- Spacemonkeyz
Infobox musical artist
Name = Spacemonkeyz
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Genre = Dub
Associated_acts =Gorillaz
Years_active = 2002
Label =Parlophone , Virgin
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Current_members = Darren Galea, Richie Stevens and Gavin DoddsSpacemonkeyz (also spelled Space Monkeyz) are a musical group consisting of Darren Galea, Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds. They came together when Galea created a dub remix of the
Gorillaz ' "Tomorrow Comes Today" ("Tomorrow Dub", which was released as aB-side on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single), which Gorillaz founderDamon Albarn liked so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole album "Gorillaz". [cite web|url=http://www.gorillaz-unofficial.com/biography/spacemonkeyz.htm| title=Spacemonkeyz biography|work=Gorillaz-Unofficial|accessdate=December 7|accessyear=2007] The resulting album, "Laika Come Home ", was released in July 2002. The album's first and only single "Lil' Dub Chefin' " reached #73 on theUK Singles Chart . [cite web|url=http://www.gorillaz-unofficial.com/discog/ldc.htm| title=Lil' Dub Chefin'|work=Gorillaz-Unofficial|accessdate=December 7|accessyear=2007]They also wrote an original song with Taiwanese singer
Stanley Huang , "Spacemonkeyz Theme", which appeared as a B-side on "Lil' Dub Chefin'", and did a remix of theHerbert Grönemeyer single "Mensch". [cite web|url=http://www.groenemeyer.de/index.php?id=44|title=Herbert Grönemeyer "Mensch"|accessdate=December 7|accessyear=2007]Like the Gorillaz, they are a
virtual band (though not to the degree that Gorillaz are). According to the fictional Gorillaz biography "Rise of the Ogre " the group is an actual team of monkeys used in space tests who had stolen the tracks from an unattended Kong Studios and remixed them without Gorillaz' permission.Discography
Albums
*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – "
Laika Come Home "ingles
*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – "
Lil' Dub Chefin' "
*2002:Herbert Grönemeyer – "Mensch" (Spacemonkeyz Remix)References
External links
* [http://www.gorillaz.com/laikacomehome/wanted.html Space Monkeyz profiles on the official Gorillaz homepage]
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