Monk & Canatella
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Monk & Canatella is an indie/breakbeat musical group from Bristol, England, formed by Simon Russell and Jim Johnston (born 1975) in the mid-nineties. Their 1996 album on Cup Of Tea Records, Care in the Community, is a prime example of the trip-hop sound.
The band later moved to Telstar and released a second album Do Community Service in 2000. The artwork for this album was an early collaboration with the Bristol born graffiti artist Banksy
. The band parted company with the label shortly afterwards.
The band released the single "Straighthead" on Youtube on December 23, 2007.
Trip-hop band Portishead included a track titled "A Tribute to Monk and Canatella" on their 1994 CD single "Numb
", a year before Monk & Canatella's first release.
EPs and Singles:
The band later moved to Telstar and released a second album Do Community Service in 2000. The artwork for this album was an early collaboration with the Bristol born graffiti artist Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique...
. The band parted company with the label shortly afterwards.
The band released the single "Straighthead" on Youtube on December 23, 2007.
Trip-hop band Portishead included a track titled "A Tribute to Monk and Canatella" on their 1994 CD single "Numb
Numb (Portishead song)
"Numb" is a song from the album Dummy by the English band Portishead, and was released as a single in 1994. In 2005, the song was used in a series of promotional trailers for the television series Lost.-Track listing:#"Numb" – 3:57...
", a year before Monk & Canatella's first release.
Discography
Albums:- Care in the Community - Cup Of Tea Records (1996)
- Do Community Service - Telstar RecordsTelstar RecordsTelstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...
(2000)
EPs and Singles:
- Fly Fishing - EP - Cup Of Tea Records (1995)
- I Can Water my Plants - Single - Cup Of Tea Records (1996)
- Who's Who - EP - Cup Of Tea Records (1997)
- Son 4.5.98 - Single - Telstar Records (1998)
- Enter The Monk - EP - Telstar Records (1999)
- Slagger - Single - Telstar Records (2000)