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Artist
Monkeymarc
12+ albums
downtempoHip-Hopabstract hip-hopdupsteptrip-hop
about
MonkeyMarc is a leading producer/DJ from Melbourne, Australia known as the mastermind behind political hip hop group Combat Wombat and more recently for this eclectic solo work (album out December 2009 through Omelette Records). MonkeyMarc also initiated the Labrats Solar Powered Sound System, whose environmentally sustainable parties have impressed audiences throughout the country for over ten years. MonkeyMarc's career has spanned many genres from punk to dubstep. His musical career started at an early age after his family immigrated to Australia from Cardiff, Wales when he was 13. Starting as a lead singer in a rock band he quickly discovered a love for hip hop, funk and reggae, which lead him to DJing and running parties from the age of 15. He began producing music with a tape machine and a one-second-sampler in the late nineties when his passion for bass lead him towards the sounds of jungle, breaks and hip hop. Eventually he bought himself a drum machine because he couldnt find the records he was looking for. MonkeyMarc's electronic career debuted in 1997 when he DJd with the infamous All Funked Up Crew Sydney. His love for deep electronic music and strong political ideals lead him on a wild and adventurous track and in 1998 he co-started Labrats Solar Powered Sound System. His first produced release Combat Wombat Labrats Solar Powered Sound System (album) came out in 2001 and was soon followed by Combat Wombat Miraculous Activist in 2002 (12 inch). Both of these a
