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| | | | this massage special deals with classical tracked releases of one | | of todays most advanced mp3 internet labels, monotonik (aka mono | | and mono211). | | | | the original amiga demoscene .mod label was founded in 1996 by h0l | | (aka hollywood). their goal was to obtain the status of releasing | | the finest electronic music for amiga. they were influenced by | | radical rhythms success, which was "the" elite xm releasing group | | for pc that days. all of their members came from the amigascene, | | worked with the protracker and traded their music either on irc or | | via bbs. mono intially wanted to release another format besides | | .mod only in "very special occassions", so the .xms and .its were | | tagged differently. the releases got spread via bbs or aminet, | | later on also by hornet where the releases found lot of downloads. | | that was 1996. | | | | in summer 1997 h0l decided to create the sublabel "monotonik", | | which should dedicate itself to minimal techno beats and weirdism, | | but finally ended up more in an idmish sublabel. distance joined | | and released eps which were deep and exciting, his releases became | | the manifesto of what monotonik should stand for. mono was now | | more involved with the pc platform since the amigascene decreased | | in size, the releases were now lying on various ftps such as | | scene.org, which is still today the most important ftp demoscene | | server. | | | | new members joined and members from the original crew left; mono | | became more and more successful. h0l did a lot of work and engaged | | various guestartists from other demoscene netlabels who did great | | jobs most time. finally the format .mod died same as the bbs scene | | and in 1998 mono was renamed to mono211. | | | | in early 1999 h0l decided to cut down with releasing modules. the | | new standard format was now mp3 which promised to be close to | | audio cd in quality. mono211 was the very first demoscene label | | which decided only to deal with mp3. this was a very courageous | | step though it was discussed a lot in the scene. but seen nowadays | | it was the right decision to increase monotoniks quality standard, | | today it's supposed to be one of the most sophisticated netlabels. | | some of the members are now doing vinyls and therefore quitted the | | scene, so it's clear that monotoniks relationship to the demoscene | | has reduced way much. through h0l's job for a game company he | | travels a lot and makes contacts to new talented artists around | | the globe. so todays releases mostly cover artists which are not | | linked to the scene at all but make intelligent music. | | | | today everything seems to go great for monotonik. they participate | | at art festivals, most members are working in the vinyl biz now | | and monotoniks work is both very liked and respected worldwide. | | | | my relation to mono and at the same time to the demoscene started | | in summer 98, in fact my first downloaded modules were from mono | | and all were kinda unbelievable hits for me, the module format and | | its possibilites excited me a lot so that i tried myself with | | modules until today. finally i must say it was a very very hard | | process in picking the right releases together which are supposed | | to be the most essential ones. you must know that there're certain | | rules a massage author is obliged to... but nevertheless i'm glad | | to bring you a great pack of tracked music. | | | | enjoy 18 tracks of module history with a total playing time of | | more than 70 minutes. go burn your special "mono revisited" audio | | massage cd for the car ;) and enjoy yourself. | | | | | | - sebastian redenz | | | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : : \/ \/ : : : : : __.._________________________________________________________________________. \_|| __ __ | _|_ \/. main ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \/. __| ./______________________________________________________________________\_| ________________________________________________________________________. __.._\ | \_|| songname - author / label - time - size - format | | | | teddy bear magix ep - ice climber - 14:49 - 1053 kb - [it] | | d-tour - relief & skizo - 4:02 - 268 kb - [xm] | | armani's dreams - dreamfish - 5:32 - 95 kb - [mod] | | back to 2 oldskool - ramone - 5:32 - 394 kb - [xm] | | streetjazz - mortimer twang - 4:13 - 418 kb - [mod] | | braah - whiskas - 3:58 - 229 kb - [mod] | | borderline ep - vim! - 10:54 - 911 kb - [xm] | | klusterfunk ep - distance - 22:04 - 574 kb - [it] | | | | together: about 71 min. - 3.91 MB - get it: (a) or (b) or (c) | | | | (a) is ftp.scene.cz (b) is skylined.org (c) is zerion.com | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| ice climber - teddy bear magix ep (1997) | | | | "900" 02.15 | | "901" 02.37 | | "902" 00.58 | | "903" 02.21 | | "904" 02.39 | | "905" 03.59 | | | | japanese ice climber aka bogdan delivered 2 releases to mono211. | | on his second appearance he bascially zapped up tracks from | | "bastard punk ass" zyad, and created 5 marvellous pieces of jazzy, | | breaky, intelligent idmcore. ice climber wages war on the tracking | | industry, and you shouldn't dare to miss his stunning guidance how | | to "reinterprete" tunes in the most skilled way. bogdans latest | | works can be heard on rephlex records, where he has released two | | excellent albums so far. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (1053 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| relief & skizo - d-tour (1997) | | | | "d-tour" 04.02 | | | | splif productions released this majestically sensual hypo-scratch | | triphopish track in late 97. i've rarely heard such a deep | | atmospherish beatbang track ... light a candle and just play it. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (268 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| dreamfish - armani's dreams (1997) | | | | "armani's dreams" 05.32 | | | | how many times have i played this one - the very best 4 channel | | minimal techno floorburner ever tracked imho, still rocking my car | | hifi. this track is dedicated to chicagos minimal/techhouse wizard | | robert armani (remember "circus bells") which is most obvious ;) | | tasty acid bits march straight forward accompanied by a straight | | beat and eerie closed hihats, check out how much groove can be | | zipped in 80k. dreamfish is nowadays known as hoffman and still | | active as member for monotonik. