China Tour October 2009
During 2008 Monokino toured China twice, playing at both the Midi Music festival and the Guangzhou Music Festival as well as in numerous name clubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Chongqing. Supported by consistently good reviews of their debut album, Monokino will revive their 2008 Chinese tour commencing in October 2009. “One of the top bands to see.”... Read More
Interview KindaMuzik
Monokino is groter in China Indiepoptrio Monokino (twee Nederlanders, een Chinese) toerde door China en Amerika en bracht zijn album uit bij Modern Sky, China’s grootste indielabel. Thuis krijgen ze nog maar nauwelijks voet aan de grond. Onterecht, zou je denken, afgaande op de prima reviews van het recente album Human Error. Zanger/gitarist George van Wetering en drummer... Read More
Interview Elle Magazine
Read the online article on the Elle website. May 2009. Stel. Je doet een elevator pitch voor Monokino. ‘Dan zeg ik dat Monokino originele indie-electro uit Amsterdam is. En dat we al succesvol zijn in China.’ Hoe beland je als band in China? ‘Een paar jaar geleden speelden we op het Chinapopfestival in de Melkweg. Daar ontmoetten we muzikanten die ook op het Midi Music... Read More
New Album Reviews
“This album demonstrates an almost perfect balance between electronic sounds, guitar and the song. Definitely one of the more interesting indie bands coming from The Netherlands these days.” Read all reviews here. Read More
Front page newspaper ‘De Pers’
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USA tour & SXSW 2009
March 2009. Monokino will tour the USA in March and April 2009 and attend the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Monokino will play a showcase together with Berlin act Boys Noize on Wednesday the 18th @ Elysium (705 Red River St) – 11 p.m. Not sure if this is really 2009 but this years SXSW headliners are DEVO (with Tricky), Tori Amos and Primal Scream. Other shows will take... Read More
Album Release Benelux
In the Benelux countries Monokino’s ‘Human Error’ will be distributed by Konkurrent.nl and released by My First Sonny Weissmuller recordings. The CD will be available from February 24 on. Listen to it in full here: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/41499572 Read More
Shanghai Indietop Compilation CD
January 2009. Last year Monokino recorded the song “New Kid” (with only piano arrangement, some guitars and vocals) during a studio session at Soma Records in Shanghai. Soma is one of Shanghai’s best known indie labels. “New Kid” now features on the compilation CD, “Indietop”. This CD features mostly young, Shanghainese artists. Press and websites in... Read More
Chinese Press Articles
December 2008. View all articles here. Modern Player Guitar Magazine (October 2008) X Music Mag (November 2008) Rolling Stone (October 2008) S. D! Zine (September 2008) Read More
Back from China
November 2008. We’ve just completed a successful tour of China in September, October and November. It seems that we have so many fans in China and our fan base continues to grow and grow in that country. Our best shows were in Chongqing, Chengdu, Beijing (Midi Festival 2008) and in Shanghai. Thanks to everyone who supported us and helped us during that tour. At the moment we are... Read More
