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Sher​á​n

by mononome

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  • Limited Edition 12" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Reverse side, matt paper printing on heavy cardboard sleeve.
    Black inner sleeve. Shrink-wrapped.
    Pressed on 140 grams black vinyl.

    Artwork and design by Jola 818.

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    T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    Silk-screen printed on white 100% Heavy Cotton quality white T-Shirt.
    Comes in two print colour variations. Ink Blue and/or Gradient Turquoise.

    Designed by Jola 818
    jola818.blogspot.com

    Printed by Fuzz Ink
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    T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    Silk-screen printed on 100% Heavy Cotton quality light grey T-Shirt.
    Comes in two print colour variations - Black and/or Gradient Burgundy.

    Designed by Jola 818
    jola818.blogspot.com

    Printed by Fuzz Ink
    www.fuzzink.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Sherán via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Sherán Tote Bag
    Bag + Digital Album

    One colour silk-screen print on 100% organic cotton tote bag.
    Comes in three print colour variations. Ink Blue, Turquoise & Magenta.
    Dimensions 36x40cm.

    Designed by Jola 818
    jola818.blogspot.com

    Printed by Fuzz Ink
    www.fuzzink.com

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about

After a hiatus of almost 3 years and while contributing in to various compilations and collaborative releases as well as touring throughout Europe, March 2018 marks the release of mononome’s newest project, Sherán.

Being a self-demand to strive away from standards so far, as well as from his significant sound and groove he set sails for further experimentation. Sherán demanded for a whole different approach to sampling than his previous projects. Far from overplayed drum breaks and loops the idea behind this particular project was to “cut” and “chop” as much as possible.

Deriving out of a near innumerable bits of record samples, drum-lines become a patchwork of kicks, snares, hi-hats and percussive instruments chopped in such a heavy manner that the outcome comes to be as obscure as well as “unique” in most cases. Mainly laying them down in heavily abstracted ways, drums are clearly the protagonist, standing diverse while firm in the foreground of this farrago of sonic scapes.

While being intentionally out of his comfort zone, the way chosen to record and arrange the whole project remained familiar. Records on top of records fed into an AKAI MPC sampler. In most cases digging went deeper in view of the fact of having to extract pure solo sounds from each finding for the majority of the tracks, thus becoming more targeted and time consuming. From folklore Bulgarian instruments to Middle-eastern percussion and from Romanian Jazz to Italian spy-movie themes each sound bit that make up the entirety of this record was picked carefully as well as purposely so to serve the meaning behind the project’s title.

If we were to transform the sonics of “Sherán” into moving images these images would be those of a runaway trying to leave behind all the shadows that one can only see by himself. The title actually consists of two words -she ran- bind into one, while Sheran also stands as a first name in the Armenian language meaning “she who is beloved/worthy of love”. With that amount of minimal information provided around the concept and title of the record it is up to every individual’s perspective of imagination to follow up and unravel unique stories, idiosyncratic, divergent.

credits

released March 8, 2018

All tracks produced, arranged and mixed by mononome

Mastered by Blanka at Kasablanka Studios

Artwork & Design by Jola 818
(jola818.blogspot.com)

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mononome Greece

Releasing music since 2011 Mononome soon became one of the key figures of his generation within the European beat-producing scene leading to multiple tours across the EU.

His work has received airplay by international radio such as “KCRW”, “NOVA” and “Le Mellotron”.

Using samples, live instrumentation and electronics he creates a signature sound, blurring lines between future beats & old school.
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