Biography
Australian singer songwriter Mark Boulle hails from the Hinterland rainforests and white sanded beaches of the Gold Coast. He plays and records music solo and with his band the Haba Dudes- Mark (songs, singing, guitars, harmonica, other), Elodie Mayberry (violin, cello), Daren Williams (bass, singing) and Jonno Harding Clark (drums, guitar, singing, other).
Mark is a prolific songwriter and sites influences including Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Django Reinhardt, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Counting Crows, Radiohead, Custom Kings, Secret Machines, Eels, Nick Drake, Robert Johnson, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Jack Johnson, The Doors, Spoon, Elliot Smith, Soundgarden, David Gray, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Liam Finn, Damien Rice, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Coldplay, Hunter S Thompson, F Scott Fitzgerald, Vladimir Nabokov, Vincent Van Gogh, Graham Greene, Bukowsky, George Orwell, Steinbeck, Guy de Maussapant, Tolstoy, F of the C, Australia, Africa, Europe, Japan, South East Asia, the UK, London, Brixton Hill, the Gold Coast, Mudgeeraba, Friends, Family, nature, politics, life, the World, the Earth, loneliness, happiness, love, death, despair, hope
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Mark has recently returned from a stint in the UK where he penned material for a fourth Haba Dudes album which the band is expected to begin recording in August 2009. The Haba Dudes are quickly defining a unique genre of alternative pop music. They have a growing fan base in Australia and around the World.
They play a unique blend of socially conscious indie folk pop with African and gypsy roots undertones. MB and the Haba Dudes have released three independently produced full length albums, with limited runs of 500 copies each- ‘All the Leaves are Falling Down’ (2007), ‘Shoot to Kill’ (2007); and ‘Music Will Make You Go Insane’ (2008)..
Haba Dudes formed in 2005 with an original lineup of MB, Guilherme Marzano on drums, Gonzalo Simo on violin and Marcos Araujo on sax. The band has also included Queensland musicians Keith Stephens, Steve Keyse, and Neil Macleod.
For more information please visit www.myspace.com/markboulle
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