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Monkey Records

Monkey Records was formed in the year 2000 by musician/producer Nigel Braddock aka DJ Monkey to nurture and support innovative New Zealand artists. Since then we have spawned a genre-defying clutch albums of high quality original music from Aotearoa. Although Monkey began life as an ambient/downbeat label we have since broadened our horizons to encompass a wider range of electronica plus world fusion, indie-folk and noir lounge pop releases.

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Artists

Bond Street Bridge

Bond Street Bridge is the non de plume of Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist, Sam Prebble, familiar to many via his parts in the Broken Heartbreakers, Reb Fountain's Bandits, White Swan Black Swan,... More

Cinema 90

Cinema 90's story begins in 1999, with Auckland based producer Jamie Newman creating electronic dance music on a basic tracker program on his home computer. More

Dystopia

Dystopia is artist/poet Liz Maw, keyboard player Nigel Braddock and Shinya on sitar and programming. Together they explore a dysfunctional utopia existing somewhere in the gap between art and life. More

Eightfold

The band consists of Chris MacGregor (vocals and guitar), Sam Benge (guitar and bass) and Mariano Mezzeo (percussion). More

Ishta

Ishta is an ethnic groove ensemble based in Aotearoa who will be releasing their debut album towards the end of the year. More

Johannes Contag

Johannes Contag has been producing mind-bending music in New Zealand since the mid-90s, when he began working on Demarnia Lloyd's Cloudboy project in Dunedin. More

Luke Hurley

"One of the most talented, thought-provoking and dangerously gifted acoustic artists on this planet" quote: Wayne Gillespie More

Meera Raghu

Meera is a musician proficient in South Indian classical music called Carnatic Music, and in the art of Veena playing. Veena is a very ancient musical instrument and is used... More

Niko Ne Zna

New Zealand's Balkan Gypsy Extravaganza! More

onelung

Kevin Tutt aka Onelung was once in a band called Cicada with Andrew Spraggon, these days better known as Sola Rosa. Like Andrew, Kevin has since dedicated himself to producing... More

Peachy Keen

Peachy Keen was a four-piece Auckland-based band whose sound had been described as noir lounge pop with jazz, retro and rock influences. More

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band

European madness from the sand-bars to the swamps. More

The Hot Grits

Welcome to the championship sounds of The Hot Grits. More

Releases

An Emerald City EP

The 4 track ep features two of the bnet favourites 'Qing Song' (also featured as Karen Walker's opening track at New York Fashion Week this year) and 'A Thousand Stars... More

Big World

Drums and bass glow in the dusk with a countrified, R&B feel like Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac or Big Pink-era The Band,
a bliss-bath of woozy Wurlitzers and Rhodes, with guitars like...

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Binary Pop Songs

This is the new release from the Onelung crew. A fourteen track, lush electronic album, written, produced and mastered by Onelung and released through Monkey Records. More

Bright Colours

Bright Colours was recorded and produced by Monkey Records founder Nigel Braddock over the course of two years. More

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre is the first recording from Auckland five piece, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band. Four traditional tunes book end the centrepiece that is Dance Of Death, a Benka Boradovsky... More

Flashbacks

Released in 2000 More

Hey Ganesha!

Meera Raghu, was spiritually inspired after listening to divine melodious songs called Arka Geetha, composed by Srinivas Arka, a renowned philosopher, author, inspirational speaker, developer of meditation method called Arka... More

Hummabyes

Hummabyes is Tim Guy's second album and is a refreshing set of whimsical alt. country flavoured indie-pop songs chock full of instantly hummable tunes. More

In The Blink Of An Eye

Despite setbacks of an earth shaking variety, a birth and other life changing events, the new Mundi album is finally here! More

Ishta

Monkey Records is proud to announce the release of Ishta's long awaited self-titled debut album on Friday 28th April, 2006. More

It's Too Drunk To Be This Early

What do you get if you mix a pound of Fela Kuti's Afrika 70, two cupfuls of The Meters, 250g of thinly sliced early James Brown and a level dessert... More

