As Jack Frost plays merrily outside, the cold
blooded monsters retreat back to the dim light of the laptop screen
clutching fiercely to their bottle of whiskey to write the blog.
Grrrrr *sniff*
This will warm you up - The Monsters have been
invited to tour Russia for a week in March! Thanks to Red Orange the Monsters
have been given a great opportunity to experience this incredible
country in a flurry of gigs. We'll be playing for world ceilidh dancing
champions the 'Moscow School of Ceilidh Dances'. Have a look here
www.ceilidh.ru - but make sure you Russian is up to scratch. We can't
wait...
Last week the Monsters were a part of the
absolutely fantastic 'Bring the Noise' event in Washington Arts Centre. The
idea was to get local folk bands who feature heavily on the Newcastle scene to
recreate Hip-hop songs in a folk style. The results were amazing everyone who
took part in the show did a great job - people like Emily Portman with Rubus,
Christi Andropolis and David Newey, The Fire Maidens from Outer space and Dirty
Diamonds. The Monsters didn't take any chances - playing a 15 minute long set
without pause. It featured Rapper's Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang, Hits from
the Bong by Cypress Hill, Let me Clear My Throat by DJ Kool and (not strictly Hip-hop
but one of Kieran's Favorites) Super Sharp Shooter by DJ Hype and the
Ganja Crew. We used The Touch (our favorite Drum and Bass Producer who has
worked with us on different projects) for his laptop ingenuity and an awesome Beat
boxer called Ash. We will be getting a video of us on the night put up on YouTube
- it's getting edited together by some of the Minions as we speak. Will
Scrimshaw also took some beautiful photo's we'll stick up on our FB and MySpace
pages.
Kieran and Craig Wilson at Urban and Eastern
are putting their heads together to see if they can bring this great event to
Newcastle. More news on this when it happens...
Following the success of our performance at
the London International Festival for Exploratory Music we've been invited back
for another concert in Kings Place at the end of next year. We'll tell you
about that later on in the year so you can get your tickets!
Merry Christmas everyone and have a happy New
Year
Love,
The Monsters
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