Spacemonkeyz are a musical group consisting of Darren Galea, Richie Stevens and Gavin Dodds. They came together when Galea created a dub remix of the

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' "

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" ("Tomorrow Dub", which was released as a

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on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single), which Gorillaz founder

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liked so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole album ''

''. The resulting album, ''

Laika Come Home ''Laika Come Home'' is a Gorillaz remix album released in July 2002. Unlike a typical remix album, it is done by just one group, Spacemonkeyz. It contains most of the songs from Gorillaz' first album, '' Gorillaz'', but remixed in dub and re ...

'', was released in July 2002. The album's first and only single " Lil' Dub Chefin'" reached #73 on the

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. They also wrote an original song with Taiwanese singer Stanley Huang, "Spacemonkeyz Theme", which appeared as a B-side on "Lil' Dub Chefin'", and did a remix of the

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single "Mensch". Darren Galea performed turntables as part of the Gorillaz live band on all of the 'Gorillaz' & 'Demon Days' Live dates between 2000 and 2006. Like the Gorillaz, they are a virtual band (though not to the degree that Gorillaz are). According to the fictional Gorillaz biography ''

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'', the group is an actual team of monkeys used in space tests who had stolen the tracks from an unattended Kong Studios and remixed them without Gorillaz's permission. Since the release of ''Laika Come Home'', the band has not released any new material as of 2022. On the Hallelujah Monkeyz podcast on September 4th 2017, Richie Stevens announced that a new independent Spacemonkeyz EP was in the making, and they were trying to get a label to help them distribute music on social media platforms such as Spotify and Youtube.

Discography

Albums

*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – ''

Singles

*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – " Lil' Dub Chefin'" *2002:

– "Mensch" (Spacemonkeyz Remix)

References

External links

Space Monkeyz profiles on the official Gorillaz homepage
British electronic music groups Musical groups established in 2002 British musical trios Parlophone artists Virgin Records albums Gorillaz 2002 establishments in the United Kingdom {{electronic-band-stub