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3 Daft Monkeys Biography

3 Daft Monkeys are a world music-influenced acoustic band from Cornwall, UK, consisting of Tim Ashton, Athene Roberts, and Lukas Drinkwater (who replaced original Bass player, Jamie Waters). The instrumentation consists of vocals, fiddle, twelve-string guitar, bass guitar and foot drum. The band's musical influences include Celtic, Balkan, Romani, Latino, electronic dance, reggae, dub, punk rock, and traditional folk music.
The albums Hubbadillia and Social Vertigo were recorded in Devon at Martin Barre's Presshouse studios and Green Room Studios respectively, and were produced by Mark Tucker, who also works with bands such as Flook and PJ Harvey.
The band have had great success at venues and festivals all over the UK and Europe, including being invited by Show of Hands to play the main stage at the Eden Project and the 2008 BBC Proms at St David's Hall in Cardiff. Other highlights include GuilFest; Folkwoods, Holland; the Glastonbury Festival, the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival; Folk Segovia, Spain; Lorient Interceltic Festival, France; Kevelaer World Music Festival, Germany; Labadoux Festival, Belgium and enthusiastically welcomed returns to the Beautiful Days and Larmer Tree festivals. They are also a regular support act for The Levellers, with Roberts usually returning to join the Levellers onstage for the finale in a duelling fiddle-off of "What You Know" with added tambourine from Waters and tin-whistle from Ashton.
The band have enjoyed airplay on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Wales during 2006 and 2007, and were described by presenter Mike Harding as "a brilliant band... absolutely amazing".
In May 2012 they played Lakefest festival and are due to play Scarborough's Acoustic Gathering on the 9 Sept.

Line-up changes
The band's first album, Brouhaha, featured Rich Mulryne on djembe, kick drum, cymbals, tambourine and saucepan. From Ooomim onwards Waters played bass.
In May 2011, Lukas Drinkwater joined the band as a temporary replacement for Jamie Waters just for the summer tour, later it was decided that Lukas was to join permanently after Jamie stepped down. When not performing with 3 Daft Monkeys, Lukas plays double bass in the Dart Valley Stompers, a popular Traditional and New Orleans Jazz Band led by award winning saxophone and clarinet player, Jeremy Huggett.
Releases
Brouhaha (2000)
Six songs recorded in Cornwall in 2000 with the band's original line-up.
Wonderful
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Nothing
Maximillian
Saturn Returns
Global Junkie
Ooomim (2002)
Eight songs recorded in Germany, during October 2001 and released in 2002.
Faces
Ooomim
We Be
Weird-Id
Crimson Eyes
Chuffy
Cheerio
For the Wedding
Hubbadillia (2004)
Ten songs recorded by Mark Tucker at Presshouse Studios, Devon during the summer of 2004, released December 2004.
Hubbadillia
Hey Listen
Trez Cerveza
Air
Astral Eyes
Bubbles
The Man
Stop
Timeless
Does My Head In
Gibbon It Live & Dreckly (2007)
12 tracks recorded live at various venues during 2006.
Broygas Tantz
Hubbadillia
Tres Cerveza
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One Fine Day
Ooomim
Social Vertigo
Astral Eyes
Hey Listen
Faces
Maximillian
Mazoltov
Go Tell the Bees EP (2007)
Showcasing three new tracks from the band's forthcoming album, plus one old favourite.
Go Tell the Bees [Radio Edit]
Paranoid Big Brother
Social Vertigo [Radio Edit]
Astral Eyes [Remastered]
Social Vertigo (2008)
13 Tracks recorded with Mark Tucker during 2007. Includes guest musicians on cello, brass, and percussion.
Paranoid Big Brother
Eyes of Gaia
Human Nature (Prelude)
Human Nature
Go Tell the Bees
Guardian Angel
Since
One Fine Day
Social Vertigo
Little Secret
Let 'Em In
Monkey & the Slippers
Dance of the Old Man of Storr
The Antiquated And The Arcane (2010)
The Antiquated and The Arcane
Under One Sun
Just A Ride
Doors Of Perception
Days Of The Dance
Perfect Stranger
Time To Evolve
Casualties Of Tour
Civilised Debauchery
She Said
Love (SIC) Fool
Love Life
Of Stones & Bones
Agnes the Giant Killer
Sarah, the Devil and Jack
The Lovers of Porthgwarra Cove
Jenny and the Changeling
World on its Head
The Tale of the Laziest Pirate
Morwenna
The Pellars of Zennor
Reverend Hawker of Morwenstow
One and All
The Stranger
Film Appearances
The band played the part of buskers in the Cornish film Darralla Jooan Choy an Horr (trans.The Tale of John of Chyannor), winner of the Audience Award at the 2004 Goel Fylm Kernow (Cornwall Film Festival).
References

External links
Official band website
MySpace page
Hey Listen MP3 on band's website
Spiral Earth Site include interview
The Source SouthWest Magazine including new interview Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Properganda Magazine issue #7 with new 3 Daft Monkey interview
Dart Valley Stompers Official Band Website - see and hear Lukas performing Traditional and New Orleans Jazz
Jeremy Huggett's Official Website - Lukas performs in Jeremy Huggett's Jazz Me Blue