Java Jazz Festival has traditionally a strong connection with the Netherlands due to the history of both countries, but also because of the fact that program director Paul Dankmeyer has previously done the same job for the prestigious NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVA and knows by that the ins and outs of the dutch jazz scene and the hot new kidz an the block. One of hollands hippest bands of the moment is STATE OF MONC.
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 the 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.
“GERMANY HAS JAZZANOVA, FRANCE HAS ST. GERMAIN, AND WE, WE HAVE STATE OF MONC.”says Geert Jan Jacobs from "OOR", the main music magazine in the Netherlands.
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.
- March 5th 2010, Friday 15h00 - Erasmushuis, Jakarta, Indonesia ■
- March 6th 2010, Saturday 24h00 and March 7th, Sunday 18h00 - Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia ■
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