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Aleksi Virta – ..Meets Torsti At The Space Lounge {mtk123}

Artist: Aleksi Virta
Title: ..Meets Torsti At The Space Lounge
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk123
Release Date: 2004/01/01

Welcome to Monotonik’s brand new year, courtesy of a debut release (or is it?) from Finn and selfproclaimed cosmic superspy, Aleksi Virta. He fearlessly busts out this supremely accomplished album of jazzy, dubby electronics, originally released on a scandalously limited, horrendously collectible 100-copy sold-out CDR edition, and now, thankfully available to the general public via the wonders of the Internet.

So basically, we’re looking at everything from the headnodding organ jam of ‘Nebulae Herb’, through the incredible skank of ‘Whirlwind Pistols Dub’, even up to the end-theme beauty of ‘Princess Melodiae’. Isn’t it almost unseemly that this is a valiant attempt to snatch album of the year, and it’s only January 1st? Cheeky, that’s what we call it. In the meantime, you can read the helpful information which came in the CDR packaging:

‘Our interstellar secret agent superhero rids the world of the evil curse of the misunderstood vicious madman (yet again) – starring: Aleksi Virta as the heroic secret agent extravaganza, Gavrila Nebula as the beautiful action heroine, Torsti as the misunderstood evil scientist madman, Carolina as the mysterious space gypsy princess.’

..and, indeed, you can learn more about Aleksi Virta’s spacecapades via his twisted chroniclings – and long may they continue.

[Thanks to Tony @ Kinglux for the excellent EP cover.]

Credits:
cover by Tony@Kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Outer Edge Intro
02 – Nebulae Herb
03 – Cosmos Bossa
04 – Gavrila Nebula
05 – The Giant Catch 22
06 – Whirlwind Pistols Dub
07 – O Tema Da Viagem Espacial Da Carolina
08 – Art Of Far
09 – Dragons
10 – True Dwelling Place
11 – Princess Melodiae

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Gschmidt – Nibiru Coming EP {mtk122}

Artist: Gschmidt
Title: Nibiru Coming EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk122
Release Date: 2003/12/17

We like receiving new tracks from new artists out of the blue, and previously Berlin and Chicagobased Gschmidt is another of those happy surprises. Based on some wonderfully eerie conspiracy theories involving rogue planets stalking the Earth, ‘Nibiru Coming’ is a complex web of indietronic melodies worth becoming entwined in.

The lead track, ‘Head For The Hills’, starts with some serene synthplay before delving into a complex melding of live instruments, driving percussion, and carefully contained panic. Next up, ‘Roz8’ delves fully into the cleverly orchestrated paranoia, with ‘Alientanz’ finishing things up by revealing the full extent of the horror that Planet X will inevitably bring to the Earth. We like it when evil planets invade if these are the kind of tunes they bring with them.

Credits:
cover by Eduardo Sousa

Tracklist:
01 – Head For The Hills
02 – Roz8
03 – Alientanz

Artwork:
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Jobe – Like flares all alight with longing lost in the thickest fog of all {od062}

Artist: Jobe
Title: Like flares all alight with longing lost in the thickest fog of all
Label: Ogredung
Catalog #: od062
Release Date: 2003/12/05

Jobe from Finland is the first Ogredung artist to provide dark ambient-ish soundmoods, after some more electro-experimental episodes (Paolo Veneziani, Darkhalo, Duvet), ranging in the wide spectre of industrial sonorities; the result is a 17 mins journey throught the dim, enlightened by dismal hints of harmony and mechanical vapours of noise. This is certainly not the average darkscaped movement of patterns typical of the amateur ambient school, and Jobe confirms himself as one of the most promising voices in the scene.

Tracklist:
01 – Like flares all alight with longing lost in the thickest fog of all

Artwork:
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overthruster – winter {m3d,003}

Artist: overthruster
Title: winter
Label: mp3death
Catalog #: m3d,003
Release Date: 2003/12/01

vibes studies more along as well go
from ambient blasted on the chimes
hect fragments .

record-strumentationately smooth
rangin’ breakdown sadness and house
the the multime like almospheres song
out.

ethnoing strack, i’d low come are
wired itself as ending WINTER . . .

