 Monochrome is an independent group established in 1996 based in Stuttgart, Germany and Basel, Switzerland.    |
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| In the meantime the new album is all over print and online media, writers have found much better wordsthan we would ever be capable of. Scroll down to our Review section to view some of them. Read more about Monochrome and the new record Caché in these recent online interviews on yellowisthenewpink.com and helga-rockt.de 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. 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, La Mécanique Ondulatoire 10. MAY — SOLINGEN, Cobra 11. MAY — HAMBURG, Grüner Jäger 23. MAY — BASEL, Kuppel 05. JULY — STUTTGART, Sommerfest@Rocker 33 01. AUGUST — ESSLINGEN, Burg 19. SEPTEMBER — OLDENBURG, umbaubar 20. SEPTEMBER — KÖLN, Gebäude 9 30. SEPTEMBER — LYON, F Ground Zero In late september/october we'll be on tour in France and Spain. Booking France: dorian@silverstationrecords.com 02. OCTOBER — MONTPELLIER, F Secret Place 03. OCTOBER — BARCELONA, ES Be Cool 04. OCTOBER — ZARAGOZA, ES TBA 07. OCTOBER — BILBAO, ES Edaska 08. OCTOBER — MONT DE MARSAN, F Café Music 09. OCTOBER — LIMOGES, F La Fourmi 17. OCTOBER — LUZERN, Treibhaus 08. NOVEMBER — DORTMUND, FZW 21. NOVEMBER — HEIDELBERG, Teufel 22. NOVEMBER — SAARBRÜCKEN, Garage 05. DECEMBER — MÜNCHEN, Atomic Café 06. DECEMBER — OBERHAUSEN, Druckluft BOOKING & PRESS DOWNLOADS Stage plan & Technical rider (.pdf; 441.8kb) Monochrome Press Kit, May 2008 (.pdf; 1273.2kb) Equipe picture (.jpg; rgb; 280.5kb) — 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 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 the Reviews & articles section.  "Ein Album voller Hits und interessanter Momente, ach was: voller großer Songs." Trust, June 2008 „Caché“ nimmt sich noch eine Spur weiter zurück als die letzten Platten, verkleidet sich in noch gefälligeren Pop, um seinen widerspenstigen Inhalt noch weiter voranzubringen. „I`m easy like a monday morning", singt Calmbach so einfach, dass man es fast überhört. Die alte Ungemütlichkeit ist gut versteckt." Visions, June 2008 "... ein verdammt gutes Album, das man sich erst erschließen muss, das dann aber mit voller Wucht wirkt." Ox, June 2008 "Für den Zwischenspeicher ist dieses Album mitnichten gedacht: Vieles auf „Caché“ frisst sich schnell ins Gehirn und bleibt lange dort hängen. Bleibt nur noch die Anfangs- frage: Warum knallt das nicht in den Indie-Dissen des Landes? Vielleicht, weil die Band zu viel Haltung mitbringt? Zu viel Denkfutter für den Dancefloor?" Intro, June 2008 "Mitten in die Frühjahrs-Melancholie platzen Monochrome und fegen mit „Caché“ die grauen Wolken von der Seele. Ein Dutzend First-Class-Flowers im Garten Pop. Kreativität statt Kommerz, Kantigkeit statt Kitsch." Getaddicted, May 2008 "Monochrome still stand for pop music that is too harsh for the radio and to plain for the hardcore kids, once again the band constructed their own niche." Yellow is the new pink, May 2008 "'Caché is als het ware ein Triumph." Cutting Edge, May 2008 "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 "Ein Album voller Ecken, Kanten und Linien." Prinz, Stuttgart, April 2008 "Verstecken tun MONOCHROME nichts. Im Gegenteil, sie kehren Vielseitigkeit und Songwriterkönnen nach außen. Was aus „Caché“ eines der schönsten Indiereleases des laufenden Jahres macht." Roter Faden, May 2008 Some more reviews and articles about our new album Caché: Laut – Blueprint – Rote Raupe – Motor – Plattentests – Audioase – Sellfish Revolver-Club – Neosounds – Sweetjanemusic – Schallplattenmann – Getaddicted Visions – Bizarre Radio – Music-Scan – Intro – TinnitusMag – Zuckerkick |
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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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  MONOCHROME ECLATSticksister Records, 027, LP/CD, 12 Songs, 2006 — Released in France by Paranoid Records. Distributed in Germany by Indigo. Recorded and mixed by Hahn&Hahn. Mastered by Bernd Steinwedel, Studio Nord, Bremen.  MONOCHROME FERRO Trans Solar Records, 017, 12"/MCD, 7 Songs, 2003 MONOCHROME LASER Trans Solar Records, 008/014, LP/CD, 13 Songs, 1999 — 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. |
 THE ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY — CACHÉ LP/CD — Stickman Records, Hamburg — No. 061, 2008 ECLAT LP/CD — Sticksister Records, Hamburg & Paranoid Records, Caen — 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 Flight 13 Records or Green Hell 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! |
 Myspace — Unofficial Monochrome fansite Bob Torture — Loads of historic information about Monochrome Roger Behrens — Rogers digitales Wohnzimmer Persona non grata — Magazine Kate Complikate — Stuttgart Zweibruch at St. Feliu — August 2006 Purerock — Online review about our EP "Ferro" Trans Solar Records — Berlin Ox-Magazine — Interview/History Prognose Taschen — Basel Analog und Ehrlich at Lyon — April 2002t Miss Kenichi — Berlin Block B6, Balkon, Reihe 16, Platz 524 — Joggeli, Basel durchdeswelt — Ego Electric Zine Set&Sekt — Boutique, Basel Sweetjanemusic — Online reviews 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 Label Contact France: Paranoid Records BAND CONTACT & BOOKING mail@monochromepopgroup.com BOOKING FRANCE dorian@silverstationrecords.com BOOKING & PRESS DOWNLOADS Stage plan & Technical rider (.pdf; 441.8kb) Monochrome Press Kit, May 2008 (.pdf; 1273.2kb) Reviews & articles(.pdf; 2348.8kb) Equipe picture (.jpg; rgb; 280.5kb) Drawn poster logo (.jpg; 329.4kb)  Art direction & Design by viveletuning, Bern/Basel. Band picture by David Spaeth, Stuttgart. Shot at Olympia Boutique. Thank you! Disc pictures by Guy Jost, Bern. Site assembled with love |
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