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3 Daft Monkeys albums

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Social Vertigo	Hubbadillia	Gibbon it Live & Dreckly

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3 Daft Monkeys

Eclectic, original and damn good fun, Cornwalls' Three Daft Monkeys combine foot stomping celtic, world, spanish and good old twiddly folk rythms into their melting pot of startingly original songs. They have that knack, that the Levellers also posess, of being able to match serious lyrics to upbeat music. Accomplished musicians with a background in dance, ska and traditional folk; they create contemporary world music not constrained by 'tradition', but always informed by it. That doesn't mean that they are in any way lightweight, just listen to 'The Man' on Hubbadillia to hear a lament for a departed father full of gravity.

Darlings of the festival scene all over Europe, they always deliver a stunning set that defies you not to dance. Their album 'Hubbadillia' ('A Cornish word meaning a loud raucous noise emanating from a party-type situation'), has a range of finely crafted songs that combine rythm and emotion. To date Hubbadillia has sold over 5,000 copies purely through word of mouth, without any distribution or label deal.

In 2007 they released a long overdue live album 'Gibbon It Live & Dreckley' - we get a whistle stop tour of their career, songs from Oomim, Broohaha and Hubbadillia - which must incidentally be the best album titles ever, nestle down with two new tracks and a couple that they've never got round to recording.

Their latest release, 'Social Vertigo', turns the magical monkey mix up to 11; The musicianship – the virtuosity, the songcraft, the arrangement – is simply astonishing. With the employment of so many varied sounds, Social Vertigo could be a cacophonous racket. However, it is accomplished and dynamic, with the capability to accentuate something new and curious on each listen.