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A very special array of remixers takes on a couple of tracks from Catnapp’s recently released album Break, among them Maya Jane Coles as Nocturnal Sunshine, Break collaborator El Plvybxy and Russia’s bass music figurehead A.Fruit. They all add their idiosyncratic sounds to Catnapp’s productions and voice, resulting in an even more diverse mix of styles and genres than displayed on Break.

Nocturnal Sunshine adds a dusky melody and stepping rhythm to „I Don’t Care“. Things come full circle here: Catnapp appeared as vocalist on the 2015 debut album by Nocturnal Sunshine.
After hooking up at SXSW, Catnapp did a remix for British producer BABii, who is now returning the favor with a razor-sharp experimental club mix of „I Don’t Care“.
A personal favorite of Catnapp herself, HDMIRROR’s version of „The Mover“ is a playful and loud take on Hard Dance and Trance, while Catnapp’s vocals sit perfectly comfortable in between the wildness, relentlessly pushing things forward.

(Artwork: @designerr.drugs)

CATNAPP "Break Remixes" (MTR102)

Berlin is not quite dead yet. If you look and listen closely, you can still feel the city’s dying pulse. Behind the renovated facades of buildings that used to house illegal clubs, there are still rooms where the lights sometimes stay on even past 11pm.
One might say that everything was better back then. The girls were prettier, the parties wilder and the drugs better. Back then, The Aim of Design is to Define Space was the best band, which was more Berlin than Berlin was the Aim of Design is to Define Space. Unfortunately. Always lyrical. Always excessive. Always sexy. Always a bit melancholic. And most importantly, always real.
Two albums, one EP that are now history and made history. And then, stop. They said their goodbyes to a packed
Volksbühne Berlin and left... into nothingness.
They were always missed. But when there is nothing left to say, you shut up. Just how much they are missed, we saw last autumn. One concert that restored everything. The love, the madness, the sweat, the courage of grand gestures and more happy people than you could bear. There it was, the pulse of this city, that used to be so many things and then became so different. For one evening, it all flashed before our eyes again. But its never worth looking back, because it was never as good as it can still become and then, they will be back.
The Aim of Design is to Define Space are making music again. New music. Music that fulfills all your expectations but is somehow still different than you might expected. There’s more techno, but the good kind. There’s less nostalgia, more appeals to the here and now. Captain Berlin was born here, where only a moment ago Kippenberger still was. And he speeds through Berlin with us. Shows us everything that was sold and where the fuckin’ E-Werk used to be. He takes us along, into the dichotomy of Generation “We were Berlin”. You try to reconcile civic life with the life that once was, you’re disgusted by your own „Spießigkeit“. You notice yourself getting older.
It’s so much easier to hate everything when Depeche Mode is playing in the background.
The „Spießigkeit“ that all adult Berliners bring into the formerly so anarchic Brandenburg. The Brandenburg that has as much forest as cement and lost so much goodness to Berlin. But even at 40, we still sometimes sit shivering at Ostbahnhof after several sleepless nights. So? We’ve always been Captain Berlin. After all, the city, no, the whole country belongs to us. The music we listened to belongs to us. „AIM #@%!$“: talent borrows, Aim has always been your reference machine. Only no one seems to know that.
AIM is back.

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The Aim of Design is to Define Space "Clean Bible Dirty Christ" (MTR103)

R.O.S.H. Presents: Luxembourg 2443: Club Prayala is the first of two EPs on Monkeytown Records that, in conjunction with their radio plays of the same name, explore the hypothetical, satire drenched future of humanity.
Earlier this year R.O.S.H. was jettisoned into the absurdist future of the previously land locked state of Luxembourg to the year 2443. Now he returns to the 21st century to reveal his experiences traversing the halls of two competing super clubs, fighting for entertainment dominance of the worlds party-going elite. In this first installment of R.O.S.H. Presents: Luxembourg 2443 we take a glimpse of the inner workings of Club Prayala – a devastatingly tall spire that dwarfs all known feats of 21st century architecture.
Upon clearing the credit check turnstiles, a single occupancy pod briefs you on the rules of the micro-society within as you’re shot straight up, onto the practically unending dance floor. But that’s just the start. Further exploration reveals gelato stands, future drugs and a crushing realization that the building is designed entirely around the enforcement of social and wealth hierarchies.
R.O.S.H.’s journey up the diamond-tipped golden tower is a story of love, debt enforcement and financial super computing AI. It’s after surviving these trials of credit worthiness that R.O.S.H. emerged with a collection of 4 choice tracks that best represent the future sound of Club Prayala.
The artists encountered on this adventure include; the ultra wealthy alternative AI engineer, 555555; the astral obsessed mixologist, Osimodo Von Uro; The runaway only child of an international energy conglomerate owner, HaleeB3 Corp; and lastly RoughLinerz, the energetic rave duo trying to keep happy hardcore relevant after it fell out of favor for the 4th time in as many centuries.

