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Monkey Banana Kitchen

by Family Fodder

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD version comes as a lovingly assembled compilation (total running time: 79:52 min !).

    It features the complete "Monkey Banana Kitchen" LP, the 12" EP "Schizophrenia Party" (1981) and the 7" singles "Film Music" (1981) and "The Big Dig" (1982), all originally released on Fresh Records.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Monkey Banana Kitchen via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Lili's Garden, In Concerto 1983, Perpignan Burning, Rueckschau, Minerves, Velvet Serenade, Suspension, Extra Weapons, and 122 more. , and , .

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1.
Darling 01:31
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2.
Symbols 05:30
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3.
Savoir Faire 03:16
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4.
Cold Wars 03:39
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5.
Monkey 03:21
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6.
Wrong 02:00
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7.
Organ Grinder 05:00
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8.
Love Song 02:13
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9.
Bass Adds Bass 05:21
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10.
Philosophy 03:06
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11.
Cerf Volant 04:59
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12.
Banana 02:49
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about

"Family Fodder exude an exhilarating sense that everything was possible, that there weren't any limits to imagination and humour. The scope of their musical range remains as dizzying and exciting as it once was." (Time Out New York)

Staubgold proudly presents the legendary first album from 1980 by UK underground heroes Family Fodder, for the first time reissued on CD and vinyl. The CD version comes as a lovingly assembled compilation (total running time: 79:52 min !). It features the complete "Monkey Banana Kitchen" LP, the 12" EP "Schizophrenia Party" (1981) and the 7" singles "Film Music" (1981) and "The Big Dig" (1982), all originally released on Fresh Records. Guest musicians include This Heat's Charles Bullen on drums, guitar, vocals, percussion and viola.

The Wire magazine listed "Monkey Banana Kitchen" among their "100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening)" and wrote: "A loose collection of friends and, more often than not, wanderers, Family Fodder reached their apex (or at least one of them) with Monkey Banana Kitchen. The music took the ferocity of contemporaneous British punk and scaled it way back. They also eschewed the giant pop hook, replacing it with the hoop jumping of songs in three languages, instruments played for only four seconds, harmonic call-and-response motifs and opaque but symbolic political lyrics. Multiple reprises of phrases and fragments result in a much more subtle and effective memory-tickle. I can't count how many instruments finally made it onto the album, though piano (providing much of the rhythm), melodica, sax, synth and cowbell dominate. Their integrated eclecticism is actually layer after thin layer of dub, jazz and New Wave - peering down into this multi-ply music, you detect traces of structural complexity, and the pop that's there blurs. Lesson No 537 from Fodder members: participate only when absolutely necessary - knowing when to pare down makes it easier to transcend."

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released January 1, 2014

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Staubgold Berlin, Germany

Founded in 1998 by DJ, musician and journalist Markus Detmer, Staubgold is an acknowledged and acclaimed brand for experimental and electronic music from around the world.

Its roster can boast internationally known names like Vivien Goldman, The Flying Lizards, Faust, To Rococo Rot, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Ekkehard Ehlers and Rafael Toral. ... more

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