![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Izmar - Aze [mtw031] So, we continue with the Mono211 sublabel tradition of releasing 'good, but unclassifiable' material that takes both breaks and chillout influences on-board. And this time, we were delighted to get "Aze", an unexpected submission from the mysterious Izmar, and a whole album of delightfully groovy, beautifully programmed jazzy techno/chillout.Right from the slow build of "Aze-01", it's clear that there's something different going on here, with possible comparisons to the divine Fila Brazillia and... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 4,312 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vim! - Ears Fear [mtw001] Vim! gives it a go with a _really_ twisted piece of dark jungle, in his own inimitable style. With influences from Ed Rush to the Digital Hardcore crew. you'll only hear this on MP3, and you'll only get it from Mono211, it's not just a conversion of a 500k XM, it's worth it.. have we sold you yet? Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 781 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bay Tremore - Four77 [mtw005] Another day, another m211 mp3 release, and this time it's the mp3 debut of that funk soul brother Bay Tremore. He hits us with one of his intriguingly original drum and bass tracks - sorta somewhere towards the techstep that so dominates d+b nowadays but then shying away towards the melodic under-ratedness of artists such as Arcon2 or even Springheel Jack.In fact, it's different again, and, much like the Tek tune we've previously put out on mp3, it offers a different perspective to a well-worn f... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,559 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Simon V - Screwdriver [mtw013] Thanks to old friend Simon V. and SantorinRecordings (http://www.santorin.de), we havea guest-release extra-ordinaire in a wickedbdrum+snare stylee. This particular bass-b00meris actually released as a real 12-inch single onSantorin - but they've actually given it to us toput out for free on m211 too. Youch, d+b witha real twisted analogue edge.So nod your head hard to the menacing koolroc bass action, and go seek out the originalvinyl in the shops so you can perform the essentialreeeee-wind... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 373 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Substance - Learning To Rock [mtw016] After being vaguely dormant for some time, Mono211,the sister, much more hiphop-influenced breakz+beatslabel to Monotonik, returns, with this rather cutetune from Helsinki, Finland native Substance.Substance (who also releases on Monotonik as Kuu),has crafted a smartly oldskool track from an acidbassline, loping drums, and some lovely scratchyhits and vocal samples. Put the needle on the recordand check it, s'il vous plait.. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 404 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hoffman - Dark Fool [mtw017] Showing that he can still put out rolling breakbeats with the best of them, this Hoffman release showcases the kind of marvellous funky breaks that led De:Bug magazine in Germany to call us 'the Ninja Tune of the Net'.Mind you, this time round, 'Dark Fool' is somewhere between BT-esque progressive breakbeat, harder techno, and Incredible Bongo Band-style freestyling. Definitions are always on the tricky side, but rest assured you've got a treat in for you. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 480 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ramone - Unreleased Works Part 1 - The Fistful Of Dojo and SuperSIDekick Sessions [mtw023] After the unexpected and tragic loss of Andi Horvath, aka Ramone/Mono, of a sudden heart failure in June (tribute page here), we at Monotonik+friends were contacted by his friends at Fruitz Of Dojo (the Mac demo-scene group he was a member of) with a number of great unreleased Ramone .XM tracks (playable in WinAmp) which had been composed, in the months before he passed away, for both a demo ('Fistful Of Dojo') and a 'chip' music-disc ('SuperSIDekick Sessions').So, we're proud to present these 1... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 268 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bearded Vault System - Selling Puppies From A Tray [mtk009] This release comes from Bearded Vault System, and that's not a facial-hair-related security device, rather the pseudonymous Bauri of Saundart Recordings, purveyor of enchanting and sometimes wild electronic noises. This particular track is beguiling, almost fluid techno, with spiky melodies drifting in and out of focus, but plenty of blessed minimalism too. Highly recommended. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 768 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Thug - Obatem By Night [mtk010] Thug (aka Tim Koch, aka Serkul), has been getting some pretty nice press recently for his debut CD "Isolated Rhythm Chock" on the Aural Industries label outta Australia. And we're lucky enough to be able to release "Obatem By Night", an exclusive track from him, not on the album and only available on mp3 from us.Listen to the track and you'll find alternately beautiful fuzz and extremely concentrated melodies, reminiscent perhaps of Black Dog at their most melancholic... