''Silver Monk Time'' is a tribute album inspired by the German-American

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. It also serves as the

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to '' Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback'', a 2006 documentary film about the band. The record was produced and compiled by the filmmakers, Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios, and released in October 2006 on the Play Loud! Productions label. The official record release was part of a major event at

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theater in

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, Germany. In conjunction with the film's premiere, the Monks performed their first live show in Germany for almost 40 years. They were joined on stage by some of the musicians featured on the album, including

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of The Fall,

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, and Schorsch Kamerun of Goldene Zitronen.

Concept

The production of ''Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback'' was hampered by financial problems. The creation of ''Silver Monk Time'' was in part an attempt to raise money for the film. The title came about due to a rumor that after the release of ''

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'' in May 1966, the Monks had begun work on a second LP, called ''Silver Monk Time'', which would have consisted entirely of one long "primitive beat", involving tambourines, an organ, and guitar feedback. It was decided that the new ''Silver Monk Time'' would not be a standard tribute album; the participating artists were explicitly asked to experiment with the songs, rather than producing straight cover versions. The German electronic avant-garde band

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wrote, in the booklet accompanying the record: "Mouse on Mars have tried to prove that after the deconstruction of the Monks their undeniable influence on 21st-century pop music has been proven. Rhythm, sound and melody grow together to a stream of lava on which the energy laden music surfs down into the valley of Dionysus by tearing down mirror balls like apples from trees." The album artwork was created by Lucia Palacios, and is based on the motif of the '' Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback'' film poster by Daniel Richter.

Reception

The ''

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

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'' mentioned ''Silver Monk Time'' among the best compilation records of 2007: "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“.

Track listing

;CD 1 #Minimal Monk (Mense Reents) #Monk Time (

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) #Monks No Time (

) #Monk Chant (

) #Were Ever / Oh, How to Do Now (27 / 11) #Monk Hop ( Jason Forrest) #Blast Off (Cycle) #We Do Wie Do (

) #Drunken Maria (

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) #Complication (

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) #Silver Monk Time (

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) #Shut Up (Floating di Morel) #Tumbling Monks (

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) #Kuchhuche (Nista Nije Nista) ;CD 2 #The Transatlantic Feedback ( F.S.K.) #Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy ( The Fall /

) #Komplikation (

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) #Beware - The Transatlantic Feedback (

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Singles

There have also been two 7" single releases taken from ''Silver Monk Time'': # " Monk Time" (Alec Empire /

) b/w "Higgle-dy Piggle-dy" (The Fall) # "Drunken Maria" (Gossip) b/w "Monk Chant" (The Raincoats)

References

{{Authority control Tribute albums 2006 compilation albums The Monks 2006 soundtrack albums Film soundtracks