[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Wow + ee. I’d really like to meander off into hyperbole about just how amazing I think this EP is, but I don’t really think that’s appropriate, or necessary – the music speaks for itself. I’ll just satisfy myself with saying that this is one of my favourite Mono releases so far.

Oh, and please note that Dreamfish is also rather a handy DJ under the name of DJ Hoffman, so try to catch his sets if you happen to live in the West Country, UK, heehee.

Finally, in case you weren’t aware, Dreamfishie took his name from a brilliant Rising High ambient CD by Mixmaster Morris and Pete Namlook, and his old scene-handle was Hydlide (anyone remember an old Amiga rave-mix by him?)

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Dreamfish - Sunrise Technology [mono029, 02/02]

[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Since Twilight is sitting next to me as I write this, it’s going to be difficult to write anything without feeling very paranoid. Anyhow, the tune’s got style, the tune’s got grace, Rita.. oops, I almost started vogueing there. Twilight isn’t peeking, apparently. 

Oh, and you may well spot a little reference to Hades in the tune. Phew, it’s hot down there. And hot up here too, or would be if ‘they’ cared. Long live the Underworld, err, underground.

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Twilight - The Go Loop [mono030]

[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

In time for another guest-artist spot-ahhh (The Fall!), we have 4T Thieves. He’s previously been resident in England, Finland, and now England again, and was formerly an Alcatraz member. You could say he’s a pretty oldskool mofo, having written travel diaries in Anarchy’s “Stolen Data” mag way back when and done a number of cool Jarre mix-ups a while back. Anyhow, the electronic ambience of this beatless track is a nice tonic to all the hihats and snares that have been appearing in Mono releases recently..

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4TThieves - Dimensions [mono031]

[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Well, here’s the sister piece to the rather wicked “Streetbeat”, and whereas that tune was a freestyle jam, this one’s a straight-forward example of Mortimer Tee chopping things up like only he can. Please note that this tune has been licensed from the Black Sista Allstarz, who are officially(tm) kicking it in 96. And watch out for more static+reverb-soaked Wu-Twang Clan ramblings in the near future.. murderah!

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Mortimer Twang - Streetjazz [mono032]

[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Part 2.0 of whirldominaschaaan begins with the start of the real Mono multichannel releases, and the first one’s a trancey, beats+feet-led kikker from ChuckB (Australian ex-Kosmic member, no mook at composing, ya know.) And I do believe he’s actually got a 303 (cue for all other Mono members to trample him to the ground.) Nice use of an old Otis tune in there, too – in fact, mucho respecto, gringo all round. Am I making sense?

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Chuckb - Streamline [monomul002]

[Originally released August 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Spookily, I’ve lost all contact with Supernao since his jaunt to England to be at Dan/Anarchy+Lemon’s wedding. Maybe he caught the bouquet? In the meantime, I’m releasing one of his mellowest cuts, a track which I think was originally going to be for the Amiga disc-mag “RAW”. Sadly, RAW’s dead, so Mono’s putting the tune out instead. Enjoy.

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Supernao - Superclear [mono034]

[Originally released September 1996 on the sekrit ‘rival’ net.label to Monotonik, No’Mo!] 

f*ck.mono.we.da.real.deal.ya.hear??
mono.can’t.do.this.not.close.suckas

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Hoffman - Super Sharp Shooter (Remix) [nomo001]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Subi returns with another unique experience – late analogue synths and tinges of happy hardcore make for an early-Prodigy influenced belter. Listen to the track build, and build, and build.. hmm, ‘A500 Luddism’ sounds pretty, uhh, interesting from where I’m standing.

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Subi - Reciprocator [mono035]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

These wikked tracks were composed by TheFoxII last year, but not given a proper release, so Mono is happy to give it the attention it deserves. Some cute acid leanings, great dynamics, kicking percussion/effects, and those heavenly chords make this MOD a journey into headspace you won’t forget in a hurry. No, we really do like it.

