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MONKEY POX MIXES - COMMENTS BY PHIL HUNT

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A review of Disc 1 from Phil's web-zine, THE ODYSSEY:

Monkey House "Monkey Pox Mixes -- Disque De Musique 1" 3" CD/EP
Roger at Coach and 6 is never one to shy away from something new and strange -- and he's got a live one here. Monkey House is another Modern Man project, I believe. He (and alter ego?) DJ C.I.L. are credited as members. This time, you get a wierd patchwork of spooky guitar, sound effects, samples, random-sounding loops and spacey, off key vocal sounds. This is a very short release -- only about 8 or 9 minutes -- but judging by the packaging it looks to be part one of a longer project that will be spaced out over four releases (Coach and 6 has never been real generous with the supplemental information). Overall this is a quality release from Modern Man, probably my favorite that he's done so far. If you've got a taste for something bizarre, this is the right stuff.

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A review of Disc 2 from Phil's webzine, The Odyssey:

the Monkey House "Monkey Pox Mixes -- Disque De Musique 2" 3" CD/EP
As expected, volume 2 of Monkey Pox Mixes hits the street. This is another really short release -- under 15 minutes, but it's definitely as bizarre as the first. According to the member of Monkey House known as Monkeyhouse West, Roger at Coach and 6 organized this as a musical secret santa of sorts. The project started on a 4 track tape player by four different individuals who were working with no knowledge of who the other members in the project were. Each member made a tape and then they swapped periodically until everyone had sufficiently fucked with each original tape. So this is the second batch of tunes from the four resulting tapes. It's an odd assembly of crazy sounds, samples, various instruments (guitar, saxophone, piano), and weird vocals. The longest song "Re: Mercy 13" is a very catchy, spaced-out pop song. probably my favorite so far. This might not be rock but it's just different enough to work really well.
- Phil Hunt

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