STEAK 002 in The State.

Nice review of Steak 002 in this months Dance round up in The State:

"If you really want to push it to fever pitch, try the aptly named ’Hyped Up EP’ by Monkey Steak on Steakhouse Records. The title track sees MC Zulu whipping up the crowd in hyped up Soca fashion. If you are not in the mood for Zulu’s chirpy party banter, try the instrumental mix, which is called ‘Bombeiros! ‘. ‘Haarlem Drift’ on the flip combines the booming bass drum and rolling snares of UK Funky with a hint of deep, Detroit style chords and ‘Tigris Rhythm’ combines Funky with Bollywood. A stonkingly good debut by Monkey Steak, aka Atki2 and Hanuman, who recently scored with ‘Tigerflower’ and ‘Bola’ respectively."

STEAK 002 on Sonic Router

Lovely Review of Steak 002 on Sonic Router:

"Bristol bass fiends Atki2 and Hanuman – collectively Monkey Steak - have a pretty admirable record for pulling together the best bits of many of the globe’s bass mutations. The first release for their Steak House label was strangely psychedelic, despite its often rapid-fire nature – next to Mr. Gasparov’s comparatively delicate ‘1975’, Lisbon duo Octa Push’s pair of tracks were positively manic, both furiously addictive slabs of funky-infused electro noise. Meanwhile, their recent 12” for the Idle Hands label has proven to be one of the year’s best, notable especially for Atki2 and Dub Boy’s stunning ‘Tigerflower’. It also welcomed a less obvious aspect to their sound, favouring gradual change and melodic progression over simple dancefloor action.

The second release for Steak House sees Atki2 and Hanuman further explore both sides of that split personality: both tracks on the A-side hit like a ton of bricks from the off. ‘Hyped Up!’ and its counterpart riddim ‘Bombeiros’ rattle along at a nerve-busting 150 bpm, their tightly syncopated percussion and frazzled stabs of synth more akin to Octa Push or Buraka Som Sistema’s electrified kuduro than the slightly more sedate vibes of UK funky. The presence of Ghislain Poirier collaborator MC Zulu only serves to solidify this connection, his ever-escalating excitement impressively suited to the music’s manic nature.

The duo’s more experimental side, though, is far better represented on the flip. ‘Tigris Riddim’ is one of the most intriguing hybrids to have emerged so far this year, centred around a lopsided Arabian folk sample that curls around the beat like plumes of shisha smoke. It’s also one of the best, its cut-and-paste nature making it a pleasure to unpick on a decent pair of headphones. Though faster again, ‘Haarlem Drift’ continues in a similar vein, giving equal priority to musical development as to raw dance energy, and in doing so significantly upping its longevity. Though the scorched carnival atmosphere of Zulu’s contribution remains true to this music’s basic purpose, the slightly more exploratory bent they’re taking on the B-side suits Monkey Steak well. Long may it continue."

STEAK 002 in this month's Wire.

Monkey Steak - Hyped Up @ Ruffnek Diskotek

Got some good footage here of Monkey Steak @ Ruffnek Diskotek last week. They're playing Hyped Up featuring MC Zulu, which has just come out on Steak House.

Cosies is a small basement club so the footage is fairly murky, but believe me the club was properly bouncing to this!

STEAK 002: Order Now

STEAK 002 is out now! You can grab the vinyl from the following fine purveyors of music:

Boomkat
Chemical
Juno
Rooted

Mp3s released on Monday!

Venue Magazine article on Steak 002 & Ruffnek Diskotek

Bristol & Bath's Venue magazine have written some excellent press in this weeks issue about both Ruffnek Diskotek this Saturday, and the imminent release of Steak house 002

And remember the Grevious Angel remix of Tigris Riddim by Monkey Steak , is still available for a free download here!

Steak 002 release party @ Ruffnek Diskotek

This Saturday see's the first Ruffnek Diskotek of 2010!

We are putting on a Steak House release party to celebrate the imminent arrival of Steak 002 on March 8th!

If you come down to Cosies, our favourite bass cave in Bristol, you'll be able check out tracks from the forthcoming Monkey Steak EP, hear what else they've been cooking up in their lab, plus shake your rump to Dub Boy & Stylatron.

