Monkey Magic - Volume 2

'Monkey Magic 2' is a gorgeously packaged CD and DVD set, celebrating contemporary independent NZ music!

10 of the tracks on the CD are from artists signed to impressive indie record label Monkey Records, including Tim Guy, The Hot Grits, An Emerald City, Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and Káren Hunter, while the remaining artists featured are self-released friends of Monkey: Haunted Love, Steve Abel, The Mamaku Project and Ragamuffin Children.

The DVD is titled 'Monkey TV' and features all the music videos made by Monkey Records since the year 2000, and featuring some of NZ's most talented emerging filmmakers and animators.

While perhaps not considered that commercially viable by the powers that be, independent radio has embraced and supported many of these artists: The Hot Grits have enjoyed several weeks at #1 on bFM with their first single, The Ballad of Joe Stalin, while Haunted Love's Werewolf was Radio One Song of the Year last year and Cinema 90 by Onelung (here remixed by Sola Rosa) was the most played tune across the bNet for several weeks upon it's release in May 06.

As on the original, critically acclaimed Monkey Magic compilation in '04, this new selection continues to champion new and exciting music from Aotearoa, and aims to introduce many of the artists featured to a wider audience.