
Photo credit: Cédric Mathias
Swiss instrumental quatuor MONKEY3 and French trio MARS RED SKY have crafted a brand new cosmic creature: MONKEYS ON MARS. An exciting ephemeral and collaborative project with release and tour plans. Ready for take-off?
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MONKEYS ON MARS fuses two outer-space heavy psychedelic projects. French trio MARS RED SKY’s kraut-infused sophisticated atmospheres carried by melodic vocals and complex heavier-than-heavy rhythms meet Swiss mind-blowing outfit MONKEY3’s progressive breaks, mesmerising grooves and colossal riffs. Don’t forget this shared sci-fi passion of theirs and you will get a full interstellar trip! This amazing lineup will perform a series of special shows thanks to Doomstar Bookings and 3C Tour. At the end of Monkey3 and Mars Red Sky’s respective shows, Monkeys On Mars will present their collaborative EP in full. The record is currently being recorded between France and Switzerland. The bands are working on it fully together. Each song is composed by the whole team - which makes the process complex but so much interesting. The gem is dropping this October 17th 2025 via Mrs Red Sound. More details and gig announcements will be revealed soon.
Mathieu Yassef (Doom Dad, Rock Hard Magazine) :
“Imagine an uchrony in which the January 31st 1961 space mission didn't quite go according to the plan. Ham, the chimpanzee sent into space, never returned. His suborbital flight drifted through Space and found shelter on Mars - soon joined by other monkeys, following the successive failures of NASA's missions. The hominids colony thus created, developed its own civilisation, freeing itself from the very rules of gravity. The music created by Monkeys On Mars sounds like the soundtrack to this strange story.”
JJ Koczan (The Obelisk) :
"Thus Monkeys on Mars. Think of the textures! Think of the keyboards communing with vocal melodies. Think of two bands who both know so well what they’re about bringing together ideas and seeing what sticks. Think of them doing it live."
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LINE-UP:
Julien Pras: vocals, guitar (Mars Red Sky)
Boris De Piante: guitar (Monkey3)
Jimmy Kinast: bass, vocals (Mars Red Sky)
Jalil Perrenoud: bass (Monkey3)
Mathieu Gazeau: drums, vocals (Mars Red Sky)
Walter Albrecht: drums (Monkey3)
Guillaume Desboeufs "dB": keys & sounds (Monkey3)
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