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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A  la temprana edad de 13 años este  vascomadrileño  compró su primer vinilo...Joy division.Corria el año 1986 y aquel sonido se consideraba Vanguardia.Influenciado desde entonces por los sonidos analógicos y electrónicos,se sumerge en una corriente alternativa compuesta por bandas como Sisters of Mercy,Psyché,The force dimension,Kraftwerk,Snake corps,trisonomie 21 y un largo etc...Su primera residencia fue a los 16 años inaugurando la sala Cats en Madrid donde comenzó su andadura por el mundo dancefloor & clubs.Su trayectoria se ha definido en clubs fetiche como attica(Madrid),Specka(Madrid),Spit(madrid),Revolcón(madrid),TNT(madrid),Zarabanda(Madrid) donde compartió residencia con dos de los Tops, Christian Varela y Rudy.También ha compartido cartel con monstruos del techno Mulero,Yke,David el Niño,Largo iconos de la escena electrónica madrileña.
Su estilo propio y renovado traza una linea ecléctica que va desde los sonidos house mas Chicago a un sinfin de sonidos deep/tech/technodub fusionado a la perfección.Eso si no descarteis sorpresas pop en alguna de sus mezclas que nunca son predecibles.Promotor en Brasil de las famosas DJungleDJ en plena Amazonia con un entorno natural espectacular .En estos momentos ultima su primer lanzamiento en los sellos lon dinenses Alola Records y Sex on wax que cumplen 20 años de historia.www.alola.co.uk Charteado y pinchado por Luarent Garnier , Omid 16 and many others monters of electronic music

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