Space Monkeys
“The Daddy of Them All”
Chingon/Interscope Records
Grade: C+
Well, their samples are good.
Manchester, England’s Space
Monkeys are a nice, groovin’
house/rave/trip-hop foursome. Tony
Pipes lays down some decent Public
Enemy and Wu Tang Clan samples for
the group’s latest album, “The Daddy of
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Them All.”
Don’t expect the masses to get
rocked by the politics of Public Enemy,
though. The album is strictly a “Friday
night, let’s dance our asses off and fill
the dorms with this loudness” type of
release.
DJ Tony Pipes and drummer Chas
Morrison provide a tight, tense rhythm
section. Their production detonates
such songs as “Sugar Cane” and
“Ready for the Rampage.” Their layer
ing of percussion and samples are com
plex yet simple enough to keep your
head bobbing.
Guitarist and lead vocalist Richard
McNevin-Duff is somewhat less suc
cessful in giving the Space Monkeys a
distinctive voice.
Part Noel Gallagher, part Bono,
McNevin-Duff never really stands out
on the album. His hollow, distorted
vocals work on “Smile America” and
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“Sweetest Dream.” Other times, you
swear some of the songs were throw
aways from U2’s “Pop” sessions.
Lyrically, the Space Monkeys have
a lot of introspection and book reading
ahead of them. The band makes such
revelations as “Life’s a trip and then you
get off...,” “I don’t need no trip to set
me free” and “We are the supercool.” If
there’s irony in these lyrics, you need an
electronic microscope to detect it.
Until they can develop their skills
further, Space Monkeys are in danger of
falling into the current, soulless void of
most electronic/techno genre music.
“The Daddy of Them All” would fit
great as background music for a rave of
while you’re playing “Quake” on your
PC. It is not a good release to listen to
while sitting down and mulling over the
structures.
But enlightenment is not the goal of
the Space Monkeys; getting you to move
is. And for most of “The Daddy ofThem
All,” the Space Monkeys succeed.
-Sean McCarthy
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Student sounds send
sophisticated strains
By Liza Holtmeier
Senior Reporter
Mystic sounds of Thailand and
contemporary tones from America
will ring out tonight at Kimball Hall
when 11 UNL music students pre
miere their original compositions.
The performance is a culmination
of the students’ composition courses
with University of Nebraska-Lincoln
music professors Randall Snyder and
Tyler White.
At the beginning of the semester,
students met with the professors to
discuss the kind of music they wanted
to compose for the concert. After
researching different musical styles,
the students composed pieces they
rehearsed with UNL musicians.
Snyder said the students’ progres
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of music included on the program.
“Most students start out with a
background in only popular or mod
ern music,” Snyder said. “It’s won
derful to see them progress to some
thing more sophisticated. Because of
that progression, there is no concert
in the year that has more variety than
this one.”
One piece in the eclectic program
is Nonglak Prasopsook’s Thai-fla
vored “Awake,” a three-movement
reflection on meditation.
“I have seen the emotion and the
nature of meditation,” said
Prasopsook, a doctoral student in
music composition. “I wanted to
indicate those emotions through my
music.” , : ^
The first movement by “Awake”
represents the act of meditating,
while the second signifies the peace
of mind meditation induces. The third
and final movement represents the
alertness that follows meditation.
“After meditation, your mind is
very active and alert to everything
around you ” Prasopsook said. “You
awake inside.”
Prasopsook said “Awake” repre
sented a departure from the pieces
she normally composed.
“I usually compose about nature
and animals,” she said. “This is the
first piece I’ve done about mind.”
The piece uses a wind quintet, a
jfl
xylophone, a marimba and drums.
Prasopsook-said it drew heavily on
the music of Thailand.
“There are elements of the Thai
melody,” she said. “The character of
the melody is full of the Thai gesture,
and I also use a Thai drum beat.”
Another Eastern-influenced piece
is Bethany Vesely’s “Khalida.”
Vesely, a junior music major, has
composed pieces for the past three
UNL student composers recitals.
She based this concert’s piece on
an Indian raga. Performed by a string
quintet, the piece utilizes quarter
tones and includes two solos where
the cellist and violist have an oppor
tunity to improvise.
it nas a unique structure in mat it
starts slower but gets faster as it pro
gresses,” Vesely said. “It really drives
to the end of the piece.”
Before composing the piece,
Vesely said she listened to hundreds
of recordings of Indian music. She
also visited with people from
Pakistan and India who were familiar
withthe style.;
“t hope the piece makes people
realize that it is possible to combine
Eastern and Western music,” Vesely
said.
Kevin Boesinger, a graduate stu
dent in music, will present a religious
piece based on three of his favorite
psalms from the bible. Like
Prasopsook, Boesinger composed his
piece in three movements.
“The first movement and the first
psalm is a praise to God. The second
is a confirmation of your trust in God
and the third is an affirmation of sal
vation,” he said.
Boesingen-wrote the piece for
voice, viola and cello. He said its
main influences were from popular
music.
“Most of the music I write tends
to sound popular in style,” Boesinger
said. “I try to go a step beyond an
ordinary pop song by adding a few
harmonies and rhythms.”
The 8 p.m. concert begins is in
Kimball Recital Hall, and admission
is free.
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