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 647 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sushi Brother - Shadowfighter (Frank+Bill Remix) [mtk011] Completely transmogrified from its original Mono211 release, this amazing remix comes from Swedish artist Frank Bolero, who's been floating around negativspace for some time, along with his partner in crime Bill Yard.So what was once ninja-esque breakz flips right around into the kind of pure tones and drop dead lovely melodies that are hopefully coming to characterise the Monotonik label - sinewave arpeggios, shuffling drums, phasing bass, drifting chords.... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 642 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vim! - 4-Bit Xmas EP [mtk012] Season's greetings from the Monotonik klan come in the form of this wonderful duo from Vim!, label-star and uniquely.. unique artist. So we kick it with trademark retro melodies in "4-Bit Xmas" and then do some warped Arfur Daley-sampling breakwizardry with "Wakey Wakey Wales - It's Christmas!" If only Yuletide could always be as warped as this. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 750 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vektrex - Plutonics EP [mtk013] A new EP from a brand new artist, Icelandic bringer of non-tranquility Vektrex, and whilst "Jacket From Planet Pluto" is an eloquent electro-ish track with a sneaky 'masters-of-triphop' sample and urgent, clicking percussion, the crazed beeps of "Perfect Pitch" bring to mind a NES game gone horribly, horribly wrong. Timestretching chip-chords and pitchbending sinewaves? Yikes, call the Game Genie right now! Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,233 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lindon - Eksajoule [mtk014] There's still time to introduce new artists we think are rather spiffing here, and Finland's Lindon would be one of those. "Eksajoule" is a driftingly backed rhythmic idm treat, with mini-drum-fireworks lit every few seconds and a backing lilt which is truly beautiful. Some more of that more melodic idm that we like so much chez Monotonik? We fear so. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 542 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lackluster - 13/10/99 [mtk015] - Lackluster The first sign of a Monotonik return would be Lackluster, aka Distance, purveyor of beautifully serene ambient idm, as signed to DeFocus Records in the UK, with a 12 out already and an album due soon.But Monotonik is still lucky enough to feature some of his work, and this exclusive mp3 delves deeply into classic Lackluster territory, with shuffling percussion, layers and layers of pure sinewaves drifting over the top, and echo after echo symbolising the wind drifting icily over the ships in Hel... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,350 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sushi Brother - Lionfish [mtk016] From the weirdly melodic but skewed Swede, Sushi Brother, comes this piece of jaunty, twisty, jazzfunkbreak-ish music thats almost completely uncategorisable..If you start to mention Squarepusher meeting the fellow Swedes from the Dot label in an underpass somewhere, maybe.. well maybe thats a laughable comparison :) But its the only one weve got, so check out the feisty, squirmy lead and the spaz-out interludes and nod in disagreement.. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,858 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Colongib - Scopedog, Mechanical Man [mtk017] Oddly-monikered enigma and force behind distinctly weirdass (mais cool) vinyl and CDs on the Kracfive and Underscore labels in the US, amongst others, Colongib has kindly deigned to release this exclusive track on Monotonik.Full of truly crunchy sounds, but with some of the twistedbreak flava that Monotonik so lusts after, this particular mp3 is full of unexpected turns and stutters. Listen, by all means, but were not responsible for what happens if you try to dance.. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 503 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vim! - Fit At The Front [mtk018] And the Monotonik experience couldnt be complete without a new release from the English madprofessor, and, we contend, one of the true individuals behind Monotoniks quality, Vim!.Fit At The Front reminds us a tiny bit of the AFX remix of Baby Fords Normal in the way it keeps the braindance going, but ducks and dives, spins and parries, in that uniquely screwed Vim!-style way. The melodies are weird as hell, the drums are boom bap boom in unexpected flurries, and it all adds up to a damn good tim... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 648 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hoffman - Assault Systems [mtk019] The first Hoffman release in 6 months finds our English beatfreak in fine fettle, with a corker of an electro-ish techno track, at least partially inspired by the likes of Luke Slater (hence the title, echo-ing Planetary Assault Systems!)As per usual, the vital Hoffman phase and form and function get together and blast a beautiful swathe through the canyons between your ears. It's the strings and the booming bassdrum kickdrum and the trippy melodies that really make us go boom... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 646 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Thug - Sudafed x2 [mtk020] Australian idm wonderboy Thug, aka Tim Koch, lets us borrow some moreof his latest and greatest tracks for exclusive mp3 releaseon Monotonik, and boy, are we glad he did. This particular tune weaves the dense idm melodies (that has him compared to early Black Dog) with complex rhythms and hues to create somethingrather original."Sudafed x2" continues to delight on multiple listens, not leastbecause of the strange static impacted undertones, but in themain because it's just beautiful techno music... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 604 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sleepy - Foob [mtk021] Alaskan ambient maestro (and artist behind the first ever Monotonik mp3 release) Jiva, returns for this gorgeous piece of ambient-drone-rock-idm under his Sleepy alter-ego. This track features sampled and processed guitars by the man himself, along with a healthy dose of background noise and beautifully shuffling percussion.Perhaps a little reminiscent of Budd or Eno, but a little more contemporary than that, this is the kind of track you can put on permanent repeat play and not notice for hours... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 657 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Radix - Counting Stars [mtk022] The first release on Monotonik for Radix, aka Mosaik, the Swedish artist who's been making a lot of waves in the PC 'demo-scene' over the past couple of years with his perfectly crafted melodies and beautifully smooth stylings. "Counting Stars" is the sound of a man who's clearly been listening to Boards Of Canada, but has seen fit to put his own spin on their innocent electronica.What with the beautifully pitch-bent lead and the hypnotic voice drifting in and out of the background, Radix seems ... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 2,135 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Super Science - We're Like Air, Everywhere At Once [mtk023] Another debut on Monotonik, and this wonderful multi-layered idm-ish vocal-scattered track is by another of the new skool of Australian electronic talent, Super Science, aka Clue To Kalo. Famous idm labels have been showing interest in this particular man, and I think we can see why from this busily static-flecked, almost robotically beautiful piece. Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 948 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Pretty Boy Crossover - Oranjebloom [mtk024] Due to our Thug-ish connections, Monotonik seems to be specialising in fragile idm from the cream of the new talent coming out of Australia right now.So here's another label debut, from Pretty Boy Crossover (PBXO for short, but they prefer it long and ambiguous, and don't you forget it..) They're a duo who've been around for a few years now, developing their gently individual sound all the while, and recently got a lot of interest from Skam, home of.... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 3,797 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Thug - Werdan [mtk025] Another welcome release from Australia's Tim Koch, and this particular track, once composed under the Tsunami Brothers moniker, mixes weirdly compelling rolling beats with quick changes of pace and high falutin', radio-tuning-spattered synths.As mentioned previously, Thug's "Isolated Rhythm Chock" album on Aural Industries is a big hit with melodic idm fans all over the place, and his previous releases on Monotonik as Thug and Serkul have been pretty popular, too... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 506 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sense - Bubble Blower [mtk027] Fresh from his appearance remixing Lackluster for the DeFocus-released "R U Oho?" 12" (FOC354), the Australian artist Sense, who's been around the music-scene a long time, and is finally getting more well-deserved recognition (he's played supporting Aphex Twin on his live Oz jaunts, and even now is being courted by Jeff Mills for his new label..)"Bubble Blower" is a wonderfully serene piece of ambient techno, calmly rippling through your speakers (or, indeed, headphones) with gently drifting syn... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,406 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vae - Harry Slazenger [mtk028] And the band played on. With the band, in this case, being made up of the rather smart Finnish-type Vae, formerly known as Strala, and boss of the smart Net.label Kahvi (recently resurrected from purgatory, and looking all the better for it!)In any case, "Harry Slazenger" (no relation to Jake, Vae assures us..) is an initially distant, suddenly pendulum-like swing through sweetly toned electronic pop music - like Kraftwerk without the Teutonic bent, or a massively slowed-down electro-machine of ... