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About Me

monkey see monkey do perform totally improvised sets of club music. All our performances and recordings are spontaneously created in the moment, so that while the focus is always the same, no two gigs are ever alike. Touching on house, hip-hop, broken beats, funk, jazz and ambient without ever residing too long in one area, we use a pool of some of the UK's finest drummers, as well as guest MC's, singers, horn players, dancers and artists as an integral part of our performance. Since our formation in 2007, we've supported acts such as Jazzanova, Bugz in the Attic, Bonobo and Amp Fiddler, and hold residencies at Leeds' flagship beats night New Bohemia, The Hifi Club's legendary Sunday Joint night and Fish Fry at The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh. We've also created the Monkey See Monkey Do Film Club, which performs fully improvised live soundtracks to films, and premiered at the Green Man Festival 2008 with a showing of the classic Czech film, 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'.
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Member Since: 28/03/2007
Band Website: www.monkeyseemonkeydouk.com
Band Members: Gareth Parry (guitar, effects), Taz Modi (keyboards, effects, samples), Myke Wilson, Luke Flowers, Sam Hobbs, Tommy Evans (drums) various guests (guests from past gigs include Kissey Asplund, Kid Kanevil, Testament, MC ABD, Karlene Wray, Laura J, Isaac Heyward and many more)
Influences: the universal groove...
Sounds Like: a dj mix set played by live instruments...all tracks you hear are 100% improvised...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

a few words on John Martyn

John Martyn has died, and though there's little for us to add to the outpouring of respect that has appeared for this unique musician, we in Monkey See Monkey Do would like to pay our respects. Simply...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:41:00 GMT

fav gig 23rd nov

a quick note to anyone at the fav gig the other night (november 23rd, if our memory serves us right, which often it doesn't...). excerpts from that will be up by the weekend, so check back in then for...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:17:00 GMT

Green Man Festival...

We're delighted to be performing a live improvised soundtrack to the classic Cezch film 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders' at this year's Green Man Festival. Made by Jaromil Jires in 1970, the film fea...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:26:00 GMT

hifi sunday joint june 22nd

just a quick one to big up the hifi crowd from last night...we've been going to the hifi as punters since it was back at the undergound, and it's never failed to amaze us how good the vibe is and how ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:49:00 GMT

website has gone live!

greetings all, just to let you know that our website has gone live at www.monkeyseemonkeydouk.com . Please check it out, bookmark it, forward it, or just send us any thoughts/abuse that you may have. ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:50:00 GMT

recording

monkey see monkey do have just finished recording at axis studios in sheffield, with drummers mykey wilson and luke flowers, and engineer sam jones. photos up in our pics. musical results will be post...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:59:00 GMT