Monkey Plot - Here I Sit, Knowing All of This '2016

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       On their third album the guitar, bass and drum trio Monkey Plot are going
electric again after having cultivated a purely acoustic sound for several
years. Their music still evokes an impression of intimacy, although the band's
roots in rocking improvisational music now come more clearly to the fore. When
Monkey Plot was founded six years ago, they were a rough and earthy electric
guitar trio before pulling the plug and deciding on a totally acoustic sound.
Now they're plugging themselves back in again, but with a very different
expression than they had six years ago. The group's acoustic music was designed
for small rooms: living room music. On 'Here I Sit, Knowing All of This' they
have moved down to the basement. Their music still suits small spaces, but the
volume is turned up and the energy is different. But rather than presenting
raucous, noisy rock-club improv, they have developed a kind of ambling,
makeshift form of expression, which is their own unique sound. Recognisable and
new. Challenging, but accessible. Monkey Plot have been described as having
revitalised Norwegian improvisational music, and improvisation remains their
tool of choice in forming their music. The material on 'Here I Sit, Knowing All
of This' has been carved out gradually in the course of several years of
interplay and improvisation. Monkey Plot's first album, 'Lv og lette vimpler',
was released on the Gigafon label in 2013. The following year the band was
pronounced "Norwegian jazz musicians of the year" and won a grant from Gramo,
Norway's performing rights collecting society.



Tracklist:
1 01. Monkey Plot - They Suddenly Disappeared (02:12)
1 02. Monkey Plot - A Modest Peach Can (04:40)
1 03. Monkey Plot - The Couriers (05:34)
1 04. Monkey Plot - Dry Ground (05:12)
1 05. Monkey Plot - I Wake to Listen (01:09)
1 06. Monkey Plot - Kalla Handen (02:04)
1 07. Monkey Plot - Those Nights (01:46)
1 08. Monkey Plot - Shyly Upon Everything (04:52)
1 09. Monkey Plot - A Turning Point (02:20)
1 10. Monkey Plot - Here I Sit, Knowing All of This (06:02)
1 11. Monkey Plot - I Had a Notion They Would (01:49) 

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