Dreamfish – Armani’s Dreams {MOD#64}

Artist: Dreamfish
Title:
Armani’s Dreams
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MOD#64
Release Date:
1997/04/30


Are you ready and alert? Dreamfish kicks back with a track from his first batch of new tunes for a while – in fact, all the rest are junglistic, but this one is so fresh it just had to go out first. Minimal, wickedly jagged techno, and all in just the four channels, as per usual. Yum. And we presume the title is some reference to a certain composer who likes circuses and, umm, bells.


Tracklist:
01 – Armani’s Dreams [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
M_ARM [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Vim! – Call Me Persephone {MUL#16}

Artist: Vim!
Title:
Call Me Persephone
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MUL#16
Release Date:
1997/04/27


Mm, another track by the quiet man himself, and it’s another gorgeous one. Mellow trippiness, as they say, doesn’t just come by laying down on a lazy afternoon and staking it out. You need to know the slow-motion science of notes not played and places not visited. You need to know when not to.


Tracklist:
01 – Call Me Persephone [XM] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
file_id [DIZ] [PNG]
m_1997 [REL] [PNG]
mo_call [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Relief+Skizo – In The Buck {MUL#15}

Artist: Relief+Skizo
Title:
In The Buck
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MUL#15
Release Date:
1997/04/18


A return, and an intriguing one, by the Danish duo, where they explore what happens when jungle gets pushed into an echo chamber with some rusty, booming bass. Apparently, this competed in the SymMekka music competition, but I expect the Germans were a bit mystified. 🙂 Still, it’s a perfect trick to play on da Mono listening audience and see how they skitter and hide. wot? 🙂


Tracklist:
01 – In The Buck [XM] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
MO_BUCK [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Substance – Twisted Shadows {MOD#63}

Artist: Substance
Title:
Twisted Shadows
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MOD#63
Release Date:
1997/04/12


This time round a visit to the sharper end of the Mono spectrum (no blunted beatz here..), and Substance’s knack for the rhythmic but different shines thru. And ‘liquid wax’ describes the phasing SH-101 bass which is Kuu’s trademark pretty well. Watch out for more Substance stuff soon, including tunes previously performed live at raves in Finland, heh. 🙂


Tracklist:
01 – Twisted Shadows [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
M_TWIST [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Archangel – The Core {MUL#14}

Artist: Archangel
Title:
The Core
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MUL#14
Release Date:
1997/04/08


Another of our infrequent but still cute guest-releases, this one from the rather sassy Norwegian, Archangel. This is a special version of one of the tracks from his TRSI Records CD, “Angel Dust”, and we’re most pleased to have it. 🙂 Btw, there are some other Mono links to TRSI Records – Substance and Mortimer Twang have both had tracks featured on their “Cyberlogik” series of CDs (although we reckon they didn’t actually bother to ask Mortimer’s permission before featuring his tune – grr.)


Tracklist:
01 – The Core [XM] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
file_id [DIZ] [PNG]
m_1997 [REL] [PNG]
m_core [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


ChuckB – Blur Reality {MUL#13}

Artist: ChuckB
Title:
Blur Reality
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MUL#13
Release Date:
1997/04/04


Our Antipodean friend returns with this most excellent, super-mellow track from the end of last year. Watch it fly and swoop unobtrusively. 🙂 I guess Chuck tends more towards the conventional than a lot of our members (I’ve heard him complaining that he can’t get to do some of the more far-out jungle/triphop stuff we make because he just can’t get the samples!), but his conventionality doesn’t hide his musicality. Listen, and enjoy.


Tracklist:
01 – Blur Reality [IT] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
file_id [DIZ] [PNG]
m_1997 [REL] [PNG]
mo_blur [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Twilight – The Future {MOD#62}

Artist: Twilight
Title:
The Future
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MOD#62
Release Date:
1997/03/28


A measure of how top-quality we think Twilight’s tune would be the fact that we were actually holding back on releasing it, cos we wanted to try to put it out on vinyl. But that’s going to be a while in coming through, and we’ve got some more MIDI-based stuff to concentrate on trying to get released first, so in the meantime we’re going to release this on Mono elektronikally. Enjoy the quality. 🙂


Tracklist:
01 – The Future [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
M_FUTU [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Subi – Wyrchyk {MOD#61}

Artist: Subi
Title:
Wyrchyk
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MOD#61
Release Date:
1997/03/23


Subi returneth after a looong break with this, his first tune not done on a old, old, oldskool Amiga 600. 🙂 Which means, wow, his tunes can be longer than 350k now. 🙂 So he’s celebrated with this rather excellent breakbeat tune, again kinda reminiscent of early Prodigy, and with vocals from a certain slumbering band. Shh. 🙂 We like releasing Subi’s tracks because they’re just a bit.. out there.


Tracklist:
01 – Wyrchyk [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
M_WYR [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Vim! – 98p for a 99 {MUL#12}

Artist: Vim!
Title:
98p for a 99
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MUL#12
Release Date:
1997/03/09


Doh, we be back with some rather gorgeous triphop from oh-so-quirky Vim! 🙂 The title is, umm, rather cool and somewhat unexplainable for those who aren’t used to ice-cream vans and the KLF. So turn on, tune in, and trip out. Doh. 🙂


Tracklist:
01 – 98p for a 99 [XM] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
MO_98P [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.


Relief+Skizo – 303 Krush EP {MOD#60}

Artist: Relief+Skizo
Title:
303 Krush EP
Label:
Mono
Catalog #:
MOD#60
Release Date:
1997/02/28


Mono iz back, with a double-header from Relief+Skizo. This showcases that, umm, they’re really pretty cool. 🙂 In fact, these two tracks are probably the least trippy of the many unreleased Splif Productions tunes, so wait for the rest of the set. And chill out, maaaaan. 🙂

Jeez, these info-files are getting cheesy. Sorry, mom 🙂


Tracklist:
01 – Krush [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]
02 – 303 Avenger [MOD] [FLAC] [MP3]

Additional Files:
FILE_ID [DIZ] [PNG]
M_1997 [REL] [PNG]
M_303 [NFO] [PNG]

*FLAC & MP3 zips also include the original versions.