Spacemonkeyz
Spacemonkeyz | |
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Illustration of the virtual band members alongside Gorillaz by Jamie Hewlett | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Space Monkeyz |
Genres | Dub, reggae |
Years active | 2001-2002, 2010, 2017, 2021-2023 |
Labels | Parlophone, Virgin |
Members | Darren Galea Richie Stevens Gavin Dodds |
Spacemonkeyz are a musical group consisting of Darren Galea, Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds. They came together when Galea created a dub remix of the Gorillaz' "Tomorrow Comes Today" ("Tomorrow Dub", which was released as a B-side on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single), which Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn liked so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole album Gorillaz.[1] The resulting album, Laika Come Home, was released in July 2002. The album's first and only single "Lil' Dub Chefin'" reached #73 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Spacemonkeyz also released a single with Taiwanese singer Stanley Huang and rapper The Last Emperor, "Spacemonkeyz Theme", which appeared as a B-side on "Lil' Dub Chefin'". They also remixed the Herbert Grönemeyer single "Mensch".[3] Darren Galea performed turntables as part of the Gorillaz live band on all of the 'Gorillaz' & 'Demon Days' Live dates between 2000 and 2006.
Spacemonkeyz is a virtual band. According to the fictional Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre, the group is an actual team of monkeys used in space tests who had stolen the tracks from an unattended Kong Studios and remixed them without Gorillaz's permission.
Since the release of Laika Come Home, the band has not released any new albums. On the Hallelujah Monkeyz podcast on September 4, 2017, Richie Stevens [4] that a new independent extended play was in the making, and that Spacemonkeyz was trying to get a label to help them distribute the project. On 26th May 2023, Space Monkeyz released the single Honest Racket, containing the artists Richie Stevens & Dubversive.
Discography
Albums
- 2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – Laika Come Home
Singles
- 2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – "Lil' Dub Chefin'"
- 2002: Herbert Grönemeyer – "Mensch" (Spacemonkeyz Remix)
- 2023: Spacemonkeyz, Richie Stevens & Dubversive - Honest Racket
References
- ^ "Spacemonkeyz biography". Gorillaz-Unofficial. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Lil' Dub Chefin'". Gorillaz-Unofficial. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Herbert Grönemeyer "Mensch"". Retrieved 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Interview with Dubversive of Spacemonkeyz / "Laika Come Home" Track by Track Review - 09/04/2017". Hallelujah Monkeyz. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
External links
- Space Monkeyz profiles on the official Gorillaz homepage
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- Gorillaz
- Demon Days
- Plastic Beach
- The Fall
- Humanz
- The Now Now
- Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
- Cracker Island
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- Feel Good Inc. EP
- Dare
- El Mañana / Kids with Guns
- iTunes Session
- Meanwhile EP
- Celebrity Take Down
- Demon Days Live
- Slowboat to Hades
- "Clint Eastwood"
- "19-2000"
- "Rock the House"
- "911"
- "Tomorrow Comes Today"
- "Lil' Dub Chefin'"
- "Feel Good Inc."
- "Dare"
- "Dirty Harry"
- "El Mañana" / "Kids with Guns"
- "Stylo"
- "Superfast Jellyfish"
- "On Melancholy Hill"
- "Doncamatic"
- "Revolving Doors" / "Amarillo"
- "DoYaThing"
- "Saturnz Barz"
- "We Got the Power"
- "Ascension"
- "Andromeda"
- "Let Me Out"
- "Sleeping Powder"
- "Strobelite"
- "Garage Palace"
- "Humility"
- "Hollywood"
- "Tranz"
- "Momentary Bliss"
- "Désolé"
- "Aries"
- "How Far?"
- "Friday 13th"
- "Pac-Man"
- "Strange Timez"
- "The Pink Phantom"
- "The Valley of the Pagans"
- "Cracker Island"
- "New Gold"
- "Baby Queen"
- "5/4"
- "Rhinestone Eyes"
- "Empire Ants"
- "Phoner to Arizona"
- "Hallelujah Money"
- "Charger"
- Damon Albarn
- Mike Smith
- Jeff Wootton
- Seye Adelekan
- Remi Kabaka Jr.
- Stephen Sedgwick
- Dan the Automator
- Kid Koala
- Miho Hatori
- Cass Browne
- Simon Tong
- Howie Weinberg
- Danger Mouse
- Mick Jones
- Paul Simonon
- Ben Mendelsohn
- The Twilite Tone
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- James Ford
- Simon Katz
- Simon Jones
- Morgan Nicholls
- Roberto Occhipinti
- Demon Strings
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Rise of the Ogre
- Bananaz
- Song Machine
- Spacemonkeyz
- Monkey: Journey to the West
- "On Your Own"
- Blur
- The Good, the Bad & the Queen
- Tank Girl
- De La Soul
- Del the Funky Homosapien
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