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Monokino’s Music Event at OT301

Monokino — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:51:36 +0000

Monokino is organizing an event in renowned Amsterdam club OT301 on the 25th of May 2012. The line up is ready, names will be announced as soon as the flyer is ready. Also, we are cooperating with the AWA gallery on that night.

New Shows

Monokino — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:52:57 +0000

We are playing with oldies but goodies Red Snapper @ Patronaat Haarlem and relatively newies but goodies Body Bill @ Ekko Utrecht:

Patronaat – with Red Snapper (Haarlem, Holland) – Jan 26 2012
EKKO – with Bodi Bill (Utrecht, Holland) – Feb 3 2012

Chinese New Year Rotterdam

Monokino — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:57:44 +0000

Our version of the classic Chinese song “Gan Wen Lu Zai He Fang” is still remembered by some Chinese, who have now booked us for the celebration of the year: Chinese New Year Festival in Rotterdam, Holland (Jan 25 2012).

Best Dutch Music Video Price

Monokino — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:04:23 +0000

“New Kid” is nominated as best Dutch video at the “Nederlands Film Festival’ (Dutch Film Festival). Other nominees are: Bart Constant (Do Better) directed by Mirka Duijn and Florian Wolff (So Far So Good) directed by Michiel ten Kleij.

Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA

Monokino — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:37:45 +0000

Monokino is proud to announce that they’ll be touring through the North-American continent the entire month of June. Between the 2nd and the 26th of June, we’ll play 12 gigs, of which 3 are festivals, spread over 6 cities, covering a total of 3851 miles and averaging 321 miles between performances. The longest trip ranges from Toronto to Calgary (1409 miles) and the closest gig to Amsterdam is in Montreal (3715 miles), which will also be the first. During this time, sunny weather is expected during 67% of total hours spent inside, meals will consist of 86% barbecue meat and mean gig duration approximates 38 minutes.

The tour schedule includes three festivals:

- NXNE (Toronto, Canada): two shows on the 17th and 18th (Other bands include Aids Wolf, Deerhoof, Black Flag, DEVO, Art Brut, Dum Dum Girls, Chad van Gaalen, Dirty Beaches and Descendents.)

- Sled Island (Calgary, Canada): two shows on the 23rd and 24th (Other bands including Blonde Redhead, the Dandy Warhols, Off Montreal, Buzzcocks, The Raveonettes.)

- Weapons of Mass Creation (Cleveland Ohio, USA): one show on the 11th (Other bands include American Werewolves, Tom Evanchuck and Red Sun.)

The rest of the tour consists of club shows spread over three different cities:

- New York: three shows on the 6th, 7th and 8th (with Kristeen Young and Love Inks)

- Montreal: two shows on the 2nd and 3rd (with HonHeeHonHee)

- Rochester: one show on the 12th (with Freezepop)

Monokino will be touring as a duo. George van Wetering and Wouter de Buck play an electronic set with new songs and arrangements tailored for the tour. They’ll have you posted on every detail of the tour: keep those social media in your direct vicinity so you don’t miss out!

USA / CANADA TOUR 2011

2 June – Montreal – L’escogriffe

3 June – Montreal – Il Motore

6 June – New York – Trash bar

7 June – New York – Pianos

8 June – New York – Coco 66

11 June – Cleveland – Weapons of Mass Creation Fest

12 June – Rochester – The club at Water Street

17 June – Toronto – NXNE – Rancho Relaxo

18 June – Toronto – NXNE – NOW Lounge

20 June – Toronto – The Hideout

23 June – Calgary – Sled Island Festival – Bamboo

24 June – Calgary – Sled Island Festival – Undermountain

Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – NXNE

Monokino — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:36:49 +0000

The tour schedule includes three festivals: NXNE (Toronto, Canada): two shows on the 17th and 18th. Other bands include Aids Wolf, Deerhoof, Black Flag, DEVO, Art Brut, Dum Dum Girls, Chad van Gaalen, Dirty Beaches and Descendents. The locations are:

Friday, June 17 – Rancho Relaxo, 8PM

Saturday, June 18 – NOW Lounge, 12PM

Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – Sled Island & WMC 2011

Monokino — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:53:44 +0000

The tour includes three festivals: Sled Island (Calgary, Canada): two shows on the 23rd and 24th. (Other bands include Blonde Redhead, the Dandy Warhols, Off Montreal, Buzzcocks) and Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (Cleveland – Ohio, USA): one show on the 11th. The showcase venues will be:

Calgary – Sled Island Festival 2011

Thursday, June 23, 8PM – Sled Island, Bamboo (with Moon Duo)

Friday, June 24, 10PM – Sled Island, Undermountain

Cleveland – WMC Festival 2011

Saturday, June 11 – Happy Dog

Monokino Tour 2011: Canada / USA – Club Shows

Monokino — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:48:44 +0000

The rest of the tour consists of club shows spread over three different cities: New York, Montreal and Rochester (together with Kristeen Young, Love Inks, Freezepop, Beacon, HonheeHonhee and many more acts). See full schedule here:

2 June – Montreal – L’escogriffe (with The Wilderness & HonheeHonhee)
see facebook event
3 June – Montreal – Il Motore (with Manito)
see facebook event
6 June – New York – Trash bar (with Jon Shina, Arms and Legs, Slothbear)
see facebook event
7 June – New York – Pianos (with Kristeen Young, Love Inks)
see website
8 June – New York – Coco 66 (with Beacon, Shadowbox, Porches)
see facebook event

New Kid Video

Monokino — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:22:15 +0000

Click here for more info and to watch the full HD version. Das Publikum proudly presents the music video of Monokino’s ‘New Kid’, and welcomes you to the unique and wayward universe of director and scriptwriter Erik Alkema. New Kid, from the critically acclaimed album Human Error, is released by Konkurrent / My First Sonny Weissmuller in Benelux countries and by China’s largest independent record label Modern Sky in China.

The catchy electronic rock track is now visualized by Amsterdam based artist Erik Alkema who designed all featured puppet characters. Shot by camerawoman Lonneke Worm, they take the stage in the form of a procession for an adolescent in his big bubble of unlimited possibilities. We follow a parade traveling through the Dutch polder-land where they meet, and are obstructed by the world.

Erik Alkema is a multi-media artist who showed his autonomous works in different exhibitions. He used to be one of the organizers of the successful hipster-party Multisexi in Studio 80 in Amsterdam, for which he also made the video-visuals and created puppet-performances. His first documentary film will be premiering in January 2011.

The video was produced by Jaap Hermans of Das Publikum, the director of recent music video’s by El Pino and the Volunteers and Schradinova.

Video of the Week

Monokino — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:38:52 +0000

Video ‘New Kid’ has been video of the week at Stereogum.com together with video’s by Scissor Sisters, Broken Social Scene, Adele, Suckers, Joan As Police Woman, Fujiya & Miyaga and Tapes ‘n Tapes. ‘New Kid’ was also voted as best video on 3voor12/Giel Beelen tv show ‘Afzien‘. The video will be shown on MTV’s Brand New Channel. It’s been praised and shown by many international (and Dutch) blogs and websites like booooooom.com, 22tracks, Job de Wit, Your Music Today, Glamcult, De Pers, Curated, We Are Selecters, Het Parool, Woozy, Sinemaspot, Tape.tv etc. etc.