Drunken Monkey Podcast

Summer is finally here! Really?...Well thats kinda a tough call up north here in Canada! While we still long for some sun, and curse the rain, at the very least we can get ourselves in the summer mood with a little dancin and drinking courtesey our finest summertime DJ, The Man Of Many Faces - DJ Dramatik! SOME OF THAT mixed by Dramatik, is a a little bit of candy for the ears that moves through the soul to your feet. This man works hard to find you the very best music to move you, thats why Drunken Monkey calls him the Hardest Working Man in Showbiz. While we normally never give a tracklist and just let the music do its work, Dramatik thought that just this once, he would share the magic. Please enjoy (and damn the rain!) DJ Dramatik - Some Of That. Love and Sunshine, The Drunken Monkey. TRACKLISTING:

Chuck La Vida! Friend of the Monkey's! A Hero abroad! His is a story of success and maybe a little bit of luck. He first entered the scene as a local Calgary club kid, known to follow our very own EVB loyally to every show. Thus inspired, he first took up the mantle of the decks and honed his own skills. Second he moved to the international city of Vancouver to study Sound Design. Finally he become the superstar DJ he is today, and travels the world with an entourage of swedish massage girls...Well, 2 out of 3 aint bad! Superstar not yet, but new recruit to Drunken Monkey? Help us decide, drop us a line and tell us if he is worthy. Above all, please enjoy the music of Chuck La Vida - Technikal. Dance Your heart out, that's what it's all about. Love and Vancouver (Go Canucks!), The Drunken Monkey

In 2009 Collin Stone recorded and released this set - Intelligent Darkness - to few people with little fanfare, it just kinda slipped under the radar...timing is everything so they say. Two years later he signs himself back up on Facebook, Drunken Monkey is one day late releasing the podcast, and NASA launches the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavor...coincidence? Ha! We all know there is no such thing as coincidence, everything happens for a reason. Surely you can see the connection and are watching with wonder and anticipation as witnesses to the big picture of the universe at work. We call this Synchrodestiny. Not following? OK try this simple meditation: First find a comfortable position in a quiet place and play Intelligent Darkness at a comfortable volume. Place your hands on your lap with the palms facing upward. Close your eyes and begin witnessing your breath and envision the music flowing through you as you listen and breath. On the inhale think of the word "so", on the exhale, think of the word "hum". Gradually both the breath and the sound will become quieter and quieter, and the breath becomes so quiet that it almost seems to stop. By quieting your breath, you quiet your mind. When you transcend, the mantra "so-hum" entirely disappears, and your breath pauses momentarily. Time itself comes to a stop and you're now in the field of pure consciousness, the non local domain, spirit, the ground of being. There with only music flowing through you, you will recieve a message...Namaste, The Drunken Monkey.

Look who's back! Our very own Dirty Monkey with the mic! Ok so youre wondering when you'll get to actually hear his voice, but yes he's known to chatter on the mic, just a bit...Pump up the crowd, pump up the volume, pump up the ladies Dirty! Dirty is a bit of a gear head too. He likes geared up tunes, geared up cars, and geared up girls! (not necessarily in that order) The set you are about to hear is a tribute to moving fast, weather your flavour is music, muscle, cars or women! Ladies and gents, start your engines! This is MC Dirty with GEARED UP! Love always, The Drunken Monkey

Lemonade was recorded live, in one shot, in front of a small but rowdy beer drinking audience, late one night in the Drunken Monkey Studio. On a night that should have been a warm spring night....but instead the sky was blue, and snow blew, and flew and oh shit, there goes my shoe! Wecome to spring in Canada! Hello Tony! What are your plans for summer?  Still dreaming of building a lemonade stand empire? Lemons for everyone, let no man go parched! While the Big Smile DJ of the world dreams of a lemon future, he was gracious enough to bring back tracks from his recent trip to WMC Miami! Let the sunshine in and may your thirst be quenched with music , dance, spring fling and summer sun! Dance music lovers of the world, please enjoy Tony Morello - LEMONADE.  Spring is here! Smell the flowers, dance it up! Love and Lemons, The Drunken Monkey.

