Monkey Love Records News

Monday, 23 November 2009

Below is the press release from an upcoming project featuring Andy Spragg and sonofsam, more details to follow...

“For every sensible line of straightforward statement, there are leagues of senseless cacophonies, verbal jumbles and incoherences” –Jorge Luis Borges ‘The Library of Babel’

“Numbers stations … are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters (sometimes using a spelling alphabet), tunes or Morse code.” – Wikipedia entry for ‘Number Stations’

NumbrStations is an innovative new project commissioned by Future Radio in conjunction with Soapbox and the Arts Council. Featuring the talents of writer Andy Spragg (Norwich Poetry Choir, PlacetoNonPlace) and musician Sam Holman (sonofsam, Monkey Love Records), NumbrStations sets out to explore the way in which we apply systems of meaning to the curiosities and ephemera that fringes our everyday experience.

Utilising archival recordings of the ‘Number Stations’ broadcasts as a starting point, these two artists have worked in collaboration to produce a piece of work that navigates the distance between broad swathes of radio static and sacred text. Using a wide variety of experimental methods and a broad spectrum of media, NumbrStations promises to be flawed, babbling and inconcise – but it also promises to be insightful and humane, a meditation in the love of creative process, the necessity to play.

Blog - www.numberstation.tumblr.com

Twitter - www.twitter.com/numbrstation

Monkey Love x

Monday, 02 November 2009

Some footage has been posted by the lovely people at Get on the Soapbox from sonofsam's live set at 'Aural Delights'.

Click the image below to see him in full loop music mode!



Super big thanks to Amy and Jim from Soapbox for putting on the event and filming the acts! Also, check out beat-box supremo Dus-T in full flow. Click here see highlights of his set.

Monkey Love x

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

sonofsam is being let out of his cage for a full live set at 'Aural Delights' at St Gregory's Centre for the Arts, Norwich on Friday 9th October 2009 from around 19:00! Other artists include;

Carmina Louisa Masoliver Marlow
Honest and rhythmic poetry from the heart, delivered with passion from this exceptionally talented UEA student.

Jake Whitbread
Beat poetry engaged with contemporary politics and current affairs, passionate and compelling.

Dus-T
One of the top 10 beatbox artists in the country. Enough said.

For more info click the image below;



Monkey Love x

Wednesday, 05 August 2009

Monkey Love Records are pleased to announce the addition of Tristan Burfield to their wonderful roster.

To introduce himself and celebrate joining our little collective he has a brand new EP that he has agreed to release with us! Composed using sounds from vintage Commodore 64 chips (no sampling, emulation or overdubs), '6 Sid Songs' is exactly what it says it is, sit back and embrace the rich and powerful sounds of discarded consumer hardware!



Click the image above to visit Tristan Burfield's artist page where you will find this album to download for free under the 'Releases' section.

Monkey Love x

Thursday, 02 July 2009

On the back of his recent documentary 'Broadcasting @ Norwich Fringe Festival', Joseph Davison returns with a music video for the sonofsam track 'old people can still do it'.

He says;

'This is the story of a common occurrence told on a psychedelic magic carpet ride! I wanted to take an intangible sonic construct, something that's not typically thought of as mainstream, and give it a graspable visual representation.'

sonofsam is very happy with the outcome, click the image below to watch!



This film is also available to purchase on DVD format, with artwork by Lindsey Crush, in the Monkey Love Shop. Click here for more info.

All the cash from sales will go back into making more underground films,

Monkey Love x

Tuesday, 09 June 2009

Joseph Davison's documentary about 5 musicians that played at this years Norwich Fringe Festival is now ready for your viewing pleasure!

When asked why he made this film he said;

'I wanted to make a documentary that promotes artists who make really good music. I hope to give more exposure to these artists and show people how good they are live, how good they are in reality.'

Well, we think he has done exactly that, click the image below to view this film.



You can find out more about the artists featured in this documentary by clicking the links below;

sonofsam

Floorboy

Girl In A Thunderbolt

Robberriff

Cakes and Ale

Enjoy,

Monkey Love x

Monday, 01 June 2009

The formidable force of Monkey Love Records and Beatbrew were back last month as they brought home another installment of 'Broadcasting...', this time in association with the Norwich Fringe Festival.

