 Monochrome is an independent group established in 1996 based in Stuttgart, Germany and Basel, Switzerland.    |
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Friend or foe, we have – again – revamped our aural and visual being. Almost precisely two years after our last record we have laid down twelve new gems of Monochrome songs that have found their way home to the new CD / LP "Caché". While some might say: wow, after two years they finally made the "comeback" for us this feels like making the guiness world records. What started out as a patchwork of musical ideas and sounds and words quickly focused into the songs that we captured into bits and bytes with the help of our best friends at Hahn&Hahn recordings and our very own new recording facility, run by Marten Thielges. —  As you see, we have also taken the opportunity to completely overhaul our beautiful little island on the internet — in fact, we still consider this to be mainland and our followers Myspace page as weekend resort. Feel free to seek and find everything you've ever wanted to know about us, all in a single explorative space, scroll away. — If you refuse to believe then feel free to get ahold of the the sleek CD, classy LP, or a fashionable mp3 download from the usual suspects at Amazon, iTunes, etc or choose not to let big name corporate firms credit from our music and buy directly from the nice people at our label Stickman Records or our long time friends at X-Mist Records. — Being incredibly busy there are sacrifices to be made and we have to confess that shows and festivals will be rather rare for us this season. There are some free dates left on our behalf so if you have something set up get in touch with us. We have though found the time to schedule a must-do line up of club gigs in may and we are preparing to hit France and Spain in october. Please check back here, we'll be keeping you up-to-date. — |
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07. MAY — STUTTGART, Schocken 08. MAY — LUXEMBOURG, d:cliq 09. MAY — PARIS, 10. MAY — SOLINGEN, Cobra 11. MAY — HAMBURG, Grüner Jäger 23. MAY — BASEL, Kuppel 19. SEPTEMBER - Oldenburg, umbaubar 20. SEPTEMBER - Köln, Gebäude 9 In late september/october we'll be on tour in France and Spain — BOOKING & PRESS DOWNLOADS Stage plan & Technical rider (.pdf; 441.8kb) Monochrome Press Kit, May 2008 (.pdf; 1273.2kb) Equipe picture (.jpg; rgb; 280.5kb) Duet picture (.jpg; rgb; 316.7kb) — Any requests? Please drop us a line. |
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  MONOCHROME CACHÉ Stickman Records *061, LP/CD, 12 Songs, 39:30min — Tracks: VON FALL ZU FALL, TIMES NEW ROMANCE, PARALLAX, LES PANTALONS HEAVY METAL, MOTIF, DIE DINGE WIE SIE SIND, HIGH FIVE, TRUC, ZEITAUTOMATIK, KNACK, STEM, DETOUR AHEAD Produced by Marten Thielges. Recorded and mixed by Hahn&Hahn, Easylifecharthits Studio. Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, Orlando, Florida. Additional recordings at baselcitystudios, Basel and Löwentorstrasse, Stuttgart. Additional production by Hahn & Hahn. Additional musicians: Miss Kenichi, Thomas Hahn, Frank Wildermuth & Ekkehard Rössle. Photography by Beat Schweizer, Bern. Design by Helm Pfohl, Patrina Strähl and viveletuning. Read more about the album in our Press Kit and Magazine. "[...] Auf „Caché“ ist alles an seinem Platz. Jeder Song spricht die richtigen Reflexe an. Jede Minute ist voll von großartigen Momenten. Nichts ist vergeudet. Jede Emotion ist eingefangen. Jede, die man sich vorzustellen imstande ist. Nichts lässt sich relativieren mit dieser Platte: nicht das, was wir kennen, nichts an Musik. Wann habe ich das letzte Mal eine Platte gehört, die so Allgemeingültigkeit beanspruchte? Wann war je eine Band so nah dran? Die perfekte Platte aufgenommen zu haben? Ich kann mich nicht erinnern. Ich will es nicht." Persona non grata, No. 75, May 2008 |
