A child of the 90s, born some distance away from any clubs, Mondowski isn't the likeliest of candidates for a purveyor of repetitive beats in dark, smoke-filled rooms... hang on scrub that, I was brought up in the middle of nowhere and all I wanted to do was get the f^&% out of there and work out what all this fuss was about with dancing late into the night in small rooms. So yeah he is pretty likely I'd say.

Growing up on the Creation Records back catalogue - check - and Depeche Mode, Jesus & Mary Chain and The Cure - I can see we're going to get along famously - it was around 2004, after listening a Death In Vegas record - I feel I'm re-living my childhood 10 years on - that he had the revelation to explore further electronic horizons. His sound was most influenced however by the likes of Jennifer Cardini, Andrew Weatherall and Ivan Smagghe - I think we need to go and grab a beer mate.

A great starting point for us then as you may have gathered. Taking inspiration from everything from techno to new-wave and electro and acid house he's now a resident at Bordeaux's iBoat,  with his own Shadowplay night. He's also released a couple of rather great EPs already and there's a third one on the way very soon.

He provides us with this week's Shine A Light On Mix. There's also a handy interview accompaniment, which you can get your eyes round below. 
But first get your ears round this;
http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/shine-a-light-on-mondowski/

Interview

Mondowski - Shine A Light On - Ransom Note Un-Mixed

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SaykoKir, a DJ and musician from St. Petersburg, began his creative journey in 2014.
  After organizing a home recording studio, he tried his hand at writing music and DJ mixes. In 2015-2016 he recorded and released several tracks and remixes on little known artists in the styles of breakbeat, indie dance under the pseudonym Fluid Surfers, focusing on writing songs for a secret electronic indie project. Over the years he has accumulated a good collection of music and in 2019-2020 began to perform in bars in St. Petersburg: Mast, Union, Lesopilka, Griboedov, combining styles of indie dance and psychedelic house under the nicknames Fruktaman, Tekuchyi.
  After a long break he resumed his DJing in 2023, playing in his beloved St. Petersburg in such bars as "U Larisa" and secret room "Adische Goroda". Having established myself as a resident in both establishments, to this day i play music in the directions of indie dance, psychedelic house, tech, minimal, seasoned with percussion, ethnic motifs and guitar riffs, creating my own unique sound and sets.
  Continuing to experiment with music, in 2025 he assembled a new secret project Electronic Ethnic, immersing the listener in the mystical world of music and dance.