(mtk 213) Bitbasic - Sprinking Rainbows

Bitbasic - Sprinking Rainbows
Label: Monotonik
Catalog#: mtk.mp3.213
Format: 13 x File, MP3, EP, 192 kbps
Country: US
Released: 08 August 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Funky, Jazz, Breaks, Chill

After his first release in Monotonik on 2007, the 'Grating Rainbows' EP, we are absolutely delighted to present a long in-development full album -- 'Sprinkling Rainbows' from the UK resident Bitbasic, whose super-funky drill and bass attitude to jazzy electronica makes it one of our favorite label releases of the last few years.

In a similar fashion to earlier Monotonik releases like Aleksi Virta's album, 'Grating Rainbows' cuts up the jazzy breaks with the electronic in entirely alluring ways, with 'Flannel' a great initial example of the headnodding, sometimes brain-scrambling stylings. There's even tremendously evocative Bent-style spaced-out melodies of tracks like 'Blueish'.

With a full album to choose from, you can yoyo easily between the super fast, funky breaks of 'Realization' and the sinewave bleeps of 'Monos', before it all ends up with an entirely unexpected, glorious funk attack, as a super-chilled cover of 'Ain't No Sunshine' starts going terribly, terribly wrong half-way through. And it's awesome.

Once again, thanks to Bitbasic for letting us put out this album under a Creative Commons license, and we hope you dig it and check out his site for his latest gigs, EPs, single tracks, and other goodness.

Tracklisting:

1. Strafe
2. Flannel
3. Things Being Fried
4. Blueish
5. Zero G in Fluff
6. Realization
7. Make
8. Get Me Out
9. Monos
10. Sprinkling Rainbows
11. Yellowish
12. Damaged Beyond Repair
13. Ain't No Sunshine

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(mtk 212) General Fuzz - Soulful Filling

General Fuzz - Soulful Filling
Label: Monotonik
Catalog#: mtk.mp3.212
Format: File, MP3, EP, Vbr, Album
Country: US
Released: 14 June 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Chill, Downtempo, Ambient

As we edge into summer, we're proud to give further exposure to a gorgeous album submitted to Monotonik late last year from James Kirsch, aka General Fuzz, and the truly spectacular chill-out electronic that is 'Soulful Filling'.

Having grown up in Newton, MA, General Fuzz is happy to make his home in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he recruited a number of talented local live musicians to fill out the electronic sounds on this charming full-length album. (In fact, his website has a detailed 'making-of' page with info on all the collaborators.)

Highlights? Well, pedal steel has been a key part of the best chillout for many years now, and 'Warm Steel' is a great example of that in action, while lead-off track 'Eye Heart Knot' has a tremendously evocative, interlocking set of melodies around it.

We're proud that the General has let us put this album out on Monotonik - donate to him to help support his art if you dig it, won't you?

Tracklisting:
1. eye heart knot
2. four prophets
3. comfort zone
4. mellow drama
5. warm steel
6. go inward
7. starry
8. second thoughts
9. walking home
10. fuzzy prayer
11. goodbyes



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(mtk.mp3.211) Chromatic Flights - Favorite Cat EP

Chromatic Flights - Favorite Cat EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog#: mtk.mp3.211
Format: 4 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Country: US
Released: 04 May 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Downtempo

Tracklisting:
1 Orangle Balloon (5:57)
2 Warmer Morning Storms (4:44)
3 Favorite Cat (5:41)
4 The Story Of The Sun (3:07)



A long time coming, the third Monotonik release from Chromatic Flights, aka Florida's Kyle Wyss, debuts after some heavy buzz for his main project, the two-man band Blind Man's Colour, online.

In fact, with none other than Kanye West linking his Blind Man's Colour material and the band signed to Kanine Records (Grizzly Bear, Mommy And Daddy), we're delighted to be continuing to put out his solo material for Monotonik fans.

Continuing from his first and second free releases on Monotonik, 'Memories From The Audible Color Wheel' and 'Heavy Stars Will Fall', respectively, this new EP continues to layer in gorgeous mixes of shoegazing melodies and electronic goodness. We very much appreciate Kyle's support and patience.

(And on that front, note to Monotonik listeners - sorry we've been slowing down our output of late. Real life -- and the overwhelming amount of music available on the Internet -- has been intervening. We'll try to keep it going at a reasonable pace.)

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