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

Off to Guangzhou

Saturday, 8 November Monokino: 18:30 – 19:20 Check the following link for more information about this festival. Deutschland & China Festival – Guangzhou, China Die dritte Station von „Deutschland und China- Gemeinsam in Bewegung“ Read More  Read More

Chinese Rolling Stone magazine

October 2008. The October edition of the Chinese version of the Rolling Stone magazine features an article about Monokino (page 21). 5 other major magazines Read More  Read More

Monokino on Air

September 2008. Close to the new CCTV tower in Beijing, Creative radio production recorded an interview with Monokino. The recording has been sent out to 200 different radio stations and will be broadcasted all over China. The show features 2 Read More  Read More

Tour Diaries

September 2008. Visit MusicFromNL to read all about our adventures in China. Visit the newspaper Het Parool website to read Monokino’s tour diary.  Read More

Monokino signs with Modern Sky, China’s largest independent record label

(For Dutch – Click here) Monokino just signed a record deal with China’s biggest, most famous indie label, Modern Sky. Monokino has enjoyed much critical acclaim in recent years, and signing with a large label like Modern Sky will be a huge step for the band as its debut CD in China will be distributed all over the country. Piracy is rampant in China, but Modern Sky... Read More

Monokino reveals album details

August 2008. The album will be called…. Read More  Read More

Working on our debut album!

June 2008. Almost finished….  Read More