Leading A Horse To Water - Gathering Ambience

This 14 track (71 minute) cd features New Zealand artists who performed in the ambient zone at The Gathering 2000. More

Live On BFM

Live On BFM More

Monkey Magic

Monkey Records is proud to announce the release of Monkey Magic, a sixteen track compilation featuring new and emerging artists on the label. More

Monkey Magic Vol. 2

Monkey Magic Vol. 2 is a gorgeously packaged CD and DVD celebrating contemporary independent NZ music! More

Music For Flem Volume II

Nigel's debut solo album is a collection of instrumentals featuring guitars, basses, frame drums, banjos, sheng, flower pot, mandolin and loops of combinations of the above, all played and recorded... More

Niko Ne Zna - EP

The self-titled, debut EP from Wellington's balkan, gypsy brass extravaganza. More

Now We Are Twenty-Eight - EP

Now We Are 28 is the new single from Bond Street Bridge. More

Nu Scientist

Electronic music today is becoming more experimental in sound and composition. The new software available has broadened the scope of how music is made. More

Operator's Service Handbook - EP

Thick black smoke slowly dissipates from the towering chimneys. The quitting time whistle blows solemnly. The Factory doors swing open. Sean and Matt stumble out into the cruel sunlight to... More

Peachy Keen

Monkey Records is proud to announce the release of Peachy Keen's self-titled debut album. More

Polkapocalypse

Polkapocalypse is the highly anticipated album, fully capturing the thrilling uniqueness of a Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band show. More

Rhythm Of The River - Single

The new single from Tim Guy off the acclaimed album, Big World. More

Rubble

Káren Hunter (Kaaren) has mined the musical debris and lyrical sediment of the likes of Tom Waits and Rickie Lee while assembling her fourth solo album Rubble. More

Sleepytime 3:The Twilight Drone

The Twilight Drone is the 3rd instalment in Johannes Contag's Sleepytime series released on Monkey Records. More

Sleepytime Vol. II: Schalfwandler

Cloudboy Johannes Contag's Sleepytime cycle of albums and performances reaches a new stage with "Sleepytime vol 2: Schlafwandler". More

Spring Summer Awesome Winter

Since the release of his debut album The Mapamaker's Art in 2008, Sam Prebble has been busy, touring extensively in New Zealand, Australia and Europe and playing shows everywhere from... More

Start Again - Single

Factories return with Start Again, the first track from the forthcoming Operator's Service Handbook EP released early 2011. More

Tells You To Fight

The debut album from Renee-Louise Carafice was recorded at Steve Albini's legendary analog recording studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago. More

The Best Of 1981-2006

Covering a massive 25 year career, this best of comprises much of Luke's extensive catalogue. More

The Electronic Laboratory

The Electronic Laboratory More

The Inkadies

Inkadies is the new release from dream-pop folk artist John White. More

The Mapmaker's Art

Working by himself, Sam Prebble coloured and contrasted The Mapmaker's Art over time, crafting an often surprising collection of songs which blend guitars, violin, mandolin, piano, organs, percussion and vocals... More

The Sunny Juice EP

The Sunny Juice EP features guests Billy Fluid, Karin Bettley, T-Minus, Missy Cable and Clare Simmons. More

The Supreme Cosmic Consciousness Births a Star Child into Negative Space at Absolute Zero

For their debut album, Factories duo Sean and Matt gazed upon the heavens, seeking inspiration from the murky ocean of the Macroverse. More

The Wisdom Of Insecurity

'The Wisdom of Insecurity' by Dystopia combines potent, lyrical storytelling with beautiful and evocative soundscapes consisting of ambient, classical and world influences. More

Too Busy Dreamin'

Monkey Records is proud to present Too Busy Dreamin, the debut album from a major new song-writing talent, Chris Hurn. More

Watcha Got - Single

Monkey Records is proud to present Whatcha Got, the first single from a major new songwriting talent - Chris Hurn. More

You Are Feeling Sleepy

A Monkey Records re-issue from 2000, this is the first edition of the Sleepytime volumes. More

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