In a recent survey conducted by Black Tiger Recording, fans from around the world agreed that the favorite Earl Von Bye set of all time was 2003's Moonshot. Some people went as far as using the word "Masterpiece". Certainly it is known that every set, from the man that only records 1 annual per year, is programmed and executed to perfection. No one disputes that every Earl Von Bye set is a timeless classic. So now we put it out to you, our new and loyal podcast listeners, to decide. Let us know what you think of Moonshot. Above all, let it take you on a journey of body and mind, and as always please feel free to dance. A great man once said, "We choose to go to the moon", and so do we! Please join us now as EVB's Moonshot is about to launch! Love and Kennedy forever, The Drunken Monkey.

DJ Lithium is destined to be the last defender of the dying art of mixing vinyl.  He is passionate beyond all sanity and reality about vinyl. Some think him crazy, and while his solid stand on why DJ's should only play vinyl may be controversial, it nonetheless has grown his infamy wordwide and his name is not unknown to the major players in the world electronic music scene. Is there ever such a thing as bad publicity? Your joking right? DJ Lithium is THE MAN you want fighting on your side, any time any place, on the analog battlefield! Digital demons beware! Without a doubt DJ Lithium is a pioneer and a visionary and we are very proud to call him friend and brother. Ladies and Gentelmen, please put your helmets on and grab your weapon....lock and load for CITY OF ANGELS - mixed by DJ Lithium. Love and analog forever, The Drunken Monkey.

Every monkey knows who the hardest working man in showbiz is....yes its DJ Dramatik! This guy is busy! He keeps up with residencies in Calgary and Banff, and cranks out a new set every month like clockwork. Not only that, he's at work building a new studio and learning the ropes of production, so that soon enough you'll be steppin in to your local shop to buy the latest release from the "Man Of Many Faces". But wait theres more! Keep your eyes open for the launch of the official DJ Dramatik website, and in the meantime why not stop by his Soundcloud page and download more dancible delights right here: http://soundcloud.com/dramatik-1  What else can we say? Hmmmmm...well he also likes cars! Please dance, please sing, please drum, please mum! DJ Dramatik - From Here To There. Love Always, The Drunken Monkey

Back once again for Episode 8 is the man who kicked us off from the very start. The master of smoooooth, its Mr. Collin Stone. This time we go deep down into a journey that is as much a feeling as it is a story, perhaps a magic carpet ride of house. Where will it take you? Dare to dream, use the Force, move your feet, free your mind. Watch out for this man, soon his original productions will be in a record store near you, forthcoming on Black Tiger Recordings. Collin has become a master of the studio to top off his already impressive career as a DJ...and you can say that you heard him first! Please enjoy Music Is Beautiful, because you are beautiful! Love always, The Drunken Monkey.

Back in 1998 DJ Hans recorded an epic set at the infamous Full Moon party on Sunrise Beach, Koh Phangan, Tailand. It was a bit of a big deal! People laughed, people cried and some believed he was the next messiah. Hans became a legend. It has even been said that in one night, Hans had singlehandedly set the stage for the popular surge in Trance music that lasted the next 5 years and beyond. Tragically the recording was lost. Perhaps taken, gone into the sand, or lost to the wind...no one knows. All Hans remembers is the smell of booze, cheap plastic women, a bright light at the end of a tunnel...then waking up face down in sand 5 days later in Northern Queensland with one missing hand. While legend of the tapes existence persisted, supposedly floating around on some damn thing called the "interweb", it never actually surfaced. Some say that on a full moon night the music can still be heard floating on the winds of the universe. 12 years later, Vancouver, Black Tiger Recordings studio on a full moon night. A dusty beat up package is deliverd by a smiling Buddha riding a white goat. Inside covered in sand is a busted up cassette, the tape is a mess of cut up strands. Is this real or is this just day 3 of Chihuahuan desert peyote? The Buddha becons Hans to follow him into the light at the end of the tunnel... Never one to conform, Hans grabs the tape and slams the door. 7 months later, with a shop vac, 9 rolls of tape, 5 recording engineers and a small team of experts, the recording was recoverd, restored and remastered. It was no small task. Ladies and Gentlemen, you are about to hear for the first time, DJ Hans lost tape of Sunrise Beach! Love always, The Drunken Monkey.