Former Asia, Stone Roses and Ian Brown guitarist Aziz Ibrahim & Ian Brown and Winachi Tribe percussion maestro Inder Goldfinger will come together on the 21st year Anniversary since the release of Ian Brown’s debut solo album, Unfinished Monkey Business to celebrate their collaboration on the record.
Unfinished Monkey Business was funded and produced by Brown, enjoyed a Top 5 U.K. Album Chart position, achieved gold sales in the U.K. and brought him Top 20 hits such as My Star, Corpses In Their Mouths and Longsight M13. Both Aziz and Inder worked on the album, developing the ideas with Brown, writing and bringing the record’s strong South Asian influence to the fore.
In many ways, Monkey Business is a natural extension of their original collaborative work on the album. Unfinished Monkey Business perhaps didn’t get the time in the spotlight it deserved. Fate and circumstance took a hold, and the album was under-promoted as a result. Aziz and Inder want to take us on an immersive journey with the very soul of this album, paying tribute in their own way and with the blessing and encouragement of Ian himself.
Ibrahim replaced John Squire on guitar duties for the Stone Roses and Goldfinger was a regular on percussion for Brown’s live shows.
The tour of intimate performances in unique spaces takes us on a journey, highlighting the South Asian musical expansion of Brown’s songs and calls in to Liverpool’s Unitarian Church on April 26th. Support on the night will come from Ian Brown’s regular tour comrade DJ Lowrider.