Monkey Banana Kitchen, by Family Fodder

Monkey Banana Kitchen

by Family Fodder

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guska2 I discovered Family Fodder late in my life but loved the music almost immediately. Far ahead of their time in the 80's and still sounding fresh!

Matthew one of the best bands of all time. Favorite track: Savoir Faire.

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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.

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

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"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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