Tag: Monotonik

Pretty Boy Crossover – Oranje Bloom {mtk024}

Artist: Pretty Boy Crossover
Title: Oranje Bloom
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk024
Release Date: 2000/05/17

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 signed to Skam, home of.. well, a whole buncha famous people (Gescom, Bola, etc.)

PBXO have a 12″ and album due out on Skam this summer, apparently. But rest assured, you won’t be paying 300 bucks for this mp3 on Ebay, a la ‘Lego Feet’, cos, umm, it’s free. Thanks again to the PBXO guys for allowing Monotonik to put this out, and remember – buy their material when it comes out, support Monotonik artists doing the real-world thing.

Incidentally, try Pretty Boy Crossover’s webpage at: http://pleasurecraft.va.com.au/pbxo/index.html for more info and party favors.

Credits:
cover by pbxo

Tracklist:
01 – Oranje Bloom

Artwork:
Front Cover

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sys(2074) – Cwatch Mix1 {mtkdj03}

Artist: sys(2074)
Title: Cwatch Mix1
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtkdj03
Release Date: 2000/05/07

The Monotonik mix-terror continues with German musician, DJ, and collaborator sys(2074), maintainer of the Corewatch Conspiracy, and boy, what a cute lil near-75-minute mix he’s concocted for us Earth aliens.

Not purely content with tricking around with Drexciya, Techno Animal and Alec Empire, sys(2074) throws his own little interludes and even Vektrex on a Monotonik tip into the whole caboodle. Highly recommended on the dark-ish intriguing-ish tip.

Tracklisting:
01. BASS-O-MATIC love catalogue
02. DREXCIYA habitat “o” negative
03. ELEKTROIDS future tone
04. SIKKERHET small room
05. BOGDAN RACZYNSKI boku mo wakaran track 03
06. VEKTREX perfect pitch
07. SUBSTRATA evil little kidz (12″ mix)
08. queen of makai interlude
09. T. WILTON fluid
10. ALEC EMPIRE 20(1)
11. MUSGRAVE period three implies chaos
12. TECHNO ANIMAL monolith
13. DC DUO’S A57 (SKAM 010)
14. EAST FLATBUSH PROJECT tried by 12 (trapezoid mix)
15. DOPPLEREFFEKT voice activated
16. DREXCIYA funk release valve
17. ESEM ttidi : krep – livre
18. APHEX TWIN untitled (curtains)
19. WILLIAM ORBIT into the paradise
20. KARMA unknown title
21. NAV KATZE wild horse

Credits:
cover by sys(2074)

Tracklist:
01 – Cwatch Mix1

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Hoffman – Dark Fool {mtw017}

Artist: Hoffman
Title: Dark Fool
Label: Mono211
Catalog #: mtw017
Release Date: 2000/05/07

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.

Credits:
cover by fthr

Tracklist:
01 – Dark Fool

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Subi – Mnotomo’Vo’Non {mrv001}

Artist: Subi
Title: Mnotomo’Vo’Non
Label: monoRAVEik
Catalog #: mrv001
Release Date: 2000/05/02

It may not surprise you to know that Mono and associated labels continues to cherish Subi. As mentioned before, if we were John Peel, he’d be The Fall, and now he even gets his own custom sublabel for this, his first all-new single in a year or two, preceding his forthcoming _blockbuster_ bestof mp3 album, “The Rave-O-Lution Will Be Terrorised – The Best Of Subi 1989-2000” 🙂

He’s English, he makes videogames for a living, he still honestly believes it’s 1990, and “Mnotmo’Vo’Non” (decode it at your peril) is a horribly addictive breakbeat call to all those who still think The Prodigy should stick to the matching green+white checked outfits and that Urban Hype should forever stay at No.1 with “A Trip To Trumpton”.

Credits:
cover by subi

Tracklist:
01 – Mnotomo’Vo’Non

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Super Science – We’re Like Air, Everywhere At Once {mtk023}

Artist: Super Science
Title: We’re Like Air, Everywhere At Once
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk023
Release Date: 2000/05/02

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. 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.

You can find out more info about Super Science, the artist himself, by surfing to his website at http://www.superscience.net – and watch out for his forthcoming album, ‘love like life in miniature’, on Surgery Records out of Oz. Hopefully we’ll be featuring some more of his tunes soon – stay tuned, Monofans.

Credits:
cover by rents

Tracklist:
01 – We’re Like Air, Everywhere At Once

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Radix – Counting Stars {mtk022}

Artist: Radix
Title: Counting Stars
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk022
Release Date: 2000/04/16

The first release on Monotonik for Radix, 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 to have created a thing of beauty. Hopefully it’ll be a joy forever, and in digital binary form, too. Do remember to keep it for your virtual grandchildren..

