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State Of Monc
12+ albums
jazznu jazzfunkacid jazzbreakbeat
about
As children of the dance age trained in traditional jazz, State of Monc fuses a slick electronic sound with pure jazz on acoustic instruments with an almost deceptive ease. And not only their press but their audiences confirm that they have elevated their sound to a totally new style, one that proves to be difficult to put into words. State of Monc has a musical story to tell, which they do with amazing drive and variation, all the while toying with the balance between electronics, brass and acoustic bass and percussion. The result is music with the smarts and soul of jazz that pumps with the energy of dance. State of Monc's breakthrough came in 2000 when they reached the finals of the Netherlands' most prestigious music prize, the Grolsch"Big Prize" of the Netherlands. Their first album, Hand to Mouth (EDM/City Groovez) was released shortly afterwards. Since then the group has been carving out a reputation for itself by stunning festival audiences with their new Dutch-grown style and revealing their international potential. State of Monc gives a clear vision on nu-jazz. Based in the Netherlands and with Arthur Flink (trumpet) and Hielke Praagman (electronics) as its core, State of Monc is in the front line of the nu jazz movement. The band was formed in 2000 and released its first album ("Hand to Mouth") in 2002. State of Moncs second album "Clippertron" has just been released by Challenge Records in the Netherlands and Germany on september 1th; the rest of the world wil
