ARTiST : Monochrome
ALBUM : Eclat
LABEL : Paranoid
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2006-01-20
STREET : 2006-02-10
ENCODER : LAME 3.90
QUALiTY : 218kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 65 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:39:20
+ TRACK LiSTiNG +
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Zweibruch 3:10
2. Series Of Catastrophes And Celebrations 3:44
3. Gegenstⁿck 3:54
4. Every Once A While 3:17
5. Accidents & Incidents 1:40
6. Souvenir Of A Sentimental Non-Event 4:12
7. Kopfⁿberkreuz 3:24
8. Amuse-bouche 2:42
9. Ecart (Les Murs Ont La Parole) 3:22
10. Who,me? 3:05
11. Prim 2:11
12. Kosmodrom 4:39
39:20
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There was a time when the band we know today as Monochrome went under the name
of Dawnbreed. They were a hardcore band that began to work different musical
elements into their sound. Pop, indie, noise....you can hear it all in the six
singles and two LPs that they released between the years of 1994 and 2000. With
added female vocalists and a saxophone player it developed into the
ôDawnbreed/Monochrome Collectiveö, opening doors for them musically without
forfeiting an ounce of their live qualities. Energetic, almost brutal guitar-pop
that couldnÆt be topped in intensity, combined with the best that punk and
hardcore had to offer: that was the mixture that nobody could resist.
The band continued to release their music under both band names and in 1999 the
first Monochrome Longplayer, ôLaserö, saw the light of day. In 2000, mainly due
to their drummer quitting because of health reasons, they decided to permanently
end the chapter known as Dawnbreed and continue solely under the Monochrome
moniker.
Then came a period of personnel changes which led to the series of shorter
format releases following ôLaserö. Top priority was to teach the new members the
existing songs instead of just writing new material. But this also meant that
each of these releases can be seen as representing the status quo of the band at
the time of recording, or as individual chapters in the bandÆs progression. It
was also important to the band to always have a new release when they went on
tour. During this time they toured four times extensively across Europe as well
as twice on the US east coast, where they were able to play in such legendary
clubs as the ABC No Rio in New York and the Black Cat Club in Washington DC.
The revolving door of Monochrome members has since stopped, leaving the band
with a steady line-up. The members are, however, spread across hundreds of
kilometers in central Europe. Three live and work in Stuttgart in southern
Germany, two are based in Basel, Switzerland and the current (female) singer
lives in Berlin. But with good organization and strict planning this has proved
to not be a disadvantage to the bandÆs creativity in any way.
ItÆs difficult to try to pigeonhole Monochrome. You can try calling their music
indieguitarrockhardcorepop....or you can just listen to their new album. ô╚clatö
is the bandÆs first longplayer since ôLaserö and will be released at the
beginning of February on French label Paranoid. It will be followed by a tour
through France, Spain, Belgium and Germany in February/March as well as several
european summer festivals and a further tour in the fall.
http://www.monochromepopgroup.com/