Mono Junk

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channel b 03:54 Tools
I'm Okay 01:59 Tools
I'm Okey 01:59 Tools
With You 01:59 Tools
Shotokai 01:59 Tools
Bleep Number 9 01:59 Tools
Beyond the Darkness 05:34 Tools
Kime 01:59 Tools
Another Acid 04:24 Tools
Panic of the Disco Fan 04:24 Tools
Prince of the night 05:34 Tools
Can't Understand 07:41 Tools
Enter 13:49 Tools
Search 09:49 Tools
Suomen Moroderit Theme 09:49 Tools
ELECTRIC CHAIR 05:34 Tools
Fade Away 06:45 Tools
Jupiter Acid 05:34 Tools
Yhteys 06:45 Tools
I Believe 03:57 Tools
Maaliskuu 09:49 Tools
Channel B + Inner Sirens 09:49 Tools
A... 08:48 Tools
Sonorous 07:41 Tools
Leave This Feeling 05:18 Tools
I´m okay 01:59 Tools
Mars 31 Heaven 06:49 Tools
State of Funk 14:37 Tools
The Place 14:37 Tools
Wish 03:54 Tools
Härinähouse 07:41 Tools
Channel B Rmx 14:37 Tools
Halo 03:38 Tools
What Love Means To Me 05:18 Tools
Construction Electrician 03:38 Tools
November Bass 05:18 Tools
My Satellite 03:56 Tools
Farewell 06:36 Tools
input 3 03:57 Tools
Psycho Kick 06:36 Tools
input 0 05:52 Tools
Acid Marylou 03:38 Tools
Halo 2 06:36 Tools
Little Elephant 06:36 Tools
Melody Boy's Melody 06:36 Tools
Kellopeliappelsiini 06:36 Tools
Sirens 06:36 Tools
Sweet Bassline 06:36 Tools
Vanished 06:36 Tools
You're Mine Tonight 06:36 Tools
Osaka House (Remix) 06:36 Tools
Bad Room 06:36 Tools
Musta Peili 06:36 Tools
Onket Mln 06:36 Tools
Disillusions 06:36 Tools
Won't U Leave Love to Me 06:36 Tools
Solitaire 06:36 Tools
Deep in My Electro Mind 04:31 Tools
Feeling or Destroy 07:09 Tools
Sukeon 07:09 Tools
Takenoku-Zoku Dancers 07:09 Tools
Minute in the Midnight 07:09 Tools
I M Okay 06:36 Tools
Origin rhythm 07:09 Tools
Apache acid (the raindance) 00:00 Tools
Uusi 04:31 Tools
Not a Love Story 06:06 Tools
Snowhite 05:29 Tools
input 2 03:23 Tools
Holy Detroit 09:00 Tools
Black Cat 06:06 Tools
input 1 07:15 Tools
Stella Polaris 05:06 Tools
Need Your Lovin' 04:22 Tools
System Night (Original Mood Mix) 03:31 Tools
Ai Jaa 06:51 Tools
Feel your life 02:33 Tools
en keksi 00:00 Tools
Untitled 02:33 Tools
Confusion 05:29 Tools
Sound of the City 04:22 Tools
Harinahouse 04:22 Tools
Mono Mind 02:33 Tools
Mono Sounds 05:25 Tools
Little Tug 03:22 Tools
Breakfast In Bed 04:14 Tools
Suomen Moroderit Theme (Forever Dub) 05:29 Tools
I Hear Your Voices 07:37 Tools
Ghost Train 04:14 Tools
i wanna be (electro star) 00:00 Tools
system night (remix) 00:00 Tools
Deep in My Mind 02:21 Tools
Futurek 05:29 Tools
Suosikki 03:58 Tools
C1 - Mind Wonder 1 07:37 Tools
C2 - Mind Wonder 2 07:37 Tools
Mono Junk / I M Okay 05:29 Tools
D2 - Input 2 07:37 Tools
Goin' Nowhere 05:49 Tools
Psychokick II 05:06 Tools
A1 - Enter 05:06 Tools
D1 - Input 1 05:06 Tools
Futuro Theme 01:02 Tools
Deep in My Mono Mind 02:21 Tools
SYSdrum 02:21 Tools
Last Time 02:21 Tools
Stars 02:21 Tools
Saint Boulevard 02:21 Tools
Mind Wonder 1 05:49 Tools
Vicious Circle (Melody Boy 2000 Mix) 02:21 Tools
A1 System Night (Rmx) 05:06 Tools
a2 en keksi 07:37 Tools
Am I Ok 06:38 Tools
miss you (lithuanian slut mix) 00:00 Tools
Channel B - Original Mix 05:49 Tools
H4rin4house 05:49 Tools
Channel B / Inner Sirens 05:49 Tools
Minä unelmoin, minä rakastin 05:49 Tools
Mind Wonder 2 02:21 Tools
Construction Electrian 07:49 Tools
Can Find 07:49 Tools
A3 Uusi 02:21 Tools
Channel B Rmx (co-written By Roberto Bosco) 02:21 Tools
Mind 04:18 Tools
Electro Por Favor - Original Mix 04:18 Tools
Going Nowhere 04:18 Tools
Wonder 04:18 Tools
“Input 2” (Dum Records) 07:49 Tools
The Place (1995) 04:52 Tools
b2 miss you (lithuanian slut mix) 02:21 Tools
Can't Find 04:52 Tools
Neonlight 07:49 Tools
untitled a 07:49 Tools
b1 i wanna be (electro star) 07:49 Tools
Another Acid ( 1993 ) 04:52 Tools
Love Me More 04:52 Tools
Nightmare 04:52 Tools
Miss You (Liethuanian Slut Mix) 04:52 Tools
Dimension RMX 00:00 Tools
Fj 00:00 Tools
Channel B [1995] 00:00 Tools
Am I Ok Paprika Acid Dub 00:00 Tools
