Ambient Monkeys
"Ambient Monkeys" is indeed a bizarre release. In spring of 1997, the Froeses visited England and Poland, touring to promote their newest studio album, "Goblins Club". Every gig was preceded by a prerecorded tape with ambient "environmental" sound wallpaper, into which a tune or two was interlaced. Sure, when you await a concert, standing in a crowd, often in a cold air, you might just as well listen to some muzak than to nothing at all. Such is "Ambient Monkeys" - a mere mixed collection of these tapes. The quality of sound is abysmal, and I think on purpose, since everything is muted away, giving priority to screams of monkeys, synthesized trains, and other voices of nature. Well, sampling is interesting if there's an actual message the composer wants to convey. Here, this is a background music. At least the band had the minimum minimorum of decency to admit that on the album cover, so that you know what you're buying. Yes, I was tempted, since I saw a few classical numbers in the tracklist. What I got was 20 seconds of Bach, 15 seconds of Mozart, and so on - all to the accompaniment of samples of screaming monkeys. I wonder, have I woken up in an asylum, or what? Hello?????????? Is there anybody out there?????????
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