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| Truc taken from the album Caché, 2008 Von Fall zu Fall taken from the album Caché, 2008 High Five taken from the album Caché, 2008 Gegenstück taken from the album Eclat, 2006 Gegenstück RINGTONE Every once a while taken from the album Eclat, 2006 Kontern CLIP, 2001 — A couple of our songs have been featured in recent films. Die Österreichische Methode is in the movies since March 2008 and will hopefully be soon available on DVD. |
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ECLAT LP/CD, 2006 Sticksister Records, 027 — Released in France by Paranoid Records. Distributed in Germany by Indigo. Recorded and mixed by Hahn&Hahn. Mastered by Bernd Steinwedel, Studio Nord, Bremen. — 12 Songs |
FERRO 12"/MCD, 2003 Trans Solar Records, 017 — Recorded and mixed by B. Hahn. — 7 Songs |
LASER LP/CD, 1999 Trans Solar Records, 008/014 — Recorded and mixed by B. Hahn Re-released by Trans Solar Records in 2003. The album features 4 songs from the EP RADIO, Trans Solar Records .003, 1997. — 13 Songs |
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 THE ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY — CACHÉ LP/CD, Stickman Records, Hamburg — No. 061, 2008 ECLAT LP/CD, Sticksister Records, Hamburg & Paranoid Records, Caen — No. 027, 2006 EVERY ONCE A WHILE, on: Spex Compilation 01, 2006 GEGENSTÜCK, on: Compilation "I can't relax in Deutschland", 2005 TREMA MCD, Trans Solar Records, Berlin — 2004 FERRO Vinyl 12"/MCD, Trans Solar Records, Berlin — No. 017, 2003 VARA 7", Dimmak Records, USA — No. 025, 2001 KONTERN Video, Trans Solar Records, Berlin — 2000 LASER LP/CD, Trans Solar Records, Berlin — No .008, 1999 RADIO Vinyl 12"/MCD, Trans Solar Records, Berlin — No. 003, 1997 HOOK Vinyl 7", X-Mist Records, Nagold — 1996 You can purchase all of our records that are still in press at X-Mist Records |
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  — Kate Complikate and Dominik Thomann. View more pics.   MONOCHROME APPAREL: THE KNITTING & GARDENING SHIRT Drawn with love by viveletuning. Heather grey AA shirts in different sizes. fetch this goodie and other beautiful gear at one of our upcoming shows - better not think twice, our merchandise is always limited! |
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 Bob Torture — Loads of historic information about Monochrome Myspace — Unofficial Monochrome fansite Persona non grata — Magazine Zweibruch at St. Feliu — August 2006 Trans Solar Records — Berlin Ox-Magazine — Interview/History Prognose Taschen — Basel Analog und Ehrlich at Lyon — April 2002t Block G, Reihe 26, Sitz 66 — St. Jakob Stadion, Basel durchdeswelt — Ego Electric Zine Set&Sekt — Boutique, Basel Queesch — Magazine, Luxembourg I might be wrong — Berlin Guy Jost / Beat Schweizer — Photographers, Bern Patrick Salonen — Image composing, Bern Olympia Boutique — Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele — Stuttgart Chragokyberneticks — Illustrations Peta — Interview with Marc Calmbach  LABEL CONTACT & PRESS REQUESTS  Stickman Records Ochsenwerder Elbdeich 140 21037 Hamburg, Germany stickman@stickman-records.de www.stickman-records.de Contact France: Paranoid Records — BAND CONTACT & BOOKING mail@monochromepopgroup.com — BOOKING & PRESS DOWNLOADS Stage plan & Technical rider (.pdf; 441.8kb) Monochrome Press Kit, May 2008 (.pdf; 1273.2kb) Equipe picture (.jpg; rgb; 280.5kb) Duet picture (.jpg; rgb; 316.7kb) Drawn poster logo (.jpg; 329.4kb) M–Journal (Reviews, history, articles; .pdf)  Art direction & Design by viveletuning, Bern/Basel. Band picture by David Spaeth, Stuttgart. Shot at Olympia Boutique. Thank you! Site assembled with love and patience. 2008 © VLT/Monochrome GBR |
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