Spacemonkeyz are a musical group consisting of Darren Galea (DJ D-Zire), 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, ''

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'', was released in July 2002. The album's first and only single "

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" reached #73 on the UK Singles Chart. Spacemonkeyz also released a single with Taiwanese singer Stanley Huang and rapper

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, "Spacemonkeyz Theme", which appeared as a B-side on "Lil' Dub Chefin'". They also remixed 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. Spacemonkeyz is a

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. According to the fictional Gorillaz biography '' Rise of the Ogre'', 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 albums. On the Hallelujah Monkeyz podcast on September 4, 2017, Richie Stevens that a new independent

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was in the making, and that Spacemonkeyz was trying to get a label to help them distribute the project. On 26th May 2023, Space Monkeyz released the single Honest Racket, containing the artists Richie Stevens & Dubversive.

Discography

Albums

*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – ''

Singles

*2002: Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz – "

" *2002:

– "Mensch" (Spacemonkeyz Remix) *2023: Spacemonkeyz, Richie Stevens & Dubversive - Honest Racket

References

External links

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