I can not say anything else, just great!  Sep 28
Loping Buzzard
Loping Buzzard: Slide bass? How cool! Great tracks.  Mar 15
Molly Coddle Cream
Molly Coddle Cream: Brilliant bass playing, arms and vocals!  Feb 27
IMRadio
IMRadio: Hi Monique Ortiz, I'm glad that ReverbNation turned IMRadio on to you. www.IMRadio.com  Mar 12

Press

Chart Position

Alternative charts
for Austin, TX.

Status

Status: Monique is looking for someone to design a new website for her music, visual art, writing projects. Interested? Email vudu@moniqueortiz.com.

If You Like...

Morphine
P.J. Harvey
Iggy Pop
Romeo Void
Concrete Blonde
...you'll love Monique Ortiz

Blog

Monique talks about the new record and other news...
Jun 01, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Please go here to view this blog: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll

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