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TheFoxII - Three Days Work [mono036, 01/02]

TheFoxII - Pump Up [mono036, 02/02]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Wu-Twanging it into ’96, Mortimer Tee shows us how that funky drummer thing is done. Again. What’s nice about Mortimer’s tunes is that they’re original, stylistically. Some cool dub influences, skirting the hiphop/jungle border skilfully, looping and skipping his way to a blunted existence, that’s our Mr. Tee. Wonder if he sprung Face from the mental hospital to help him with this effort?

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Mortimer Twang - Near To You (Remix) [mono037]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

An awfully long time after the first instalment of the R:Emissions, here’s the next generation. Hope you enjoy the remixes, and hope you know the originals well enough already. Although a lot of people keep advocating this kinda remix project, it’s actually quite tricky to co-ordinate, choose the right mixes (yes, we decided not to use some), etc etc. But no doubt, we’ll get to R:Emissions 3. Eventually. (release 100, anyone?)

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TheFoxII, Dreamfish – Habitation (Phunk Remix) [mono038, 01/03]

Carebear, Subi – Drift (Navagata Remix) [mono038, 02/03]

TheFoxII, Dreamfish, Supernao – Tribute (Gaz Remix) [mono038, 03/03]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Up the tempo, up it.. a guest showing for Mono’s Swiss homie Dexter as we make sure your brain waves hit maximum phase. Brutal but skilful, that’s the way to kick it. Prince Blimey says so. Btw, there’s also a 2nd part to this tune – it may or may not surface in the future. Frankly, we don’t think you could take it

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Dexter - Dreamscope 4.1[mono039]

[Originally released September 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Mood indigo, Basehead swirls about, hits on a rhythm, and taps out this sweet thang – sorta like Detroit pistons, huh? Thanks to BH for this cool elektronik guest-release – may your cogs rotate forever. This really _is_ one of the best Mono releases so far.

[Actually, we hope some of the Amiga Mono listeners actually get round to listening to these kinda multichannel releases, either on DeliTracker on the Amiga or on a PC – there are some things that 4-channel just can’t do, and this is one of the examples of dat fact.]

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Basehead - Indigo [monomul003]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

More multichannel meanderings, with a release from sole Mono multichanneler ChuckB and ubiquitous whizz Vivid – that’ll do nicely, thankyou. Naturally, you can check out both of these musicians in their alternative surroundings of (still) the best PC music-group around, Kosmic – check out http://www.kosmic.com or http://www.spaz.com/~kosmic on the Web. But Mono’s zooming up the leftfield to unseat the masters.

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Vivid & ChuckB - Drop The Bass Knob [monomul004]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Wow. I hate being accused of over-hyping Mono, but this track just rules. I’ve been listening to almost constantly ever since Mortimer Tee mailed it to me about 3 or 4 weeks ago, and I’m delighted I finally got a chance to release it. What’s the step above that Mortimer takes? I’m not really sure, but his tunes have so much soul, and that’s all too often missing in MODs. And yet, it’s got the moves too – listen to that drum-break strut and spin. *sigh*.
Anyhow, enough hype. Just enjoy.

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Mortimer Twang - Theme [mono041]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Well, it’s taken me almost 50 Mono releases, but I (h0l) have finally got round to releasing a proper tune on Mono (my other two releases were just cleaning up some minor unreleased stuff, really.) Phew. And it’s my first tune for 6 months, too, due to final exams at uni, my new job, and running Mono all getting in the way. Anyhow, hope you enjoy the result.

The “I wanna be a spaceman” sample is courtesy of Mr. Noel Gallagher of the popular beat combo Oasis, by the way, and it’s stolen from an Oasis bootleg. Scoooore.

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h0l - Phase 187 [mono042]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Time for techno? Carebear immediately overturns the mellow image he’s cultivated from previous Mono releases with this smart piece of ?0? riddim. Apparently, with a De La Soul sample, too, although not exactly an obvious one, izit? Nice.

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Carebear - Stop [mono043]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.] 

