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MONKEY 076LP
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2022 repress, originally released in 2017. Pow, Boom, Splash! You will instantly recognize the rich brush strokes of this musical painter. Monkeytown linchpin Moritz Friedrich, aka Siriusmo, is back with a bang and a pencil. Following up 2013's Enthusiast (MONKEY 033CD/LP), his third full-length recording Comic sounds like its title suggests: colorful, rampant, funny, and hilariously foolish. Siriusmo maintains his very own sound and spot within electronic music, drawing from numerous styles and mashing it all through his personal beat-grinder, constantly understating and exaggerating. He's the innovator that has no such intentions at all. Here's what the master himself has to say about his new work: "Comic feels like dilettante kids drawings roughly sketched with a big marker, like abstract layouts as well as finely carved romantic paintings. 14 songs ripped from the pages of a coloring book to be vividly colored by you!" But don't worry, those pages will fill themselves with life as soon as the mellow and trippy patterns of the opening track set in. There are big and broken beats in "Wrong Password", extremely easygoing rave tunes like "Dagoberta", lots of genuine oddities like "Wixn", and the piano work on "Geilomant" even makes you think of some classic hip-hop track. Comparisons are futile, except for one: From the melodic vintage electro of "Dagoberta" to the sonic assault and whirlwind drum programming of "Bleat", there's a strong link to older Squarepusher records. Just replace the former's jazz and jungle roots with Berlin's musical history, and you get an idea of what Siriusmo is made of. Siriusmo may be the laziest genius around, though he's been all but unproductive since Enthusiast: In 2015 he joined forces with Modeselektor and toured Europe under the banner of Siriusmodeselektor, playing festivals from Glastonbury to Sonar. The same year he produced the debut album of Romano, Köpenick's one-of-a-kind rap phenomenon and close friend of Moritz. He remixed Moderat, collaborated with synth pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, and contributed to Mr. Oizo's latest album (BEC 5156714, 2016), who's also appearing on Comic. So does Romano on standout track "La Bouche", delivering some tasty German phrases. Having been occupied recently with Roman's second album, his fans are very lucky that Moritz found the time to pin down a new Siriusmo album as well. He may not be a man of many words, but possesses a bold and singular musical vision. Also features Dana And Romano and Jan Driver.
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MONKEY 076CD
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Pow, Boom, Splash! You will instantly recognize the rich brush strokes of this musical painter. Monkeytown linchpin Moritz Friedrich, aka Siriusmo, is back with a bang and a pencil. Following up 2013's Enthusiast (MONKEY 033CD/LP), his third full-length recording Comic sounds like its title suggests: colorful, rampant, funny, and hilariously foolish. Siriusmo maintains his very own sound and spot within electronic music, drawing from numerous styles and mashing it all through his personal beat-grinder, constantly understating and exaggerating. He's the innovator that has no such intentions at all. Here's what the master himself has to say about his new work: "Comic feels like dilettante kids drawings roughly sketched with a big marker, like abstract layouts as well as finely carved romantic paintings. 14 songs ripped from the pages of a coloring book to be vividly colored by you!" But don't worry, those pages will fill themselves with life as soon as the mellow and trippy patterns of the opening track set in. There are big and broken beats in "Wrong Password", extremely easygoing rave tunes like "Dagoberta", lots of genuine oddities like "Wixn", and the piano work on "Geilomant" even makes you think of some classic hip-hop track. Comparisons are futile, except for one: From the melodic vintage electro of "Dagoberta" to the sonic assault and whirlwind drum programming of "Bleat", there's a strong link to older Squarepusher records. Just replace the former's jazz and jungle roots with Berlin's musical history, and you get an idea of what Siriusmo is made of. Siriusmo may be the laziest genius around, though he's been all but unproductive since Enthusiast: In 2015 he joined forces with Modeselektor and toured Europe under the banner of Siriusmodeselektor, playing festivals from Glastonbury to Sonar. The same year he produced the debut album of Romano, Köpenick's one-of-a-kind rap phenomenon and close friend of Moritz. He remixed Moderat, collaborated with synth pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, and contributed to Mr. Oizo's latest album (BEC 5156714, 2016), who's also appearing on Comic. So does Romano on standout track "La Bouche", delivering some tasty German phrases. Having been occupied recently with Roman's second album, his fans are very lucky that Moritz found the time to pin down a new Siriusmo album as well. He may not be a man of many words, but possesses a bold and singular musical vision. Also features Dana And Romano and Jan Driver.
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MONKEY 076S-EP
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This is a profound message from Siriusmo: "Everybody should listen to music, music is great!" And his new single proves his point. With his third album Comic (MONKEY 076CD/LP) just around the corner, these three tracks introduce you to Moritz Friedrich's latest electronic action adventure. The single edit of "Comic" teases the laid-back rave vibes of the album, while "Always Du" is an all too beautiful combination of weird synth grooves and divine piano playing. Same goes for "Where Was I", but here Friedrich takes the track to truly surrealist realms. Quite sophisticated, but also a shit load of fun.
