With a fiery helter-skelter blend of influences from East and West, 3 Daft Monkeys inject a unique wildness into their music, producing a symphonious cacophony of styles,
Silvery vocal melodies soar above percussive global beats and rhythms while passionate fiddle-driven tunes weave around animated guitar and bass, all presented with outstanding musicianship in their famously theatrical live performances.
This multi-award-winning live act consisting of Tim Ashton ( Vocals, 12-string guitar, penny whistle), Athene Roberts ( Violin, vocals, accordion), Jamie Graham ( 6-string bass) and Rich Mulryne ( Bespoke hand percussion kit, vocals) continues to deliver dynamic, rampageous,
powerful performances of their completely original songs with an endless energy and enthusiasm!
With 21 years of International Festival experience in hand, 3 Daft Monkeys certainly know how to work a festival crowd, and are guaranteed to whip an audience into a frenzy of emotions with every performance and are currently crowdfunding and recording songs for for a brand new album.
Here’s what they have to say:
We are very excited to be recording a brand new album, packed with brand new original material. We are currently songwriting in an awesome new rehearsal space, and the energy within the band is electric. We can’t wait to return to Propagation House Studios in rural North Cornwall to get recording again in April. We’ve recorded 2 albums there before, and it’s an awesome space for the creativity to flow, surrounded by woods and sea air.
We are completely independent as a band, and that’s why we’re asking for the support of our amazing fans to help us pay for the production of our album: recording, mixing, mastering, artwork, CD printing and promotion in the form of a Crowdfunder.
We’ve created our own crowdfund page on our website, at www.3daftmonkeys.co.uk/crowdfund . There’s heaps of merchandise available to pre-order, including CDs, downloads, t-shirts, vests, hoodies, bags, tea towels, stickers, decals and badges. As well as this we’re offering some special experiences, including a one-off gig with food and first ‘live’ playing of the album, at an ancient pub by the sea in Cornwall, and a “Pasty and a Pint” listening party to be the first people to hear the recording. You can even donate to come and sing backing vocals in the studio. www.3daftmonkeys.co.uk/crowdfund
To support the release of the new album with the working title ‘Information Camouflage” we have a spring and summer packed full of festival tour dates around the UK, and an Autumn/ Winter UK tour (dates to be released soon)
Here’s a sneak peak at how they are getting on:
Tour Dates as follows:
April
26th Porthleven Food Festival , Cornwall
27th Meet, Greet, dine and dance CROWDFUNDER EVENT, Driftwood Spars, St Agnes
May
3rd Magic Teapot, Festival, Somerset
4th Brit Bar, Weston-Super-Mare
11th Wolverton Folk and Blues Fair, Wolverton Manor, Isle of Wight.
19th Listening party at the Ell’s Barn (Afternoon), Crowdfunder event
25th Bearded Theory Festival, Derby
26th Cursus Festival, Dorset
June
1st Treyarnon Bay YHA, Cornwall (duo show)
9th Here for the Music Festival after show party, Palladium Club, Bideford, N. Devon
14th Beardy Folk Festival, Shropshire
July
4th The Barge Inn, Honey Street
5th New Forest Folk Festival, Hampshire
6th The Rising Festival, Staffordshire
19th Bar Silo, Cornwall
20th Lafrowda Day, St Just, Cornwall
26th The Armchair Adventure Festival, Mount Edgecumbe, Cornwall
27th Nah Then Festival, Nottinghamshire
August
1st Chickenstock, Kent
2nd Wickham Festival, Hampshire
3rd Goddess Conference, Glastonbury
5th Sidmouth Festival. The Anchor, Devon
16th Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, Dorset
18th Beautiful Days Festival, Devon
23rd Sea View Farm Shop, St Teath, Cornwall.
24th Night at the Abbey Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
25th Sunnyhill Bank Holiday Weekender, Wincanton, Somerset
“Their live show strikes a quality balance of spaced-out dizziness, dance-ability and sophisticated folk music”
(Bearded Theory Festival)
For further information please visit: www.3daftmonkeys.co.uk