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Kimmo Rapatti aka Mono Junk was born in 1969 in a small town called Imatra in the south east of Finland, a few kilometers from the Russian border. Kimmo Rapatti is now based in Turku. He is the man behind some of the earliest electro and techno productions ever made in Finland, a true underground veteran. It wasn’t just Daniel Bell, Basic Channel & Robert Hood who paved the way for the current minimalistic raw techno that emerged during the 90ties. Dum Records played a very important role in this. In 1992 he started the label Dum Records where he had a platform to allow his own input. Together with Sahko, Dum Records were the first techno labels from Finland. His music can be defined as 'raw analogous minimal icy dark techno woven together in an experimental and hypnotic stone cold form', keeping in mind the seemingly endless winters in Finland. Kim reckons it's got something to do with the weather. In summer he doesn't touch the machines, when winter comes it's so cold you can't go outside for days. Once he Said: “You are at home all the time, so you do music. What else is there to do when it's minus 30 outside with only a few hours of daylight. It goes on like that for months." Besides that Kimmo describes himself as a very sad person. You never know what you get on a Rapatti record. Sometimes you can dance to his stuff, when the blips and pulses are arranged into rhythms. Sometimes he lets his machines moan and groan like suicidal robots. His main inspirations were Derrick May and Juan Atkins, the innovators who first inspired him to make music. Because of that some of his tracks have captured the twitchy funk of the Detroit Sound and the Acid house of Chicago. Kimmo always has been obsessed with electronic music, especially innovative music, music bringing a new sound. 'Kraftwerk' with 'Computer world', Italo-disco, the electro produced by 'Mantronix & Dynarec', latino/hip hop/freestyle (TKA, The Cover Girls, Noel). Freestyle done by Chep Nunez, Omar Santana, Latin Rascal, Techno by Arne Weinberg. His all-time favorite record is Information Society – Running. All these styles continue to inspire him today. He went clubbing in small acid clubs where electro and italo disco were played in the end of the 80's. There he first became familiar with 'Juan Atkins' and 'the Egyptian Lover'. Kim has been known to be called “Analogue junkie” because of his love for analogue keybords. From this his most famous guise Mono Junk was born. He once said that he would take the Roland Jupiter-8 Sequential Circuit and the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 into the grave. His most famous track “Melody Boy 2000 - Monotonous Fantastique” was created only with a Roland TR-606 and the Roland JX-3P,His first synthesizer. That particular track hasn’t aged a bit and it sounds even more relevant today; striking in its simplicity, beguiling in its effect. Majestic music that one can believe in the word: Timeless. Kimmo never used any software programs for his productions and he will never do. He likes to turn all the knobs and buttons when he is recording. He likes to improvise at the spot and make tracks sound live but Most importantly, he much prefers the sound of the analogue machines to the digital ones because they sound warmer. He thinks it’s a good development that now everybody have the opportunity to create (new)music with the new modern programs like Ableton, Reason, Modern Verk and the Korg Kaos Pad. These days Kimmo produces very low profile. When he released Dum 30 he put out a press release saying: 'All modern techno is complete shit.'. For several years he has not really followed the developments in techno music. He thinks most of the releases are variations on the same classic electro and techno, which already existed 20 years ago. He does not understand why people keep on imitating. We hope he will produce some more groundbreaking music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.