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MONKEY 033LP
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2017 repress; Double LP version. As soon as Mosaik, Siriusmo's debut album, got released in 2010, studio-work for the sophomore album began. Unfortunately, the myth of the difficult second album became a reality and so the album changed its face again and again, got delayed various times, until finally, at the beginning of 2013, Siriusmo was happy with what he had accomplished. After beat works for Snoop Dogg and an album collaboration with Boys Noize, Siriusmo now finally presents Enthusiast, his long-anticipated second album. Enthusiast features 13 songs ranging from neo-disco house tunes, electro-pop, cutting edge hip-hop to UK bass-inspired beat constructs and various electronic listening experiments. Multifaceted and eclectic as always, Siriusmo knows how to satisfy high expectations without compromising his sound. To some, Mosaik felt less like an album and more like a compilation, with its drastic jumps from genre to genre and its wild-style, all-over-the-place attitude. Regardless of which opinion you share, Enthusiast combines the best of both worlds and makes for one of the most compelling offerings from Siriusmo in his more than a decade-long recording career. The album still shows no signs of a one-sided sound, but at the same time, it is a more homogeneous and mature piece of work. Enthusiast definitely bears the hallmarks of what we've come to expect from a great Siriusmo record.
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MONKEY 033CD
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As soon as Mosaik, Siriusmo's debut album, got released in 2010, studio-work for the sophomore album began. Unfortunately, the myth of the difficult second album became a reality and so the album changed its face again and again, got delayed various times, until finally, at the beginning of 2013, Siriusmo was happy with what he had accomplished. After beat works for Snoop Dogg and an album collaboration with Boys Noize, Siriusmo now finally presents Enthusiast, his long-anticipated second album. Enthusiast features 13 songs ranging from neo-disco house tunes, electro-pop, cutting edge hip-hop to UK bass-inspired beat constructs and various electronic listening experiments. Multifaceted and eclectic as always, Siriusmo knows how to satisfy high expectations without compromising his sound. To some, Mosaik felt less like an album and more like a compilation, with its drastic jumps from genre to genre and its wild-style, all-over-the-place attitude. Regardless of which opinion you share, Enthusiast combines the best of both worlds and makes for one of the most compelling offerings from Siriusmo in his more than a decade-long recording career. The album still shows no signs of a one-sided sound, but at the same time, it is a more homogeneous and mature piece of work. Enthusiast definitely bears the hallmarks of what we've come to expect from a great Siriusmo record.
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MONKEY 013CD
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Pearls & Embarrassments features 42 Siriusmo tracks recorded between 2000-2010, including 8 previously-unreleased tracks produced during the same time frame. Most of the nearly 100 Siriusmo tracks released since the new millennium have been available only on vinyl singles. Pearls & Embarrassments brings many of them to digital life for the first time. This 2CD collection will hold many surprises, not only for recent Siriusmo devotees, but also for long-time fans and record collectors. Siriusmo was digging deep in his archives and personally selected 8 unreleased tracks which so far had never fit any format -- hard to believe when you hear tracks like "Dunkelrot" and "Hello DJ," which alone could have easily made another hit single. Monkeytown is proud to present the most comprehensive Siriusmo compendium to date.
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MONKEY 011EP
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Sirimande/Feed My Meatmachine hosts 2 previous CD-only tracks from the well-received Siriusmo debut album Mosaik (MONKEY 010CD/LP), along with 2 brand-new bonus tracks. Featuring quirkier and demanding tracks that are sweeter than mousse au chocolat: heavy, sweet, lots of calories, addictive and simply to die for!
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MONKEY 010LP
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2LP version with four exclusive vinyl-only tracks.
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MONKEY 010CD
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Monkeytown Records proudly presents the first full-length album by Germany's Siriusmo since 2008's Diskoding. Mosaik has been highly-anticipated, and Moritz Friedrich aka Siriusmo has finally found the time and courage to sit down and complete the project. Siriusmo has been around for about a decade, releasing a dozen singles and EPs on various Berlin-based record labels and remixing names like Scissor Sisters, Gossip, Chikinki, Simian Mobile Disco, Boys Noize, Digitalism, Chromeo, A-Trak, Munk and many others. Siriusmo, who grew up with Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and hip-hop, played organ in a '70s-inspired band, and is active as a graffiti artist, ghost-painter and illustrator. Mosaik reflects all the different aspects of his personality and strongly shows his interest in various art forms and various kinds of music. For Moritz, the sound of Siriusmo should be futuristic -- not like our current understanding of the future, but more like the future was painted in the '70s -- exaggerated, improvisational, colorful, sometimes trashy, but never cheap, extravagant and open-minded.
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MONKEY 009EP
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Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records imprint presents the album pre-single Feromonikon/Signal, a surprising showcase of Siriusmo's stylistic diversity. Not necessarily known as a techno producer, this 12" shows Moritz Friedrich aka Siriusmo flexing his muscles. Adrenergic "Feromonikon" slightly reminds of the best moments of Alter Ego rave anthems, paired with Warp-esque sound elements and those typical Siriusmo trademarks. "Signal" is not far from the melodic catchiness of "Berlin Calling" mega-seller, Paul Kalkbrenner.
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MONKEY 003EP
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Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records presents an EP by Siriusmo -- 5 brand-new songs full of catchy moments, funky beats and enough surprises to keep you entertained more than the usual dancefloor tool. With his previous releases, Siriusmo has gathered an impressive fan club. Daft Punk, Justice, Cassius, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Sinden, A-Trak and many more have played Siriusmo tracks on heavy rotation and called him one of the hottest newcomers. Enjoy 5 new adventures!
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