Rolling Stone : Monkey Mafia

Album Review : Shoot The Boss

Mon, 03 May 2004 06:35:31 PDT

Artist: Monkey Mafia
Album: Shoot The Boss
Review:

Monkey Mafia is a gang of one, British DJ Jon Carter, whose remixes for U2 and other megabands have made him one of the premier knob twiddlers of the past three years. Carter's U.S. debut shows why, boasting deep, dubby dance mixes, reggae toasting and puréed sample soups thick enough to clog a speaker. Carter owes a debt to his idiosyncratic studio collaborators. Shirzelle's sweet, silky...

New Release : Shoot The Boss

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:25:32 PST

Artist: Monkey Mafia

Photo: The Monkey Mafia

Thu, 07 Dec 2000 08:35:02 PST

The Monkey Mafia

Article : Monkey Mafia's Jon Carter Writes His Own Rules

Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:00:00 PST

Jon Carter didn't ask to be compared to Fatboy Slim or the Chemical Brothers. And he doesn't care if you call his music big-beat, break-beat or raga-dub-with-a-little-bit-of-hip-hop-beat. "People should just check the music out because it can be so many different things," says the twenty-five year old East Londoner. "Sometimes it's pure house, sometimes it's more break-beat or drum 'n' bass or electro, whatever. At the end of the day, I just make the music that I want to hear." |

For the past few...

Article : Don of the Underground

Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:00:00 PST

Jon Carter didn't ask to be compared to Fatboy Slim or the Chemical Brothers. And he doesn't care if you call his music big-beat, break-beat or raga-dub-with-a-little-bit-of-hip-hop-beat. "People should just check the music out because it can be so many different things," says the twenty-five year old East Londoner. "Sometimes it's pure house, sometimes it's more break-beat or drum 'n' bass or electro, whatever. At the end of the day, I just make the music that I want to hear."

For the past few...