MonkeyRobot is an eclectic duo made of Brussels based beatmakers Eric P and LuiGi. Exploring the bounderies between 90 and 120 BPM became their trademark. After being focused on the production of their anticipated Electro-Jazz project "74 Miles Away" (<a href="http://www.74milesaway.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.74milesaway.com</a>) which was released on Melting Pot Music in 2010 (<a href="http://www.mpmsite.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mpmsite.com</a>) , they will put forward their beatmaking activities and will offer some music from their archive vaults as well as new and freshly cut material on this page.

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Monkeys for nothing, Chimps for free

This track was created around the intro of a classic soul-boogie tune from the 80's by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdGNeC2G1AU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jocelyn Brown</a> that LuiGi sampled a while ago, after finding the 12'' hit-single ' Somebody else's guy ' on a local flea market near his place for a bargain price. It's rather rare (for MonkeyRobot) to start composing a tune from vocal chops; it is actually more common to add vocal bits when the track is almost layered. In this case (even we knew the original track for a long time) the deep and soulful intro from Brown instantly gave us inspiration. LuiGi previously recorded some chords and a melodic structure that we just had to bring back to another key scale, in order to match the vocal chops. The edgy drum pattern and bassline were layered on the same day.
It is our pleasure we finally can share this track, that for an unexplainable reason was put on a dusty shelf for a long period. Most people pretend beats aren't getting better with age like red wine…well, in this case 'Hooked up' still sounds fresh to us.
Enjoy.
MonkeyRobot


Hooked up

This track is a remix of 'The Tourist' by infamous Canadian pianist 'Chilly' Gonzales (real name Jason Charles Beck) from his great and melancholic album ' Solo Piano '. This remix just reflects autumn. "When leaves start to fall" could have been an alternate description for this remix. 

Check the original version on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwQzdBfZ7CA
More about Gonzales on  www.chillygonzales.com

Gonzales - The Tourist (MonkeyRobot remix)

"Everything is Cool" is a basic boogie type of track based on a T-Connection sample.
That particular record was found on an unexpected afternoon digging.

It took several versions before finding the right drums and bass line and it was even
harder to find drums that would fit the sample,sound-wise. The hihats were recorded live on top
The basic arrangement and the guitar riff where layed down pretty fast; samples
chopped and sequenced on the mpc.

We ended up using a moog type bass, to dub the original bass from the sample.
A pretty simple track but, as they use to say, "Less is more". Enjoy


Everything is Cool

Melting Pot Music (www.mpmsite.com) have teamed up with MonkeyRobot and Belgian jazz pianist/composer Pierre Anckaert. The project '74 Miles Away' was born. This track was released early 2011 on our debut album.

More info about 74 Miles Away : www.74milesaway.com


Neverending Rhodes

An 'unofficial' remix we recently did to announce the sold out gig of Little Dragon in Brussels, on the 6th of december 2012. Yukimi Nagano's incredible voice screams to be remixed, no more no less. Enjoy our take on this track.

More info ?

http://little-dragon.net/
https://twitter.com/#!/LittleDragon
www.facebook.com/littledragonpage






Little Dragon - Ritual Union (MonkeyRobot rmx)

Eclectic producers from Brussels I Eric P & Lewis.