MATAMOSKA! & Friends Share Remotely-recorded Quarantine Cover of Ska Pioneers The Specials' "Monkey Man" (Soundcloud-only Release)
Over Easter Weekend, MATAMOSKA! (@matamoska) posted a rather cryptic message on Instagram, which simply read: "[soundcloud] exclusive only." along with a Monkey Emoji and hashtags "#matamoska&friends" and "#thespecials." It took a little while, but with some earnest digital sleuthing, we soon stumbled upon MATAMOSKA! & Friends' cover of The Specials' "Monkey Man" uploaded to multi-instrumentalist and mixing engineer Esteban Flores Valenzuela 's Soundcloud page. According to Facebook, MATAMOSKA! 's core line-up consists of Flores on keyboards/backing vocals, rhythm guitarist/vocalist Jose Padilla , drummer Richard Sanchez , bassist Hector Rivera , trumpet player Ivan Lopez , trombonist Robert Verdugo , and tenor saxophonist Jovan Loera . We first heard about by way of their amazingly-titled 2017 album SKALLUMINATI released on limited edition cassette through Illinois-based In The Lake Records . Next we heard from MATAM...