'A diverse collection of superb electronic ambient and experimental music. If you like your music both immediately appealing and yet challenging enough for repeated listens, we urge you to check The Monkey out today' - StillStream.com Fantastic ambient internet based radio station about Earth Monkey Productions
NEWS:
01/07/08
Review of 50:50 compilation @ Headphonenaughts Nanolog
50:50 is another fantastic collection of bleeding-edge electronic soundscapes and progressive ambience from Simian Shaun and his pals. Stand out tracks for me include ::
- Fossil by 4th Alternative :: more excellent ambience from my pal Rob. Fresh... New... Progressive... Atmospheric... Beautiful!
- Watersmouth by Clutter :: fantastic blend of electronics over found sounds... refreshing.
- Room 50 Hotel Ereso by Cousin Silas :: Wow! This is a track I have been fortunate to have for a while... Si passed a demo disk to me a while back... and this was a stand out track for me. More Tangerine Dream than his previous work... this has to be my favourite track of 2008 so far. The synths build into a hypnotic rythm that is just magical.
- Deka by Adrian Carter :: Simply a wonderful slice of techno. Energetic and imaginative. Awesome!
I am looking forward to digging into the other tracks... these were the ones that initally stood out for me... and I thank Rob, Shaun, Dave & Adrian respectively for making beautiful music!
Check them out here
27/06/08
Just dropped in to say we’ve completely refreshed the tracklisting on the player - we’ll try and do this more often so you can hear the quality of our back catalogue and hear something new to love.
 Also ry-om have a new album out, III, which has just been released on Creative Sources Recordings.
It is available from www.creativesourcesrec.com, selected good record stores and direct from ry-om (at a special discounted price!)
A track from III will be played this Sat on Resonance FM on the show Decibel Breach from 23:00 until morning (104.4 fm in central London / www.resonancefm.com everywhere else)
As this show is prerecorded, it can already be heard here
22/06/08
It’s all go at Earth Monkey Productions with the releases of our 50th net label release and a new enterprise with the launch of our Collectors Series - a series of limited editions for you to buy, starting with 2 limited 3” CDrs and a badge set.
 emp050 - 50:50 - An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation
Another diverse EMP compilation featuring 4th Alternative, Clutter, Dansette Curtsey, Cousin Silas, Pandacetamol, Adrian Carter, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Radio Scotvoid, Fonik, ry-om, Good Noise Bad Noise, Susan Matthews, Andrew Deakin, The Cardboard Lung & Halal Kebab Hut
Download or Stream 50:50
 emc001 - Good Noise Bad Noise - Joist Hounds (Ltd Ed of 80 3” Cdr)
5 track EP featuring tracks recorded for a session on The Download Show on www.oldhamcommunityradio.com
Buy Joist Hounds
Preview Joist Hounds @ Last.fm
 emc002 - Clutter vs Susan Matthews - Slow Corrosion EP (Ltd Ed of 80 3” Cdr)
4 track EP of Clutter reconstructions of material by Susan Matthews
Buy Slow Corrosion
Preview Slow Corrosion @ Last.fm
 CBP001 - Clutter - Badge Pack 1 (Ltd Ed of 100 packs)
In hand numbered package - includes the badges 'Clutter Rust' & 'Making Daft Noises Since 2001'
Buy Clutter Badge Pack 1
10/06/08
We’ve just finished the current phase of Monkey Noises, our education programme, as part of our funding from the amazing Awards For All.
The funding has helped us work with young people in Cumbria to help them make soundscapes, produce music concrete compositions, try their hand at music re-mixing and express themselves through poetry and lyrics. To find out more visit the Monkey Noises page.
This project has also kindly been supported by Barrow Borough Council, Cumbria County Council, Word Market, St Bernards School, Age Concern Building Bridges Project, Cumbria Library Services and Forum Twenty Eight.
The young people’s work has been released on Earth Monkey Productions along the way and seen them sharing space with a host of international artists and receive radio play, been part of podcasts and seen reviews in the press and on the internet. We hope you enjoy the finished work as much as we all enjoyed making it. Our artists had the great pleasure of working with around 60 young people and 12 Building Bridges volunters on the project and would like to thank everyone for all their hard work.
Our Awards For All funding has also been used to help Cumbrian artists perform and network with national and international artists and develope their creative practice whilst giving them a platform to be seen by the public. This has been through the Open Circuit concerts that Earth Monkey has put on and has seen Earth Monkey artists play concert halls and festivals across the UK, which the Awards For All funding has helped market. The GNBN US tour is one of the great legacys of this phase as the link with Duet For Theremin & Lap Steel of Atlanta, who GNBN co-headlined the your with, was made when Duet were brought to Barrow as part of the Open Circuit series
 The award has also helped Earth Monkey to market itself and has seen total visits and downloads of EMP related releases and sites rise from 94,480 to 472,018 (An amazing increase of 377,538) and making Earth Monkey one of the leading net labels with an international reputation.
So all in all a very sucessful project. We would like to thank Awards For All and all the organisations that supported this phase of our developement and are looking forward the next phase - so keep coming back for more Monkey magic
Shaun
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