Another completely original guest-star tune from the ‘reclusive’ 4T Thieves, stuck out on an island off the South Coast of England making some of the weirdest, most exhileratingly alien MODs I’ve heard in quite a while. Hear the depth, won’t you? Stuck out in the moons of Venus, diving into the seas beneath Saturn, or just chillin’ out in your bedroom, Mono takes you out there. Out _there_

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4T Thieves - Ebbtide Moon [mono044]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

astrud gilberto – “the girl from ipanema”
dizzy/cncd – “the girl from ipanema”
david sanborn – “chicago song”
nightlight(?)/kefrens – “chicago song.”
minnie riperton – “loving you”
the orb – “loving you”
blasta. outta leftfield.
abuse/no’mo – “loving you (degrees remix)”
exit stage right, pursued by bear.

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Abuse - Loving You (Degrees Remix) [nomo002]

[Originally released October 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Zooooom. Time for Mono to get funky, we feel, and who better to do it for us than Azze of The Black Lotus? It may make your head nod unashamedly, and it may sound just a little bit like Lizardking, but it sure as hell rawks. Yeah, rawks. Definitely a contender for catchiest Mono tune so far. Thanks Azze, we owe ya several.

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Azazel -  PolarBjornAttack [mono045]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Well, Mono’s especially pleased to feature a guest release from one of the masters of the PC elektronik sound, Keith303 of Radical Rhythms. This track was composed ‘specially for Mono, and was to have been part of a Mono vs. RR EP, until spare time problems forced that to one side for a while. But we still intend to get a Mono and RR co-operation going sometime in the future, so watch out for that one… and in the meantime, enjoy this wikked track.

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Keith303 - Anxiety Express [monomul005]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Dreamfish returns with a groove that’s both minimal and lush at the same time, and we have to nod our heads to this one, don’t we? Unclassifiable? Yep. Groovable? More so. The transition halfway through the track is, incidentally, phat. Repeat play, please, and don’t spare the horsepower.

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Dreamfish - Shredless Wonder [mono046]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

The debut release from the rather attuned Relief, and one of his neato multichannel tunes, grudgingly made after his Amiga keyboard broke. This is in the kinda style you don’t normally hear on a PC… isn’t it? On the unclassifiable side, but wikkedness increase – listen to those drums stutter ‘n roll and enjoy.

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Relief - Simon Says [monomul006]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Another substantial release from the marvellous minimal-trancer, and this time a mellower track, twinned with a trademark phasing, hihat-smearing tune. 4 channels ain’t dead. There’s more to come – watch out for a distinctly non-trademark triphop track from Substance in the coming releases. Whee, and what’s more, wheee.

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Substance - Decay To Infinity [mono047, 01/02]

Substance - Shapechanger [mono047, 02/02]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Another double-release, this time from TheFoxII, and the title track wins the award for the Mono tune which makes us jump around the most, ever. Yes, ever. Speed those housevocals up, throw in some breakbeats, we got a guaranteed barnstormer, it seems. As for the second track, it’s a smart return to the style of earlier TFII releases on Mono – those chords are an absolute bitch to loop, tho.

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TheFoxII - Rushmore Remix [mono048, 01/02]

TheFoxII - First Encounter [mono048, 02/02]

[Originally released November 1996 on the free Monotonik net.label.]

Carebear’s multichannel competition winner, as promised, and it’s a classy melange of all sorts of nice stuff – wicked speech samples, too. Kinda DJ Hype + Ganja Kru for our scene? Carebear’s another Mono member who does 4-channel and multichannel stuff, anyway – both Dreamfish and Supernao promise some multichannel action soon too.

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Carebear - Confession [monomul007]

Mono/Mono211/Monotonik was a free net.label - specializing in idm, laidback electronica, breaks and ambient - that existed from 1996 to 2009. This account - run by Mono's original owner, Simon Carless - will gradually be adding all Monotonik .MP3 and (rarer to find nowadays!) Mono/Mono211 .MODs - subscribe to the channel, to get notified when they all turn up!

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