Artwork made in collaboration with the exceptional illustrator Violet Tong. A New York based artist and UX designer hailing from Beijing. @violetblue.art

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R.O.S.H. Presents: Luxembourg 2443: Club PRAYALA (MTR104)

R.O.S.H. Presents: Luxembourg 2443: House of Daedalus is the last of two EPs on Monkeytown Records that, in conjunction with their radio plays of the same name, explore the hypothetical, satire drenched future of humanity.

Earlier this year R.O.S.H. was jettisoned into the absurdist future of the previously land locked state of Luxembourg to the year 2443. Now he returns to the 21st century to reveal his experiences traversing the halls of two competing super clubs, fighting for entertainment dominance of the worlds party-going elite. In this second chapter of R.O.S.H. Presents: Luxembourg 2443 we take a sordid peak at the entertainment industrial complex that is the House of Daedalus – a sprawling concrete mass of totalitarian rationalist architecture.
After the catastrophic events at the end Club Prayala, R.O.S.H. must escape his pursuers – two uncharacteristically bloody thirsty financial ombudspersons that are hell bent on seeing him taken into custody where the 25th century version of ‘enhanced interrogation’ awaits. Filled with a combination of highly suspect advice and sheer desperation, he flees to the House of Daedalus.
Inside, a hellish unfinished maze of identically sized rooms, stairwells and pipes greet all who enter. Thousands of dancefloors, hotels, bars, indoor gardens, abandoned esports facilities and restaurants fill the web of confusion – some residents roam around endlessly attempting to find an exit but most accept their fate and find a new life deep within the structure.

R.O.S.H.’s twisted tale through the House of Daedalus is a spin cycle of secretive sub-cultures, out of touch club promoters and overtly massive cleaning apparatus. It’s after navigating these nightmares of myopic architectural design that R.O.S.H. emerged with a selection of 4 heavy hitters that best represent the future sound of the House of Daedalus.
The artists encountered on this adventure include; the gifted and innovative chemist, Rithik Chandra; the ‘mixed media’ portrait painter, Overflown; the ex-counterstrike esport champions,
Sw4rmCLAN, and finally HHydr88, the classical watch maker, intent on taking time back to its quartz roots.

Artwork made in collaboration with the exceptional illustrator Violet Tong. A New York based artist and UX designer hailing from Beijing. @violetblue.art

R.O.S.H. - Luxembourg 2443: House of Daedalus (MTR105)

After her full length record “Break”, Catnapp delivers a slamming hardcore remake of Limp Bizkit’s „Full Nelson“. Built around heavy breaks and a new vocal hook, itt drops as a digital single on November 21 via Monkeytown Records.

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Catnapp "Full Nelson" (MTR106)

Berlin-based Producers and DJ’s Sarah Farina and Yo van Lenz rework the leadoff single from Modeselektor’s latest album. They amplify the track’s primal energy as well as Flohio’s furious vocals while showcasing their passion for all things rhythm, bass and breaks.

It’s their first mutual appearance on a record since 2018’s Modeselektion Vol. 4, where they contributed the joint production „Peace Dub“. Now they both get the chance to shine on their own and present their version of a hard- edged tune.
Sarah Farina stays true to her Rainbow Bass vision as she infuses „Wealth“ with lots of colorful space and raw break-neck drum beats.
By combining Baltimore Club Music with ravey oldschool Jungle, Yo van Lenz is diving deep into the Hardcore- Continuum and thereby equally nailing the traditional alliance of hi-energy MCing and uptempo breakbeats with his remix. 
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Modeselektor feat. Flohio "Wealth Remixes" (MTR107)

Bright Clash

Work My Body

What Is This?

Ah Oui Ah Oui

Épiphanie

Break (Remixes)

Fight for a Fight (A.Fruit Remix)

I Don't Care (BABii Remix)

The Mover (HDMIRROR Remix)

Lengua (El Plvybxy Remix)

I Don't Care (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix)

Clean Bible Dirty Christ

Fanta Fear

Amazing Graz

Aim #@%!$

Luxembourg 2443: House of Daedalus

Sw4rmCLAN - Becoming You

HHydr88 - Matter of Time

Rithik Chandra - Atal

Luxembourg 2443: Club Prayala

RoughLinerz - Pump

Osimodo Von Uro - Get in the Groove

Overflown - When Our Eyes Speak at Night

555555 - Keep It Loopy (Keep It Simple Mix)

HaleeB3 Corp - Block Block

Full Nelson

Wealth (Remixes)

Wealth (Yo Van Lenz Remix) [feat. Flohio]

Wealth (Sarah Farina Remix) [feat. Flohio]

Monkeytown Records is a record label based in Berlin. Founded by Modeselektor in 2009, it has been a vital international hub for various styles of electronic music on and off the dance floor since the beginning. Still, Monkeytown is not your average ever expanding label on the hunt for the next big thing. At its heart, a tightly knit crew of friends is operating, providing a snug little home base all our artists can rely on.

Albums by Monkeytown Records