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (95 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| ramone - back 2 the oldschool (1998) | | | | "back 2 the oldschool" 05.32 | | | | ramone released several hiphop and jungle tunes on mono211, i | | picked out a freaky dedication to the oldskool. ramone's "back 2 | | the oldskool" is a urban hiphop cutup - beats jamming with a | | delightful jazz saxophone. very groovy at all and a masterpiece of | | sampling. | | see how hiphop works and join the people dancing on the streets! | | last thing i heard about ramone was that he's nowadays producing | | music for pron movies, but i ain't sure. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (394 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| mortimer twang - streetjazz (1996) | | | | "streetjazz" 04.13 | | | | "now i see clearly..." these introducing words by robert de niros, | | are the laudatio of one of the most banging jazzy mods composed | | ever. the blacksista mon lukas nystrand aka mortimer twang brings | | one of the most sophisticated jazzy floorburner grooves. king size | | percussion merge with a piano hookline from francy boland you can | | hardly get out of your head ... mortimer did a great job at all on | | his mono appearances, you should check out every tune and finally | | state "i see that now" for yourself ;) mortimer twang is now doing | | house for the bGirlArmy. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (418 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| whiskas - braah (1996) | | | | "braah" 03.58 | | | | a very dark of piece of atmospheric techno, very decent both in | | construction and result. shadowy, almost gaseous layers surround | | a subtle piano riff. the spooky tension is enforced with the | | always cumbersombly rotating sinebass. one of the only three | | releases of whiskas at mono, it was kinda difficult which track to | | select here since i also could choosed the most excellent "as in | | cockroach" too. i don't know what daniel hansen is doing today. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (229 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| vim! - borderline ep (1998) | | | | "c-bunches" 05.34 | | "parannoying" 05.20 | | | | vim! may not get lost here, he has done very excellent work so far | | for mono211, either mp3s and in former times modules. i choosed | | this ep for the special purpose that i may review two excellent | | tracks besides one single release =) track one, "c-bunches", | | combines noisey pads with with warm strings and a trippy beat. in | | the beginning very shuffled the track developes a sunny feeling | | with that hawaiian guitarstring. the second track "parannoying" is | | a tasty melange of a hooky housemelody with later on tweaking acid | | beats, somehow a modulic state of consciousness ;) vim! will | | release a cd for surgery, an australian idm label. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (911 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ \/ \/ __/\______________________________________________________________/\____ __.._\ | \_|| distance - klusterpunk ep (1997) | | | | "ix-pen" 05.07 | | "l.a. kluster" 06.20 | | "a walking simmer" 04.04 | | "soundscapes 2" 03.36 | | "yea" 02.57 | | | | distance is maybe the artist who is most associated to monotonik, | | not only since he released lots of material there, but also | | related to his wonderful 100 limited cdr#2 (i'm a lucky owner), | | released specially at the monotonik website. "klusterpunk ep" | | covers various styles, you can find lot of idm-, ambient-, clicks- | | and even 4/4 scraps. each track is very unique. | | the first track "ix pen" is also configured on vinyl at focus | | records (got a promo copy) - a weird warm almost idmhousy piece. | | the second track "l.a. kluster" is some sort of ambient piece - | | clicky, glitchy sinewaves buzz around in a tender body. third | | track "a walking simmer" takes us back to made-up grounds, a very | | relaxed housy beat hides itself and beautiful layers unfold | | themselves. light again. but back to darkness in track four, which | | is called "soundscapes 2". the tracktitle is programme, similar to | | "l.a. kluster" we can listen to strings, pads and metallic waves. | | the last track "yea" is a short n easy idm-cut up which makes fun. | | distance aka lackluster still appears on monotonik and is active | | in the vinylscene for focus records and m3rck. | | | | d/l: [support.nl] (574 kb) | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : : \/ \/ : : : : : __.._________________________________________________________________________. \_|| __ __ | _|_ \/. links :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \/. __| ./______________________________________________________________________\_| ________________________________________________________________________. __.._\ | \_|| http://www.mono211.com/ | | [the main page] | | http://www.voodoo.scene.org/ | | [substance's most excellent protracker module label] | | http://home.publishnet.nl/~orlingo/ | | [orlingos^bsista grounds, classic bsista tracks to catch] | | http://www.underjord.net/saundart/ | | [bauri recordings, clicky idm noise pressed on black plastic] | | http://www.m3rck.net/lackluster/ | | [lackluster discography] | | http://www.bogdanraczynski.com/ | | [stylish home of bogdan / ice climber, lots to explore] | | http://members.madasafish.com/~dj_hoffman/ | | [old homepage of hoffman, didn't found a more recent one :] | | http://www.vimster.demon.co.uk/ | | [to be build, check back in few years] | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : : \/ \/ : : : : : __.._________________________________________________________________________. \_|| __ __ | _|_ \/. contact :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \/. __| ./______________________________________________________________________\_| ________________________________________________________________________. __.._\ | \_|| bookmark massage webpage> http://www.scene.cz/massage/ | | contact sebastian redenz> sinus341@gmx.net | | contact adamm> adamm@skylined.org | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : : \/ \/ : : : : : __.._________________________________________________________________________. \_|| __ __ | _|_ \/. copyright info ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \/. __| ./______________________________________________________________________\_| ________________________________________________________________________. __.._\ | \_|| FILEZ YOU HAVE OBTAINED ARE NOT FREEWARE! | | THEY ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR AUTHORS (AND GROUPS). | | YOU MAY COPY THOSE FILEZ WITH ALL COMMENT FILEZ ONLY. | | NO MODIFICATIONS ALLOWED. | | COMMERCIAL USE ONLY WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS. | _|_ __ __ __| ./__\/______________________________________________________________\/__\ : : \/ \/ : |