An excerpt from a gig we played as a trio in Denmark at Jyderup Højskole.

BENJAMIN FRIMODT PEDERSEN - Rhodes & ARP Synth
LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums
GASOLINE MONK - Bass & SP-606

Track art by the Brazilian painter Pedro Nekoi.

SAUDADE [Live @ Jyderup Højskole]

Visões Psicodélicas drops on 4/20 - but we had to show y'all a joint off it a couple weeks early. Enjoi - this is the first track we made for this album, and the only one featuring our original Rhodes player, Paulo Neves.

GASOLINE MONK - Bass & SP-606
LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums & Percussion
BENJAMIN GRANDLEV BONNEVIE - Guitar
PAULO NEVES - Fender Rhodes


Abstração [DEMO MIX]

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Davis & Evans.

MUSICIANS 

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums 
BENJAMIN GRANDLEV BONNEVIE - Guitar 
DANIEL RIEGELS - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass 


Azul Em Verde

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Monk.

MUSICIANS

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums & Percussion
BENJAMIN FRIMODT PEDERSEN - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass

Saudade

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Nygaard, Pedersen & Monk.

MUSICIANS

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums
BENJAMIN FRIMODT PEDERSEN - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass

Um Solo De Bateria

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Monk & Nygaard.

MUSICIANS

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums & Percussion
BENJAMIN GRANDLEV BONNEVIE - Guitar 
PAULO NEVES - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass

Abstração

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Monk.

MUSICIANS

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums & Percussion
BENJAMIN GRANDLEV BONNEVIE - Guitar 
DANIEL RIEGELS - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass

Visões Psicodélicas

A joint off our Visões Psicodélicas LP. Composed by Monk.

MUSICIANS

LUCAS NYGAARD - Drums
DANIEL RIEGELS - Keyboards
GASOLINE MONK - Bass

Nuvens Cor De Rosa

Live from Loppen in Christiania, CPH, for the VISÕES PSICODÉLICAS release party. The night was delicious - shoutout to https://soundcloud.com/bwoydebhajan & https://soundcloud.com/sort-kat-hvid-kat for playing the party too.

Julius Georg Jensen - Keyboards
Christian Gregersen - Guitar
Lucas Nygaard - Drums
Gasoline Monk - Bass

Live mix engineered by Mikkel Larsen.

LIVE @ LOPPEN - "Luzes Brilhantes"

Live from Cafe Blågårds Apotek in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. We keep twisting this joint up.

Julius Georg Jensen - Keyboards
Christian Gregersen - Guitar
Lucas Nygaard - Drums
Gasoline Monk - Bass

Live mix engineered by Benjamin Aggerbæk.

Illustration by Brazilian artist Matheus Lopes - http://mathiole.com/

LIVE @ BLÅGÅRDS - "Saudade"

From our album GIMME A VISA, released May 25th 2018. Cop yours here - https://monkbatucada.bandcamp.com/album/gimme-a-visa

Gimme A Visa

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Lady In Red

Ndoto

Abrir

I'm Reckless

The second single off The Monk Batucada's upcoming album, SUGAR CUBES AND INK. 

Lucas Nygaard - Drums 
Magnus Wiinblad - Sax 
Jonathan Bjørn Kieding - Bass 
Nicolai Nybro Hansen - Guitar 
Julie Frisslund - Harp 
Freja Slot - Piano 
Gasoline Monk - Keys & Organ 

Produced by Gasoline Monk 
Composed by Lucas Nygaard 
Mixed by Mikkel Larsen 
Mastered by Andreas Waze 
Engineered by Boe Larsen 
Recorded at MillFactory NuVenue in Copenhagen

Sugar Cubes & Ink

Not All Clouds Are Safe

MUSICIANS: 

Lucas Nygaard - Drums 
Magnus Wiinblad - Sax 
Paakow Tawiah - Trombone 
Victor Bøsling - Harmonica 
Nicolai Nybro Hansen - Guitar 
Jurgen Jurgensen - Guitar 
Jonathon Bjørn Keiding - Bass 
Gasoline Monk - Keyboards 
Julie Christiansen - Vocals

Valdemar Shanmugam - Trumpet (on "Mirror") 
Freja Slot - Piano (on "Not All Clouds Are Safe") 
Julie Friislund - Harp (on "Not All Clouds Are Safe") 

Produced by Gasoline Monk 
Mixed by Mikkel Larsen 
Mastered by Andreas Waze 
Recorded in Copenhagen at MillFactory NuVenue by Boe Larsen 
Additional recording at Gas Monk's apartment 

Cover Art by Matthew Revert 

"Not Sleepy" & "Blues For Ted" composed by G. Monk 
"Be Careful Not To Love Me" composed by G. Monk & J. Christiansen
"Mirror" composed by M. Wiinblad 
"Stjerneflugt" & "Not All Clouds are Safe" composed by L. Nygaard 

© 2019, Gas Monk Productions

Blues For Ted

Not Sleepy

Stjerneflugt

Mirror

The Monk Batucada is a psychedelic samba jazz group with members from Brazil, Boston & Denmark.

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