Gorillaz Recommends Monkey - Journey To The West
Monkey Bee, a short film directed by Jamie Hewlett is premiering on Youtube
now A live action short film for Monkey Bee - the first single from
'Journey to the West', will have its premiere today. Created and directed
by Jamie Hewlett, Monkey Bee is a mixture of Chinese 1970's spaghetti
western, meets Korean horror movie, meets much beloved 1980's Monkey tv
series...
Fans of Hewlett¹s numerous Gorillaz videos should enjoy his first live
action outing. Conjuring up images of legendary battles and adversity, we
find Monkey trying to cross the volcano fields of Princess Iron Fan. Monkey
needs her magic fan in order to cool the hot molten fields but the Princess
refuses and an epic battle ensues, throwing first trained assassins and
then a colossal army of volcano soldiers his way in a desperate attempt to
thwart his journey.
The film was shot in London on 35mm film, using members of the Journey to
the West cast. A team of modellers, animators, compositors and vfx artists
have since worked for 8 weeks to put all the live action and special
effects together and deliver the first Monkey film.
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Monkey Bee will premiere on youtube from today 28th October, and will
appear on Channel 4 in the UK at 00.05 on Thursday 30th October.
The Monkey Bee video is also available for you to own from the 30th October
on I-tunes.
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Monkey takes over Youtube
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To celebrate the release of this new short film, Monkey has taken over
Youtube for 24 hours. Head over there now to catch the world premiere of
Monkey Bee; the making of Monkey Bee; Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's
youtube takeover and curatorial introduction; Damon & Jamie's Excellent
Adventure and other clips hand-picked by Damon and Jamie which tell the
story of what shaped the unique musical and visual aesthetic of Journey to
the West.
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The album is based on the opera
Monkey: Journey to the West
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which is showing at the O2 London from November.
Buy tickets here
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Make your own Monkey Bee Video
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Think you could create a live action, 70's Chinese spaghetti western
inspired action film? Go on then - we're giving you a trove of clips, green
screens and visuals straight from the editor's suite allowing you to make
your own version of the Monkey Bee film.
Once you've created your Monkey asterpiece, just upload it to this
contest-specific Youtube channel where it will be judged by Damon Albarn
and Jamie Hewlett: http://www.youtube.com/group/monkeybee
The winner will receive a signed copy of the limited edition, deluxe vinyl
version of the Monkey: Journey to the West album, and 5 additional winners
will get two tickets to see the Monkey: Journey to the West opera at the O2
in December.
Click here for more info!
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To celebrate Monkey's return to London next month
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, a special edition of Time Out magazine hits the London news stands next
Tuesday October 28th.
Exclusive new Jamie Hewlett comic in Time Out magazine
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This issue, featuring a cover designed especially for the magazine by Jamie
Hewlett, will also include Hewlett's first comic strip since 1998, and a
free iTunes voucher for readers to download a track from the album. The
comic strip feature's Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy & Tripitaka as they meet the
White Skeleton Demon.
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Win one of 200 tickets for Monkey at the O2
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Time Out are giving away 100 pairs of tickets to Monkey Journey To The
West. Simply enter your name into the Time Out draw for your chance to bag
a pair of tickets to the show on Tuesday November 11th.
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Win a Vinyl Box Set
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The album Journey to the West was released in August this year and debuted
at #5. Entirely in Mandarin, it's the first album of its kind to chart in
the UK - and Time Out have five deluxe vinyl box sets up for grabs. Crafted
by The Vinyl Factory, the box set features an exclusive art poster designed
by Jamie Hewlett and a 68-page booklet featuring lyrics and sketches.
Win a trip to China
The Monkey extravaganza doesn't stop there. Time Out has also teamed up
with responsibletravel.com
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to offer a prize of a trip for two to China.
The winners will spend over two weeks exploring historical sites, and
experiencing traditional rural life as well as mixing with the locals in
Shanghai.
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MONKEY JOURNEY TO THE WEST AT THE O2 LONDON FROM NOVEMBER 2008!
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Following SELL OUT shows in Manchester, Paris, Charleston & London's Royal
Opera House, Monkey: Journey to the West opens in a tented theatre at the
02 in London on November 8th. Monkey: Journey to the West is Directed by
Chen Shi-Zheng, designed by Jamie Hewlett and with music composed by Damon
Albarn.
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Album buy links
DigitaliTunes (worldwide version)
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Physical - UK HMV
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- Amazon
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XL Recordings Shop
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Physical - US Beggars Shop
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monkeyjourneytothewest
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- youtube channel
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- facebook fan page
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- myspace
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