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Menial Monkey Presents… Halloween Special
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Spooky goings on at the oakford |
Party!
After two cracking parties at The Oakford Social Club in Reading we were hardly going to turn down the offer to put on a night there for the 31st October. So, dive past the trick or treaters on your doorstep and join us for night of top drawer live act and some darkly magical dj sets
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Live Music!
Headlining will be the brilliant James Yuill whose combination of acoustic and electronica was recently described in a review as ‘what can only be described as Nick Drake having been infected by the Chemical Brothers’. His album ‘Turning down Water for Air’ is a beautiful thing and we can’t wait to have him playing for us.. Have a look at his myspace page and you’ll see why this one can’t be missed. |
James Yuill - photo © Alan Butterworth |
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| update: Not only can you see James live at the halloween special - you can also have a look at his wonderful "No suprise" promo video, by clicking play below (or click here to see it full screen) |
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Jonny Alford at the oakford |
Hear songs from Jonny's Debut Album
Our boy Jonny Alford will be playing a solo set of songs plucked from his stunning forthcoming debut album 'Escape From the Requiem'. If you havent seen Jonny live before then this is perfect chance to hear his songs stripped down but still stunning. for more info on Jonny, click on the artist pages above, or visit his myspace page here |
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Local Talent!
Also live will be local lass Kay Chapman whose set for Ibetya at The Oakford in August (as Special Kay) went down a storm. Kay’s aim ‘is to produce an acoustic sound backed by tribal percussion’ so she’ll be bringing her band and her fantastic voice… see her myspace page for a taster. |
Kay Chapman - photo © Genericguy |
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 Wheels on Wheels |
Swing your pants!
On the decks will be the mighty DJ Boskin, a man you will certainly recognise from all our parties so far, but this time putting down the guitar and dusting off his prized vinyl collection. Alongside him, and putting in an exclusive Halloween set, will be that Wheeler boy again…don’t be surprised if he’s still playing when the cleaners turn up at 6.30am, he usually is! |
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As always, its FREE to get in, and as an added bonus, just by reading this page you will be able to get a discount on drinks on the night! Simply mention the words 'Monkey Magic' to a member of bar staff before you order your drinks and you will receive a regulars card...this will give you cheaper beverages every Monday to Thursday thanks to the good people at Oakford Social Club.. just opposite reading station where the beers are cold and delicious...see you there! |
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| Monkey Mondays at Nags Head, High Wycombe... |
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| “Do you like monkeys but not Mondays, everyone loves a ‘Monkey Monday’!! We like you & we want you to come down and play on a Monkey Monday. Acoustic, unplugged, post modern-alternative-left-field-folk-electro-chill-out or just good live music. |
Call it what ever you want it’s better than a kick in the nads, and fun too. Dont let sundays get u down..... now u can look forward to Monkey Monday!! We know there be a lot music out there, so let us park it in front of ya face.”
Starting this Monday (8th October) we’re proud to be involved in a weekly live music night taking place at The Nags Head in High Wycombe.
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The Nags Head in Hig Wycombe |
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| This infamous venue is best known for playing host to Sex Pistols, The Who, Fleetwood Mac and The Clash and now those pesky MMonkeys are taking over! For all the info on the night or if you wanna play, check the myspace page here . |
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| Click here to see our MySpace music profile for Monkey Mondays with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more |
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| DEBUT SINGLE BY JONNY ALFORD RELEASED! |
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| Yes, we're chuffed as anything to announced that the first single on Menial Monkey Records is yours now to download on iTunes or most other big download sites. |
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Jonny Alford, our favourite singer songwriter ever to use a tub of Bisto gravy as an instrument, has now released 'It Won't be Long'. It will be the first single to be taken from his forthcoming album 'Escape from the Requiem' and is back by the song 'Now and Then'. |
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| Click the iTunes icon to buy this single now! we hope you love the tracks as much as we do. All Monkey support is much appreciated! :) |
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| MESSY SUCCESS... |
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Big thanks to everyone who have been down to our gigs at Oakford and made them such a great nights...photos from the various nights can be found on here
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If you haven't heard Jonnys other tunes yet, you can have a listen here
If you haven't been to a Menial Monkey night, click here to see some pics from our launch party. And finally if you want to see what other people think, or to add your own thoughts, see our comments page here
Want to see what we are up to? find us on facebook here |
Monkey Madeness! |
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Thats the latest from us now but plenty more to come soon (releases, mixes, parties etc from all genres of music). Please help spread the word about Menial Monkey and who knows what can happen!
Cheers to all
More news soon
MMRx
For more infomation mail us at info@menialmonkey.com!
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