»30.aug.2008 PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER, Amsterdam
organised by JazzImpuls
»13.sept.2008 PURE JAZZ, Den Haag
SPECIAL PROJECT: "IDOL"
with Visual Artists: Urbi&Orbi
»27.nov.2008 DE TUIN, Rotterdam
organised by Dutch Nu-Jazz Movement
STATE OF MONC IS CROSSING BORDERS, AGAIN!
After a succesfull tour with Monsieur Dubois/Dutch Nu Jazz Movement in Germany, they will be doing their thing in MOROCCO(14 June) en in the UKRAIN (25/26 June). In Rabath they will be playing together with some great Moroccan players. Avoid monoculture!
JAZZISM GIVES 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
"Clippertron puts the Dutch Nu-Jazz scene on the international map."
DUTCH MAGAZINE 'OOR' GIVES CLIPPERTRON THUMBS UP (Dutch)
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.
September 2006 finally saw the release of their long-awaited second album Clippertron on Challenge Records. Following on from Hand to Mouth (Citygrooves/EDM), on Clippertron the band works their primal, powerful wave of contemporary sound into sophisticated and refined original compositions. Clippertron is produced by Michel Schoots (Urban Dance Squad) and State of Monc, and features Michel van Schie, Ben van den Dungen, and other special guests. A new chapter in Dutch-grown nu-jazz.
“Germany has Jazzanova, France has St. Germain, and we, we have State of Monc."
OOR (Geert Jan Jacobs)
