Name: Monkey Banana Kitchen
Brand: Family Fodder

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Bonus disc: No

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STAUB 130CD

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2000-09-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4050486108697

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Family Fodder

Genre US

Punk / Hardcore

Label US

STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)

Family Fodder, formed around 1975, is a diverse musical group that incorporates various genres such as acoustic, soft rock, punk, new wave, reggae, dub, classical and chanson. The band's lineup included talented musicians like Alig (John Pearce), Ian Hill, Dominique Levillain, Felix Fiedorowicz, Martin Frederix, Bazz Smith, Graham Painting and Mark Doffmann. Notably, Lynn Alice later took over as the lead singer from Dominique Levillain, who pursued teaching her own creative technique known as Prymary Rhythms (Ryhtmes Premiers). Collaborations with renowned artists like Rick Wilson, Mick Hobbs, Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward, David Cunningham, and Judy Carter have also added depth to Family Fodder's music.

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Staubgold proudly presents the legendary first album from 1980 by UK underground heroes Family Fodder, for the first time reissued on CD. The CD version comes as a lovingly-assembled compilation (total running time: 79:52 minutes). 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. 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 music, you detect traces of structural complexity, and the pop that's there blurs. Lesson #537 from Fodder members: participate only when absolutely necessary — knowing when to pare down makes it easier to transcend."

Monkey Banana Kitchen

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