Monkey Safari - Ceremony

Video: The iconic Body Language mix series will hit its 24th volume in mid 2022, but before that come a series of singles starting with Monkey Safari’s excellent ’Ceremony.’ German pair Monkey Safari has released on Get Physical numerous times over the years, but not since 2020’s ’Palomar.’ This new single shows how their sound has evolved since then and comes after more than a decade of EPs and LPs on their own Hommage label as well as the likes of Anjunadeep and Spectrum. What defines the music of Lars Rühlemann and Sven Fröhlich - not least their 2021 album ‘Love Will Set U Free’ - is a curiousness and left-of-centre character that always embellishes each groove. That is once again the case here. The sublime ’Ceremony’ is seven minutes of deep but exotic house music. Expressive vocal wails drift in and out to spiritual effect while the warm beats roll deep. Sha