Monoid is now active since more than 10 years.
Due to this, ?Open Closure? and ?Chaos Constrain?, the first two tapes released by A&T records in spring and winter 1996, are now made available again by TOSOM. This time both titles come as a CDR with full colour cover, multiple inlays including the original cover art and multiple bonus tracks. Only minimal sound editing and de-noising was applied to the material to keep the original raw spirit of these first Monoid documents.
MONOID - Open Closure (TOSOM 026)
CDR, 19 TRACKS, 73 MINUTES
LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION OF 150 COPIES
DVD BOX IN CD SIZE WITH 5 INSERTS.
Monoid started as a side project of Conscientia Peccati, to offer a channel for rhythmic industrial and experimental pieces not suitable for the ritualistic and neoclassical sound of CP. After one compilation release, ?Open Closure? started the Monoid release series in spring 1996. On the tape mainly minimalist and rhythmic tracks can be found, suitable for the industrial dancefloors of that time. But also some more experimental and ambient tracks found their way on the tape, showing a glimpse of future things to come. The sound is rough and rather analogue, featuring vocal samples and lots of distortions and feedback. The bonus tracks of the TOSOM re-release inlcude an alternative version of ?Spalt?, maybe the best-known track of the original tape.
MONOID - Chaos Constrain (TOSOM 027)
CDR, 19 TRACKS, 77 MINUTES
LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION OF 150 COPIES
DVD BOX IN CD SIZE WITH 5 INSERTS.
After the good resonance of ?Open Closure?, ?Chaos Constrain?, the second Monoid tape, was released at the end of 1996. Here the seeds of the first tape are followed and further developed. This includes more minimal and abstract tracks where the only instrument seems to be the feedback of an undistinguishable sound source as well as song-like structures with spoken lyrics. The sound itself is more digital this time, using a broader variety of synthesizers and percussion modules. Still, hard rhythms, distortions and samples are still dominant in this release. The bonus material of the TOSOM re-release features among others an extended version of the experimental fragments used on the original tape.
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