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Ashes In The Snow
Released: Dec 31, 2008
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  • Genre: Classical / Experimental / Rock

    Location Tokyo, JAPAN, JP

    Profile Views: 1808495

    Last Login: 6/6/2011

    Member Since 6/20/2007

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm1vbm8tanBuLmNvbS8=

    Record Label Human Highway Records, Temporary Residence Limited

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .... .. .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ..Just in time for their 10-year anniversary, MONO return with their fifth studio album, the absolutely massive Hymn To The Immortal Wind... .. After touring almost non-stop for five years, the band hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing Hymn. The result is their most thoughtful and eclectic album to date. Written and arranged with a hopeful, romantic narrative in mind, the songs string together like chapters in an epic love story. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO’s trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard face-melting set-up... .. Recorded to analog tape with long-time friend and producer Steve Albini, there is an intimacy captured here that is at once beautiful and a little terrifying. The creaking of old wooden chairs as the orchestra rocks in their seats (both literally and figuratively), puckered lips rolling along flutes, and even the conductor’s opening cue can be heard during the hauntingly quiet opening moments .. .. While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO’s strongest virtue. .. .. Jeremy deVine _Temporary Residence Limited .... .. .. .. ..5th Album .."Hymn to the Immortal Wind"........ .. ...... .. ..Temporary Residence Limited / TRR148 (CD / North America, 2 x LP / Worldwide).... .. ..Conspiracy Records / CORE077 (CD / Europe).... .. ..Human Highway Records / HECY-1028 (CD / Japan).... .. U Loud Music / 4712702140033 (CD / Taiwan).. .. ..Soundscape Records / SRCD 005(CD / Malaysia) .... .. ..KittyWu Records / KWR005 (CD / Singapore).... .. ..Valve Records (CD / Australia, New Zealand).... .. ..Pastel Music / PMCD2049 (CD / Korea).... .. ..Collapsar Records / CRB001 (CD / China).... .. ..iTunes Music Store.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..　 .. .. .. .... "Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra".. (DVD Trailer).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Follow The Map..  directed by Dimitri Galuret.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    Takaakira "Taka" Goto: guitar .. Tamaki: bass .. Yoda: guitar .. Yasunori Takada: drums.. .... .. ....Contacts ......  .... .. .. Band: .. monoinformation@gmail.com.. .. North American Booking: .. Derek Becker (derek@windishagency.com).. .. UK / European Booking:.. Joris De Buysser (joris@conspiracyrecords.com).. .. Australian Booking:.. Paul Curtis (consume1@ozemail.com.au).. .. .. .. .. .. ....discography......  .... .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .......... .. .. .......... .......... .......... .. .. .... .. ....merchandise......  .... .. .. ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... .. ....

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Just in time for their 10-year anniversary, MONO return with their fifth studio album, the absolutely massive Hymn To The Immortal Wind.

After touring almost non-stop for five years, the band hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing Hymn. The result is their most thoughtful and eclectic album to date. Written and arranged with a hopeful, romantic narrative in mind, the songs string together like chapters in an epic love story. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO’s trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully against the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard face-melting set-up.

Recorded to analog tape with long-time friend and producer Steve Albini, there is an intimacy captured here that is at once beautiful and a little terrifying. The creaking of old wooden chairs as the orchestra rocks in their seats (both literally and figuratively), puckered lips rolling along flutes, and even the conductor’s opening cue can be heard during the hauntingly quiet opening moments

While Hymn continues to mine the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now come more from dark-to-light instead of quiet-to-loud. The maturity to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO’s strongest virtue.

Jeremy deVine _Temporary Residence Limited



5th Album "Hymn to the Immortal Wind"
Temporary Residence Limited / TRR148 (CD / North America, 2 x LP / Worldwide)

Conspiracy Records / CORE077 (CD / Europe)

Human Highway Records / HECY-1028 (CD / Japan)

U Loud Music / 4712702140033 (CD / Taiwan)

Soundscape Records / SRCD 005(CD / Malaysia)

KittyWu Records / KWR005 (CD / Singapore)

Valve Records (CD / Australia, New Zealand)

Pastel Music / PMCD2049 (CD / Korea)

Collapsar Records / CRB001 (CD / China)

..iTunes Music Store



　


"Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra" (DVD Trailer)

Follow The Map  directed by Dimitri Galuret

Member Since:

June 20, 2007

Members:

Takaakira "Taka" Goto: guitar
Tamaki: bass
Yoda: guitar
Yasunori Takada: drums
.... Contacts   Band:
monoinformation@gmail.com

North American Booking:
Derek Becker (derek@windishagency.com)

UK / European Booking:
Joris De Buysser (joris@conspiracyrecords.com)

Australian Booking:
Paul Curtis (consume1@ozemail.com.au)


discography 
merchandise 








Record Label:

Human Highway Records, Temporary Residence Limited

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