Thanks to our wonderful hosts at The Birdcage, whose chilled atmosphere made sure the event went off in style.

Click the image of the artist below for more info;

sonofsam



Floorboy



Girl In A Thunderbolt



Robberriff



Cakes and Ale



There is also a mini-documentary (made by Joseph Davison) about these artists using live footage shot at this event coming soon. We will keep you all posted!

Monkey Love x

Monday, 25 May 2009

Multi-media maestro Joseph Davison has picked up sonofsam's track 'old people can still do it' and made a video for it!

All that we know is that they have been out and about filming for the last couple of weeks and we have these still from one of the shoots to prove it;







They have also told us that a finished version has been cut and it should be out for release soon, we will keep you posted here or you can join the Monkey Love mailing list to be one banana ahead of the bunch!

The track 'old people can still do it' originally appeared on the EP 'And it came from the skies...' and can still be purchased from the Monkey Love Shop.

Visualise!

Monkey Love x

Thursday, 21 May 2009

'Necklace' is the latest EP from Brighton based wunderkind Figit and his debut release on Monkey Love Records.

Bargain for chilled, beautifully produced folk-tronic beats and compelling experimental layered harmonies made over one weekend and inspired by his surroundings and the people he loves.



Click the image above to visit Figit's artist page where you will find this album to download for free under the 'Releases' section.

Beep,

Monkey Love x

Thursday, 21 May 2009

Gumbo, star of previous MLR podcasts seemed to have disappeared for a while. Where did he go the chimps cried, was he never to return? Well, after a three week World Tour which included, Singapore, Austraila and Japan, that mofo is back and ready for action!

Friday, 06 March 2009

Robberriff slides into 2009 with 'Chillerriff', an album jam packed full of playful vibes and sunny tunes guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

This album is a release of material spanning 3 years of experimental shenanigans with electrical musings and is just the beginning of a planned series of albums coming to your ears.



Click the image above to visit Robberriff's artist page where you will find this album to download for free under the 'Releases' section.

Yes! We said FREEEEE!

Enjoy,

Monkey Love x

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

'Broadcasting...' is back as Monkey Love Records artists and Beatbrew djs hook up again for an afternoon of live music from all angles, with very special guests Cakes and Ale AND free entry! What more could you possible ask for?!

The date for this extravaganza of noise is 28th February 2009 and the event will run from around 11.30 am to 4.30 pm @ Norwich Arts Centre. More info can be found by clicking the image below.



Enjoy,

Monkey Love x

Sunday, 01 February 2009

Chip-monster Jellica marks his return from playing Blipfest 2008 with a fab new release entitled 'Cat Deaths and Other Woes'.

Expect more Game Boy 8-bit action than you can shake a chip at as this 7-track EP comprises of 5 original songs and 2 wonderful remixes by Gakona and Steve.



This release is available for free download on Jellica's artist page under, funnily enough, the 'Releases' section, or just click the image above.

Also, still available to download is a recording of Jellica's live set from New York's Blipfest 2008! Get it here.

Finally, make sure you go and check out Jellica's net-label Kittenrock, which has a sexy new layout and hosts loads of AMAZING music from artists all over the world available to download for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Massive thanks go out to Jellica and the Kittenrock Kru for hooking up with us on this release and meows to Jellica the cat with no ears who died recently.

Monkey Love x

Wednesday, 07 January 2009

Happy New Year Monkey-faces!!! Well it's 2009 and we have only just recovered from the onslaught of live music on offer last month.

First up, Jellica, hopped on a plane State-side to play his Game-Boy at Blipfest 2008. His only report was that it was 'fucking crazy' but you can decide for yourself by downloading Jellica's set from Blipfest here.



Photo taken by minusbaby, you can check out more his stuff here.

Next up, Robberriff played a live bass/laptop set @ Norwich Arts Centre, watch a snippet of him rocking out below.

Robberriff live @ NAC


Thanks also goes out to Beatbrew for providing live visual accompaniment.

Finally, Red Cassette and sonofsam double-teamed a secret Mushroom Party hosted by those fabulous people over at Faceparty, and what a party it was! This is the most coherent picture we could find!



You can hear Red Cassette performing live from this event here (listen past Bloc Party yeah!) and check the lovely words from Faceparty Admin that introduce it, thanks so much for everything!

Monkey Love x