If you like dancehall, soca, garage, dubstep and general karnival vibes, and you're in Bristol this Saturday, this is you.................

STEAK 002: Preview now on Youtube.

MC Zulu & Dizzee Rascal @ The Big Day Out

Brap Brap!

MC Zulu, who features on the forthcoming Steak House 002 release, is filmed here at the Big Day Out in Perth alongside none other than Dizzee Rascal.

Great to see our musical family in such esteemed company!

STEAK 002 Available at Redeye Records now.

The lovely folk at Redeye Records win the prize for being the first to list STEAK 002 for Pre-Order. You can grab the vinyl from their website now for only a shade over a fiver. Get involved!

STEAK 002 at Redeye

STEAK 002: Released 8th March

STEAK 002: Monkey Steak & MC Zulu is coming out on 12" vinyl and digital on March 8th. You can listen to the tunes here:

Steak House Sound Cloud


It'll be available in all the usual places put feel free to email us for Stockist enquiries: Steakhouserecords @ gmail.com

We've been receiving great reviews for the record including two in this month's DJ Mag! You can read them below:


Sinden - DJ Mag




Markle - DJ Mag





Oli Warwick - IDJ

STEAK 002: Review in Clash Magazine

Nice Review of Steak 002 in Clash Magazine. We're hoping to have the record out in about 4 weeks.

STEAK 002: Full Previews and FREE Grievous Angel Remix

Hot on the heels of STEAK 001, praised by everyone from Thom Yorke to Sinden comes another 12” of karnival heat from Hanuman and Atki2’s Steak House imprint.

STEAK 002 sees label bosses Monkey Steak (Hanuman and Atki2) take the helm to deliver a release that fuses Soca, Funky and Bashment sounds with global influences and trademark Monkey Steak edits. The result is a record that’ll blow the roof off any dance!

A1: Hyped Up feat MC Zulu is an instant party classic. Featuring the
formidable vocal talents of the original badman MC Zulu. This tune is pure Soca Fire.

STEAK 002 A1 - Monkey Steak feat. MC Zulu - Hyped Up! by Steak House Records

A2: Bombeiros! is the riddim of Hyped Up and a huge tune in its own right.
Chromatic Bass and galloping Soca Beats raise the temperature on this tropical banger. One for the Airhorns Crew!

STEAK 002 - A2 Monkey Steak - Bombeiros! (Hyped Up Instrumental) by Steak House Records

B1: Tigris Riddim. As featured on Toddla T.’s Fabriclive:47 mix. Fragments of Iraqi folk music collide with bubbling bass and tuff bashment beats. Global Bass at its finest.

STEAK 002 B1 - Monkey Steak - Tigris Riddim by Steak House Records

B2: Haarlem Drift is a psychedelic funky anthem. Dreamy synths and punishing sub bass weave themselves around a broken tribal rhythm. Featured in Chrissy Murderbot’s massive Mad Decent Mixtape.

STEAK 002 B2 Monkey Steak - Haarlem Drift by Steak House Records

As a special Christmas Gift from Steak House we're also giving away a free 320 of Sheffield Garage Legend Grievous Angel's remix of Tigris Riddim from STEAK 002. Feel free to blog this, share it, whatever. Just click on the arrow on the top right of the player. Happy Xmas!

Monkey Steak - Tigris Riddim (Grievous Angel Remix) by Steak House Records

STEAK 002: MONKEY STEAK.

Exciting times. We've just got everything finalised for the next record and I can confirm that STEAK 002 sees label bosses Monkey Steak (myself and Atki2) take the helm to deliver a release that fuses Soca, Funky and Bashment sounds with global influences and trademark Monkey Steak edits. We've enlisted the formidable vocal talents of the original badman MC Zulu on Hyped Up! and the record also features Tigris Riddim (as featured on Toddla T's recent Fabric mix) and Haarlem Drift (as featured on Murderbot's recent Mad Decent mixtape)



You can listen to short preview clips on our myspace by following the link below and hold tight for full previews on our Soundcloud soon:

http://www.myspace.com/steakhouserecords