silver monk time – a tribute to the monks

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29 international artists take on the legacy of the monks

with fsk, the fall, faust, fehlfarben, doc schoko, gudrun gut, die goldenen zitronen, chicks on speed, ptv 3 (psychic tv), international noise conspiracy, the havletones, alexander hacke, barbara manning, floating di morel, s.y.p.h., alec empire, silver apples, alan vega, mouse on mars, the raincoats, jason forrest, singapore sling, 27/11, nista nije nista, mense reents, 5.6.7.8’s, cycle, the gossip, jon spencer, solex, charles wilp and the original monks

Uncut Magazine
WOM Magazine

Silver Monk Time is one of the best compilations of the year 2007
Wire Magazine - 2007 Rewind - Records of The Year

"Das Tributealbum an die 60s-Band The Monks ist endlich da: Silver Monk Time ist eine pralle Doppel-CD mit 29 Tracks.
Eine Extravagante Angelegenheit für Fans und welche, die es werden wollen".
Visions

"Unlike many tribute projects that fall flat due to those involved being either overawed or ignorant of the original material, Silver Monk Time succeeds because the participants have taken the group´s primitive rock surge as a template to experiment with. As a result the sound of The Monks is treated to a 21st century workout with synthesizers and beat tracks threaded through the original quartet´s already way out psychotic minimalism".
Wire

"The Uberbeat (and a war or two) goes on. (...) Silver Monk Time buys us all some more hop time, finally!"
Village Voice

"It really is Monk Time again."
Plan B Magazine

"Künstlerisch ähnlich kreativ und unerschrocken wie die Monks stehen ihre Enkel für eine Form von Popmusik, in der es ästhetisch und musikalisch Gewagtes zu entdecken gilt, in der einmal das Unversöhnliche vor dem Selbstzufriedenen den Ton angibt".
Neue Zürcher Zeitung

read complete reviews

Wire (UK, 1/08)
Musikexpress (Germany, 11/07)
Indie-mp3 (UK, 8/07)
All Music Guide (US, 6/07)
Village Voice (US, 6/07)
Plan B (UK, 6/07)
Wire (UK, 5/07)
Uncut (UK, 5/07)
German Embassy in Washington (4/07)
Good Times (Germany, 3/07)
Visions (Germany, 1/07)
Wom (Germany, 11/06))
Intro (Germany, 11/06)
BC Music (UK, 11/06)

liner notes (excerpts)

silver monk time - a tribute to the monks

in 1965 the monks were looking for a new zero point in pop music and created what later turned into the milestone record “black monk time”. “black monk time” accidentally or intentionally pre-dated several genres that were to come: kraut rock, electronic music, heavy metal, punk, industrial and techno.
when the monks in january 1966 launched their “living (pop) art project” at famous reeperbahn top ten club the largest german tabloid “bild-zeitung” wrote “noise, noise and no melody – robot music!”.
in july of the same year the monks presented their black record for the first time live on the teenage tv show “beat-club”. to the surprise of many they started the show with an improvised new song, which wasn't’t even on the record. you could call it commercial suicide. the song itself was archaic, one repetitive beat, three monks beating on gigantic tambourines, an organ gone mad, a guitar on the floor that fed back and at one point was shyly touched by four band members. all typical macho rock attitudes were taken out. it was pure and swinging joyfulness and seemed to have more in common with avant garde art than with regular pop music. therefore maybe it was misunderstood. to some degree though it was the end of rock music as we knew it. the monks called the song “monk chant”. rumor has it that “monk chant” was supposed to be the one and only idea for their second long player. one primitive beat spread out on two lp sides. “the rolling stones are baroque, the beatles for old grannies, you, the monks are playing the music of the future, you are supposed to play the audience into ecstasy,” demanded their two german managers. this second (never released) record was to be called “silver monk time”.
play loud! is proud to announce 29 international pop bands who continue the musical journey initiated 40 years ago by the seven monks: gary burger, larry clark, dave day, roger johnston, walther niemann, karl-heinz remy and eddie shaw.

crank it up and enjoy this brand new ecstatic monks record.

it is (finally) silver monk time.

CD 1
01. minimal monk (MENTS REENTS)
02. black monk time (ALEC EMPIRE / GARY BURGER)
03. momks no time (MOUSE ON MARS)
04. monk chant (THE RAINCOATS)
05. were ever / oh, how to do now (27 / 11)
06. monk hop (JASON FORREST)
07. blast off (CYCLE)
08. we do wie do (FEHLFARBEN)
09. drunken maria (THE GOSSIP)
10. complication (JON SPENCER / SOLEX)
11. silver monk time (SILVER APPLES / ALAN VEGA)
12. shut up (FLOATING DI MOREL)
13. tumbling monks (GUDRUN GUT)
14. kuchhuche (NISTA NIJE NISTA)

CD 2
01. the transatlantic feedback (F.S.K.)
02. higgle-dy piggle-dy (THE FALL)
03. complication (DIE GOLDENEN ZITRONEN / CHICKS ON SPEED)
04. i can't get over you (BARBARA MANNING / THE GO-LUCKYS)
05. boys are girls and girls are boys (PTV 3 [PSYCHIC TV])
06. sei still (DOC SCHOKO)
07. oh, how to do now (S.Y.P.H.)
08. i hate you (ALEXANDER HACKE)
09. shut up (INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY)
10. cuckoo (THE 5.6.7.8'S)
11. that´s my girl (THE HAVLETONES)
12. i hate you (SINGAPORE SLING)
13. blaster (MICHAELA MELIÁN)
14. it is charles time (CHARLES WILP / GARY BURGER)
15. beware - the transatlantic feedback (FAUST / GARY BURGER)

THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS ALBUM WILL BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMPLETION OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM “MONKS – THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK”.
ALL SONGS WERE ESPECIALLY RECORDED FOR THIS PROJECT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2005 AND MAY 2006.

MASTERED AT BY HANS-JOACHIM IRMLER (FAUST).

7" single (available here)


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play loud! is also proud to announce the release of the 7" single

monk time
by Alec Empire and Gary Burger

higgle-dy piggle-dy
by The Fall