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Secede – The Whistler {mtk105}

Artist: Secede
Title: The Whistler
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk105
Release Date: 2003/03/21

We like it when old friends return to Monotonik, and after his very well-received EP on our net.label last year, Holland’s excellent Secede provides a truly epic new track, “The Whistler”, ahead of his “Bye Bye Gridlock Traffic” album forthcoming on Merck, and his smart-ola remix work for N5MD and Merck.

It’s good to thrive on angles, and “The Whistler” plots a course away from your average pure-toned geektronica, edging ever-closer to the template of instrumental bands like Mogwai and the denser, more pressing grooves of Richard H Kirk’s early Warp material. Taking echoes of news footage, sampled violin, and the shimmering sounds of layer after layer of sound, the percussive groove builds and builds in altogether yummy fashions.

So, if you’re looking for a way to submerge yourself in music in these troubled times, or just to discover that there’s more to electronica than the eternal glitches vs. sinewaves ruckus, you may want to go have a word with “The Whistler”. Like, already.

Credits:
watchcam photo by h0l

Tracklist:
01 – The Whistler

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Grandma – For Your Broken Heart EP {mtk104}

Artist: Grandma
Title: For Your Broken Heart EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk104
Release Date: 2003/03/10

Finally, a third EP from US-based wonderboy (what _is_ the secret of his power?) Grandma, aka Khonnor, aka Bronty The Shynocerous. Another four tracks of guitar-strummed, plaintively sung, wonderfully cut-up geektronica, we’re delighted that people are really beginning to ‘get’ Grandma – he hopefully has material coming out on the forthcoming label Type, alongside cool peeps like Mokira (Mille Plateaux) and RJ Valeo (Hobby Industries), and he has a track as Khonnor adapting This Instrument on the new Soulseek Records compilation.

So, in the short wait before you can buy infinite amounts of Grandma albums in your local record store, try out these exquisite 4 tracks. “Kl”, the opener, has an intensely beautiful acoustic guitar backing, overlaid with slo-mo stories of longing and wanting and we’re not even sure what else. “Poke” is an evocative piece of alternately pumping and serene melody, and ‘Are We Dead Yet?’ twins intensely drifting chords with the most amazing spoken word piece about, well, laptop religion.

Finally, “Comics Battle” ends on a high note, all plaintive lead and Jenkinson-esque drums, the rhomboid port after the crystalline storm. It’s been a sweet trip so far.. and who knows where the aftermath will lead?

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

Credits:
cover by tony@kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Kl
02 – Poke
03 – Are We Dead Yet?
04 – Comics Battle

Artwork:
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Los Hermanos Eguales – Diversi Occhi EP {od056}

Artist: Los Hermanos Eguales
Title: Diversi Occhi EP
Label: Ogredung
Catalog #: od056
Release Date: 2003/03/03

Good old authenticly experimental insanity from this great italian electropercussionist we didn’t miss to bring you as an exclusive for your tired and proved ears. Something new, powerful, decisive, and sexual, maybe.

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Picture by: Alberto Seveso (The Beauty Industries Collection)

Tracklist:
01 – 01
02 – 02
03 – 03
04 – 04
05 – 05
06 – 06

Artwork:
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Logreybeam – Chaki Is No Help {mtk103}

Artist: Logreybeam
Title: Chaki Is No Help
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk103
Release Date: 2003/03/02

Something a little more unique this time, from Los Angeles-based Logreybeam. His wide-ranging electronics are really starting to break out, from his appearance on a renowned Plaid XFM DJ-set to his Metamatics remix on Delikatessen. More recently, he’s been remixing Machine Drum for Merck, and teaming up with UK resident Xela as Yasume for their forthcoming album on, we heard, City Center Offices, home of the godlike Ulrich Schnauss and many others.

Anyhow, we wanted to get something _different_ for this release, and “Chaki Is No Help” is just that, sampling old blues singers over a haunting keyboard riff, flute, and vocal stabs. So sure, everyone’s sampling hiphop, but why not go further back than that? The benefits are clear to hear, and the startlingly deft production marks LGB out as another name to watch in the wild, wide field of geektronica.

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

Credits:
cover by tony@kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Chaki Is No Help

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Taajuus – War 4 Oil EP {DOM3-001}

Artist: Taajuus
Title: War 4 Oil EP
Label: Weltherrschaft
Division: Dominion
Catalog #: DOM3-001
Release Date: 2003/02/23

so now here it is, dominions first mp3 support of weltherrschafts latest signing taajuus. 4 floorburner will rise your ass up, so be ready for bouncin’ action befor u start the mp3 player. our msg for mr.bush: if u need energy for you country u should think about alternative-ways….. FEAR IS NOT THE ANSWER!

Credits:
Coverartist: l0k1

Tracklist:
01 – The Visitor
02 – Attack Ships
03 – Detonation
04 – Fire

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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Blamstrain – Etkno44/Human {mtk102}

Artist: Blamstrain
Title: Etkno44/Human
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk102
Release Date: 2003/02/18

The debut Monotonik release by Finnish recording artist and former Suojain label-owner, Blamstrain, aka Juho Hietala, simply oozes classiness, as he pre-empts his forthcoming Merck CD, “Ensi”, with these two deft pieces of electronic cipher.