Credits:
cover by rents

Tracklist:
01 – Counting Stars

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Rents – End Of The Halcyon Days {mtkdj02}

Artist: Rents
Title: End Of The Halcyon Days
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtkdj02
Release Date: 2000/04/11

Another Monotonik DJ-mix wanders brightly your way, and this time it’s from long-time Portugese Mono associate, Rents, who’s mixed up this rather lovely 73-minute cut-up, featuring everything from the obvious but gorgeous Aphex remixes and Kreidler to the inspired (Snooze – “Your Consciousness Goes Bip” – a forgotten classic, for one!) With environmental effects cleverly mixed in, and real-time tracklisting and graphics on the streaming version, courtesy of Realplayer G2, this is overall officially a ‘good thing’ – listen at once!

Intro: At the backseat of a bus
Bochum Welt – La Nuit
Soft Ballet – Sand Lowe (The Aphex Twin remix)
Massive Attack – Napoli Trip
Juno Reactor – God is God
Goran Bregovic – Underground Cocek
The Mike Flowers’ Pops vs Aphex Twin – Debase
The Aphex Twin – Flim
Interlude I: Plaza Boavista
Kreidler – Au Pair
Orbital – Are we Here? (Who Are They?)
Autechre – Weissensee (Tribute to Neu!)
Air – Talisman
Baby Fox – Johnny Lipshake
Bob Marley – Zion Train
Interlude II: Walking
Autechre – Arch Carrier
Dip – Glands
DJ Spooky – The Terran Invasion of Alpha Centauri 2974
Bubbah’s Tum – Dirty Great Marble (Boards of Canada mix)
Simon V – Rainclouds
Lamb – Gorecki (Global Communication mix)
Autechre – Montreal
Autechre – Clipper
Hati Monji – Black Lightning
The Aphex Twin – Aphex Airlines
Interlude III: Arcade machines
Bogdan Raczynski – Boku Mo Wakaran Trk.12
Seti – Photism
Tortoise – The Source of Uncer
Deep Space Network – Eleven Bars
Snooze – Your Consciousness Goes Bip
David Holmes – Gone
Bochum Welt – Phaedra
Bola – Forcasa 3
dEUS – Roses
Outro: Guernica Caffe

Credits:
cover by hotwire

Tracklist:
01 – End Of The Halcyon Days

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Sleepy – Foob {mtk021}

Artist: Sleepy
Title: Foob
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk021
Release Date: 2000/04/11

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, in a good way. Monotonik is now, more than ever, music to fall asleep to.

Credits:
cover by rents

Tracklist:
01 – Foob

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Thug – Sudafed x2 {mtk020}

Artist: Thug
Title: Sudafed x2
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk020
Release Date: 2000/04/03

Australian idm wonderboy Thug lets us borrow some more of his latest and greatest tracks for exclusive mp3 release on 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 something rather original.

“Sudafed x2” continues to delight on multiple listens, not least because of the strange static impacted undertones, but in the main because it’s just beautiful techno music.

[Incidentally, dial up http://www.oninoz.com/thug for more info about the man himself and his lovely CD/LP/weirdmedia releases..]

Credits:
cover by rents

Tracklist:
01 – Sudafed x2

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Elektroblef – Mono211/Monotonik Showcase {mtwdj01}

Artist: Elektroblef
Title: Mono211/Monotonik Showcase
Label: Mono211
Catalog #: mtwdj01
Release Date: 2000/03/28

The first new mix for Mono211 comes courtesy of Slovenia’s DJ Nova and his Elektroblef radioshow, with an amazing 60-minute realaudio mix cutting up lots of classic and new Mono211/Monotonik tracks, complete with great scratching, samples, and voice-overs on the top, ‘Blech’-style. Wow. Tracklisting as follows:

“Return” – Twilight
“Space Junkie” – Subi
“Streetbeat” – Mortimer Twang
“Wired” – Twilight
“Roots” – TheFoxII
“Chikoboompaww!” – Jazz+Smartass
“Tama’s Kingdom” – Muffler
“808 Overdrive” – Bay Tremore
“Sizable Chunk Of Beats” – Relief+Skizo
“Benedict” – Tek
“Iflai” – Prob.
“Whirlwind Snooker” – Vim
“Icymx” – Prob.

Credits:
cover by dj nova

Tracklist:
01 – Mono211/Monotonik Showcase

Artwork:
Front Cover

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