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 34,730 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vim! - Timecrunch EP [mtk029] Monotonik is delighted to welcome the return of the plastic inevitable, hewn from solid nostalgia, Vim! :) As always, beavering away with his very own carefully skewed musical style, he serves up these 3 vignettes as the "Timecrunch EP".The lead-off track, "Thin Strips Of You", hovers majestically in 3d.space before skittering around a retrig.forest, whereas "Jackie Batey" plays off the evocative arpegiating of classic Vim! with some subtle melodies - all too short, mind... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 944 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sense - 220500 [mtk030] We're lucky enough to get another release from Australian quiet electronic.storm, Sense. Once languishing in slightly more obscurity than he deserved, his great remix of Lackluster for the DeFocus 12" ("R U Oho?") has put him squarely back on the idm radar, and there's going to be more Sense out on vinyl/CD in the next few months - a man to watch.In this case, we're graced with a koto-laced ambient experience, "220500", delicately twined with echo and its twin brother, reverb, along with cicada-... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 797 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Binary - Fusion EP [mtk031] As a taster for the one-off and assuredly rather special forthcoming album, Monotonik is proud to present the final recordings of UK artist Binary.Formerly signed to Planet Noisebox, and receptor of rave reviews in the NME for the 'awkward gracefulness' of the 'Music Of Sound' 10" and 'Brick Wall Music' album, Binary has now decided to leave the music industry altogether. his final album, 'Binatone', will be released through Monotonik, so everyone can enjoy his pithy blend of electro-tinged tech... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,242 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 4T Thieves - Dreamtime [mtk032] Having last released a track on Mono almost exactly 4 years ago, it's really been quite a long time away from the label for Isle Of Wight,UK/Finland based 4T Thieves, who's an oldskool Amiga demo-scener of the highest grade, and also operates under the name Soundstate.However, his return to the Monotonik fold is much welcomed, and this particular piece of casually expansive retro-activeness is strangely early-90s, in the best 'Artifical Intelligence'-influenced ways... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 736 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Aquaboogie - Woozy Dog [mtk033] The debut on Monotonik from New Zealand-based Aquaboogie, "Woozy Dog" is a ultra-spaced electro-tinted stroll through fields of.. well, if we could just focus a little better, we could work out what they were fields of, but the Earth's moving a bit fast.. we'd better have a sit down... *stares vacantly into space, grinning*..[Such is the power of Aquaboogie's narcotic atmospherics, our song-describing blokes appear to have taken a funny turn... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 568 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Duann - Domestic Scilence [mtk034] Yipes. Well, it's been the lazy summer months, but maybe Monotonik really has been chilling out a bit _too_ much recently. If this is indeed the case, then it's the case no more, and it's thanks to Australian idm-er Duann, who also releases material as part of the duo called Modula.His forthcoming compilation appearance and Modula's album on the oft-mentioned-nowadays Surgery Records should be bonzer, and he broke his charismatic reticence to offer us this gutsy, hoppin', percussively freaky sol... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,630 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vom - Untitled000 [mtk035] A little more unexpectedness, perhaps, in the form of this rather immaculate release from Vom. And who, exactly, might he be? Well, Vom is the drone-rock-noise alter-ego of UK Monotonik artist Vim!.. So rest assured, we haven't mis-spelt anything, it's just the usual Monotonik noise, but from an unusual angle.. and with double helpings of static.And how to describe this release? Well.. it's a trip... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 436 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Binary - Binatone [mtk036] Long-awaited, here's the full (and final!) album from UK artist Binary. Following critical acclaim for his 12" on UK label Planet Noisebox, "The Music Of Sound", constructed entirely out of noises from household objects, and the subsequent CD "Brick Wall Music", he elected to stop releasing music altogether, and donated this album to Monotonik for a freely spreadable release online...As a result, you get quite a lot for your money - since you pay.... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 2,377 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | _ And The Secret Formula - Powerman [mtk037] Far be it for us to be mysterious, but _ And The Secret Formula is damn spooky in his (its?) ability to glide up to our virtual front door, throw an mp3-containing brick thru it, and disappear back into the night again. Who _was_ that masked musician?In this case, it was a masked musician who starts by cutting up rap lyrics into miniscule pieces, and then re-assembling them into geek-beatbox-heaven... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 511 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Super Science - Sometimes We're Happy [mtk038] The second release on Monotonik for Australian artist Super Science, this breathy, expansive mp3 comes from his first CD on Surgery Records, "Love Like Life In Miniature"."Sometimes We're Happy", like much of the album, combines stylish vocal-punctuated tectonics with unexpected blips and beeps, always keeping it melodic, always constructive, always new. But most of all, with the voice-layering and the soaring chords, this music is soulful... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,220 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sense - Kieko [mtk039] After his Oompa-Loompah-worrying first track on Monotonik and his divine Lackluster remix for the "R U Oho?" 12" on DeFocus, Sense comes out with another gorgeous mtk.release ahead of his Aural Industries EPs due out later this year."Kieko", then, would be quietly dazzling idm-ish techno of the highest order - all pattering synths and gently reverberating drums, a subtle waterfall of sound. Like a lot of recent Monotonik releases, forget your glitch, let's worship the melody, guvnor... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,610 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Crashkid - The Art Of Falling Down EP [mtk040] It's always a pleasure to introduce someone new onto Monotonik, and in this case, it's German composer and DJ, Crashkid, who brings a more organic, acoustic edge to our sound with this 2-track EP."Stair" is almost hiphop-like in its rhythmically shuffling beats, but with structured guitar overlays and subtle phrasing, you can see why Crashkid counts My Bloody Valentine alongside more conventional electronica as some of his main influences... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 1,263 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Proem - Too Many Cookies EP [mtk041] Long-awaited and finally sorted, this 4-track EP is from US artist Proem, previously known for his excellent "Burn Plate No.1" album on Hydrant and supa compilation appearances on Toytronic and Kracfive.EP opener, "Hyla1", takes us deep into drone territory, echoing and subtly glitching like sonar waves, before "Romanian Fruit Bowl" cuts loose with spacey multi-layers of minimalist loop-free drill+drum action."Access Mike" switches up a gear into cicada-like percussion and politely sledgehammer ... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 3,419 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Prob. - Emotion EP [mtk042] After a longish period of hibernation, Dice, aka Prob., the Finnish breaks-guru who's a longtime Dharma collaborator and has previous and forthcoming 12" releases on Audio Couture, Straight Up Breakbeat and Formation, comes up with a gem of a mini-EP for Monotonik in his more laidback Prob. guise.First up is the title track, "Emotion", a wonderfully horizontally-inclined d+b-flecked track, reminiscent of some of the output on Certificate 18, perhaps - all insistent snares and pirouetting bass, b... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 2,349 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Please Annihilate Oulu - Please Annihilate Oulu [mtk043] A debut of sorts and a comeback in other ways, as a mysterious Finnish artist called (for the purposes of this release) Please Annihilate Oulu gives us two starkly contrasting tracks.To start things off right, "Copyplate" is a truly virtuoso piece of freejazz vs. drill+bass vs. whoknows, and is quite unlike anything out there right now. Don't worship the glitch, worship the crazy itch. On the other hand, "Lissabon", from a couple of years back, is a calmly authoritative piece of tick-tock, strin... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 544 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Vae - Sing Silverduck Sing [mtk044] Vae, most excellent proprietor of the net.label Kahvi, kindly gives us his 2nd release on Monotonik, and this one's a treat - melodically beautiful, and complete with ambient duck.qwak action, the key element of any classic song in this day and age.So whether it be the nifty serene organ loop or the shuffle-crack percussion which really give you the chills on this particular number, Vae's friend (the fowl who's silver, of course!) provides a touching, emotion-filled experience for all of us... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 8,212 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Fun Tourist - DDD [mtk045] In an alternative universe, Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, is acknowledged as the true king of electronic music, not those spiky old bores, Aphex Twin and Autechre. And in that alternative universe, Finland's Fun Tourist is, well.. at least grand vizier. And probably senior vice-president in charge of snare rushes.Regardless of folly, "DDD" is a truly spectacular piece of electronic music, complete with funky drums cut to ribbons, strange octave-pitched tribal chants, 8-bit heavy metal guitars... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 3,583 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tweeter - Me And My Friend Lobstah [mtk046] Having previously been associated with Substance's excellent net.mod.label Voodoo, Finnish musician Tweeter comes out with his debut for Monotonik, and it's a real treat."Me And My Friend Lobstah" is a sinewave-smooth electronic trip with boil+bubble drums and widening echo-styled passages leading out to the fill-out, the breakdown, the true wide-screen style. It's strangely reminiscent of an earlier era, the early 90s, but in the best possible way - not retro, just as good as the original stuff... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 563 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | DJ Cowbell - Bumpshaltr [mtk047] As a special Valentine's Day release for Monotonik, we're truly proud to present an elusive release from the reclusive DJ Cowbell."Bumpshaltr" is the first mp3 ever to be released from the master of broken beats, who first gained fame by spinning solely to a bovine audience in the Mid-West USA, and whose live sets frequently result in region-wide 'state of emergency' alerts and large numbers of sonic casualties, some permanently unable to ever listen to power ballads again.So, in our quest to fi... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 3,693 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Aquaboogie - Little Star EP [mtk048] A return visit to Monotonik from New Zealand-based artist Aquaboogie, and again his very distinctive, almost dreamily spaced-out electronics surface from the Antipodean haze.First up, "Little Star" brings a kinda Isan-ish calm and simplicity to an ambient haze of a track, with angelic, metallic, computer-generated lullaby over the top of some delightfully re-focusing strings.Then, "Insecure Robot" brings another Adams-ian piece of whimsy to life, whether intentionally or accidentally, with bloop... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 877 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Aereal - Connect [mtk049] A debut of distinction, this, as a brand-new artist from the UK, Aereal, kindly grabs our attention with this emotional "Connect"-ion that truly shines.Reminiscent of the rangiest early 90s material from dark canines and their ilk, "Connect" blends the background industrial clank to the lushest of strings and percussive clicks to make, honestly, one of the dreamiest tracks we've put out in ages. And if Aereal isn't significantly more well-known, significantly quickly, we'll eat our post-ironic D... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 663 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | MD - Sweaty Palms [mtk050] His last release on Monotonik was wayback when we were putting out .MODs, so it's a delight to finally put out another tune from Helsinki native, Jaakko Manninen, aka md, and as our 50th Monotonik release, too.Now residing in London, his "Appelsap" mp3-release was put out on CD by Merck Records recently, including some great remixes from Thug, Ilkae, Crankshaft (Yolk!), and even Warp-signed Brothomstates, and his "Between Gaps" opus, formerly due out as the first release on the scrapped Monotoni... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 607 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Idmonster - The Force May Be With You [mtk051] After his first release as Pendle on our sister label, Mono211, the UK-based former Butterfly Child bandmember and now TV/film/advert soundtracker returns on Monotonik via his Idmonster pseudonym (id? idm? definitely monstrous!) And it's not just a slight return, either."The Force May Be With You" is a truly divine track, starting in a sea of disembodied voice fragments and cosmic chord co-location, before adding layer on layer of pastoral strings, theremin (?), and jittering that percussive spe... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 998 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Pretty Boy Crossover - Autumnweek [mtk052] Us here @ Monotonik are delighted to release a second mp3 from Australian duo, Pretty Boy Crossover, aka PBXO. Their album, "The Building And Formation", formerly to be released on Skam before indecision set in down Manchester-way, is due for release any day now on Surgery Records, the Australian label we've been forging close ties with of late. And with PBXO supporting Arab Strap on their recent Melbourne appearance, the force is strong with these Australian wunderkind, no?So, "Autumn Week" is ... Keywords: Electronic Downloads: 442 Average rating: (0 review) |
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