As befits someone with both MP3 and real-life releases on the label of choice for techno dons, Thinner, “Etkno44” is sweeping, driving grooves all the way to the memory bank, whereas “Human” showcases a more touching, almost downtempo side whilst keeping admirably clear, clean beats to the fore. So, whether you want to go straightahead with beats, or simply wander through striking melodies that almost call to mind early Luke Slater, “Etkno44/Human” allows Blamstrain to satisfy your most strenuous urges, or your non-existent money back. And that’s our guarantee of quality to you, guv’nor.

Credits:
cover by blamstrain/friends

Tracklist:
01 – Etkno44
02 – Human

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Super Science – Ray EP {mtk101}

Artist: Super Science
Title: Ray EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk101
Release Date: 2003/02/08

The second of three ‘virtual 7-inch’ releases from Australia’s Mark Mitchell, these 2 tracks are also from the super-limited Splashdown CDRs released in 1999, and pretty much unavailable until now.

Clue To Kalo, Mark’s new project, has had its ‘Come Here When You Sleepwalk’ album picked up by Mush Records in the US and The Leaf Label in Europe, and we HIGHLY recommend checking that album out if you want to hear the evolution of his vocal-blended, lush style that has the guys at Leaf comparing him to early Badly Drawn Boy and Folk Implosion.

But this Super Science material is nirvana unto itself, and ‘Soft Like Fingertips’ is all pastoral multilayering, with hints of vocoded voice like the honking of geese in a carefully positioned V-shape. And “Two Planets In Twenty Days” is even further amidst the long grass, evoking cosmic overtones but harking back to those ’70s home movies, with the patina of age lovingly added by, well, God. And extra points if you can work out the title of the 3rd ‘virtual 7 inch’, out soon. 🙂

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

Credits:
cover by tony @ kinglux

Tracklist:
01 – Soft Like Fingertips
02 – Take The Time To Take A Trip

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Anders Svensson – Keywords EP {mtk100}

Artist: Anders Svensson
Title: Keywords EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk100
Release Date: 2003/01/30

We’re pleased to welcome another debut, from Swedish artist Anders Svensson, for the 100th mp3 release on Monotonik, wow. We’ve been doing this net.label thing for a while now (almost 7 years!), and we’re delighted there’s still fresh and exciting material like “Keywords EP” coming along to make us happy, contented, and.. well, blissed out.

As for artist info – well, this is a debut under his own name, but Anders Svensson was formerly in a number of Scandinavian indie bands such as Eldarens Hus (signed to Virgin in the late ’80s) and Sulky (alongside former members of the seminal Union Carbide Productions.) His electronic experimentation in the art of, as he puts it, ‘simple melodies and sweet harmonies’ has spawned the quite lovely “Keywords EP”.

So, “Present” is a great present to start with, combining a sorta pastoral, drifting air with some genuinely quirky melodies which intentionally drift cyclically. Then, “Memories” uses tiny snippets of voice rhythmically, and then drives improvised synths straight through the top of it to mesmerising effect. Finally, “Returning” feels like the end of the line, almost summoning a ‘Blade Runner’ feel for the epic, cybernetic sprawl, where acoustic meets electric meets neon in the realm of the bandwidth gods. Drift on.

Credits:
cover by anders svensson

Tracklist:
01 – Present
02 – Memories
03 – Returning

Artwork:
Front Cover

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DJ Ninjamachine – Velocirapture {mrv010}

Artist: DJ Ninjamachine
Title: Velocirapture
Label: monoRAVEik
Catalog #: mrv010
Release Date: 2003/01/23

He’s done it again. He’s found some vocals no-ones sampled yet (as far as he knows). He’s sped them up and pitched them to infinity. He’s laid a break over a kickdrum and he’s put a synth stab on every half beat. He’s also come up with one of the worst dinosaur-related puns ever. Yea, verily DJ Ninjamachine has entered the building, bringing with him yet more of the good mindless happy stuff.

And in time our history
Will know us as shooting stars
I ask for nothing more
Than a place to lie down next to you

Your worst nightmares involving Italian piano house and heavy machinery have come true.

Credits:
cover by subi

Tracklist:
01 – Velocirapture

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Dice, aka Prob. – Skyline Remix {mtw030}

Artist: Dice, aka Prob.
Title: Skyline Remix
Label: Mono211
Catalog #: mtw030
Release Date: 2003/01/21

We’re delighted to welcome back one of the former d+b kings of Mono back in the .MOD days, Jani ‘Dice/Prob.’ Niiranen, with this amazingly smooth remix of his 1998 .MOD release, ‘Skyline’ – a wickedly good re-tooling of a track from wayback.

Nowadays, Dice has released tracks on labels like Straight Up Breakbeat, Moving Shadow, and his own Mangofunk Records, with forthcoming releases – solo on Defunked, and alongside a long-awaited Peshay remix on Mangofunk. He also plays out regularly in Finland and Estonia – plus, watch out for his Soulfuel Sessions on net.radio station monofunk.net alongside DJ Pinball.

So, what is there to say about the “Skyline Remix” that can’t be cleaned from sailing through the warm, inviting seas of the track itself? For those who remember the original, this mix-up takes the essential melodies and layers vocals and some gorgeous new mixed-up breaks over the top of it, ending up with the sunny, intelligent melodic breaks sound that Mono211, when raised from dormancy like this, delights in providing you all. Enjoy the starshine.

Credits:
photo by h0l

Tracklist:
01 – Skyline Remix

Artwork:
Front Cover

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