Tracklist:
01 – minimal
02 – winter03
03 – winter02x
04 – mintre222k9dMIX

Artwork:
m3d004
WINTER04

Additional Files:
winter [TXT]

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S.T. – Emotions In A Box EP {mtk121}

Artist: S.T.
Title: Emotions In A Box EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk121
Release Date: 2003/12/01

We’re proud to welcome the debut release on Monotonik from Stefan Ternemar, the Swedish artist also known as S.T. ‘Emotions In A Box’ is Stefan’s first set of songs released anywhere outside his own webpage, and it’s a fitting introduction to his bold, melodically strident idm electronics.

First off would be ‘Downtown’, almost Huelsbeck-ian in its wish to get straight down to brass tacks and blast you with carefully considered catchiness, heaping layer upon layer of gorgeously synthetic sounds onto the mix. ‘Alone But Not Lonely’ is similarly, headnoddingly good, and the title track builds up to a wonderful multitracked cacophany of unforgettable sonics. Finally, ‘Eternal Sleep’ finishes things off with a high-score table melding of classic game soundtrack stylings, the new melodic school of idm, and an unmistakable ear for the beautiful. All in all, we claim, a hit, a palpable hit.

[Thanks to Tony @ Kinglux for the excellent EP cover.]

Credits:
cover by Tony Kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Downtown
02 – Alone But Not Lonely
03 – Emotions In A Box
04 – Eternal Sleep

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Izmar – Aze2 {mtw032}

Artist: Izmar
Title: Aze2
Label: Mono211
Catalog #: mtw032
Release Date: 2003/11/15

Following the release of the first “Aze” album from Dutch artist Izmar, earlier this year, we carefully guarded the follow-up, containing more excellent chilled instrumental tracks recorded around the same time, which all ready to go. So, go now it does, and for fans of Fila Brazillia, Max Brennan, or any other deliciously funky chill hybrid shenanigans, you may, indeed, have a second treat in store.

It’s difficult to pick out specific standouts in this uniformly lush album, but “Aze2-06” and its gorgeously peaking keyboard improvisation, “Aze2-03” fragmenting chords over concussions of sound, and “Aze2-08” hitting a driving groove, with carefully concealed foreboding drone and beautifully echoing keys all over the top of it.

It’s partly the album’s uncategorizability that’s landed it on ‘nu-chill/breakbeat’ sublabel Mono211, like the previous release, but it’s wholly that lack of easy pigeonholing that has us loving Izmar’s carefully arranged jams, and wishing upon a star for a few more, real soon now.

[Thanks to Tony @ Kinglux for the excellent EP cover.]

Credits:
cover by tony@kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Aze2-01
02 – Aze2-02
03 – Aze2-03
04 – Aze2-04
05 – Aze2-05
06 – Aze2-06
07 – Aze2-07
08 – Aze2-08

Artwork:
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V.V.A.A. – Cucina Vagabonda {od061}

Artist: V.V.A.A.
Title: Cucina Vagabonda
Label: Ogredung
Catalog #: od061
Release Date: 2003/11/08

A year after the releasing of the first compendium, Ogredung proposes you a release even more surprising and passionate than the succesful Snowsky. Without replicating modules and strategies, our audacious experimentators reveal themselves as endowed with an outstanding creativity. The tasty carnet of contributors spaces in a variety of styles and tendencies that go from Paolo Veneziani’s (Tibprod, Cobalt) neo-cosmic sounds to Puyopuyo’s (19-t, Gagarin) fierce weirdo-synthpop, without losing sight of the common path that leads the whole work: autumn. Enwrapped by the delicate parfumes of Imtech’s (Observatoryonline) autumnal whispers, Urkuma, Phobode and Strinqulu’s (MikMusik, Merck, Saag) sonorous poetry and Kaneel’s (Camomille, Kikapu) nostalgic dronebeats, we are kicked up by Makunouchi Bento’s (Retinascan, Inpuj) subtle elaborate of obscure flows and the hypnotic hug of Luca Confusione; and still, Iermoç and Transient’s (Koept, Hippocamp, Monotonik, Skylab Operations) quasi-obsessive IDM-intricacy, Vizion’s (Monotonik, Camomille, Wikkid) determined melodic moments and Proswell’s (Merck, Civik, 19-t) top electronics. A live recording of Corkzal’s (Commie) perfectly closes the circle.

Credits:
Artwork: waka x

Tracklist:
01 – Paolo Veneziani – Twin Lakes
02 – Makunouchi Bento – Rokurokubi
03 – Urkuma + Phobode + Strinqulu – Susuma sweet nightmare
04 – Transient – How to center yourself
05 – Proswell – Scone ponce de leon b
06 – Iermoç – Fiveweeks
07 – Luca Confusione – Ameditatio
08 – Imtech – Autumnal whispers
09 – Kaneel – Nostalgie d’agoraphobie
10 – Corkzal – Tietokone [live]
11 – Vizion – Fissures: phase one
12 – Puyopuyo – Nice day in perspective

Artwork:
Front Cover
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Taajuus – Soulswallower/Genetic Disease {DOM3-003}

Artist: Taajuus
Title: Soulswallower/Genetic Disease
Label: Weltherrschaft
Division: Dominion
Catalog #: DOM3-003
Release Date: 2003/11/07

just in time for the technical freaks tourdate in mannheim, the third release on dominions mp3 is ready to get downloaded. this time taajuus is crushing the place again.. soulswallower is a rollin’ technoid techstep track with a nice synthline and a destructive additional snare and prepare yourself for the most insane b-side ever!

Credits:
Coverartist: Loki

Tracklist:
01 – Soulswallower
02 – Genetic Disease

Artwork:
Front Cover

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All the music in mp3 format is free for download. Be aware that all music / graphics on this site is (c)copyrited by Weltherrschaft and should not be used for any commercial projects without our permission.

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Vim! – Remixconsonantthing EP {mtk120}

Artist: Vim!
Title: Remixconsonantthing EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk120
Release Date: 2003/10/25

It’s been a while since semi-reclusive, wholly-gifted English electronica wonk Vim! has graced us with his presence. In his absence from Monotonik, he’s remixed Machine Drum for a Merck release, had that track released on vinyl and on a Japanese mix-CD from Joseph Nothing’s label, and, we hear, eaten a lot of baked beans and sausages. So, to help celebrate the launch of his brand-new CDR, ‘A Random Collection Of Consonants’, we’re proud to release this EP, with two tracks from the CDR, and two bonus exclusive remixes of his earlier work – hence the title.

Startin off on the good foot, ‘Trivial Machine’ uses Vim’s trademark, obtuse sinewave melodies along with weird counting-down effects, pixelated explosions, and general madness. On the other hand, ‘Exists In Bad Sectors (FuzzDrop)’ is a beguiling loopy piece of ambient style, whereas ‘Could Cut Keys’, the second piece from the CDR, has washes of static, beautifully strident dischord in the leads, and a sound which still sounds like absolutely nobody else. For a coda, we get ‘1994 Gold (via Ratners)’ ordered up, all mordant and precise and hollow and just right.

So, in summary: listen to Vim!’s EP, go and buy his CDR in scrambling, insane delight (http://www.vimster.demon.co.uk/cdr/), and thank us later. And believe us rightly, you will thank us.

Credits:
cover by vim!

Tracklist:
01 – Trivial Machine
02 – Exists In Bad Sectors (FuzzDrop)
03 – Could Cut Keys
04 – 1994 Gold Via Ratners

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Lackluster – You Are On My Mind EP {mtk119}

Artist: Lackluster
Title: You Are On My Mind EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk119
Release Date: 2003/10/07

He released one of the first ever Monotonik .MOD releases, all the way back in 1997, and over 6 years and several highly acclaimed CDs later, Finnish electronic wiz Lackluster, aka Esa Ruoho, fresh from live sets in Ireland and Russia and his recent ‘Showcase’ compilation CD on Merck Records, has handed over the keys to his mind and returned to the net.label fold with this sublime 5-track EP.

Right off the bat, ‘Cut1’ comes out with a tremendously complex blend of Lackluster’s signature smooth melodies, with a newer, almost dubby edge, before the languid ‘Ambling On’ shows off rocksteady beats and a drifting, just gorgeous lead. Up next, ‘Cut2’ sneaks up with an almost ‘CDR#2’ or ‘Container’-like simplicity of spirit and purity of thought, before ‘Tumbling Along’ shows up, all perfect drum programming and lolloping breaks. Finally, ‘Ender’ ends things off subtly with reversed sounding loops and a humming bass, a fitting finish to a simply beautiful EP that Monotonik is proud to be hosting for free.

Credits:
cover by lackluster

Tracklist:
01 – ll260303 (Cut1)
02 – ll030503 (Ambling On)
03 – ll260303 (Cut2)
04 – ll080702 (Tumbling Along)
05 – ll120702b (Ender)

Artwork:
Front Cover

Additional Links:
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