Chris Whaley - '10 Years Of Monotonik - The Mix' (MP3)

The influential net.label, Monotonik, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. In early 1996 they first started the net.label Mono - initially as a .MOD-only label, since this was before the days of MP3s. The first couple of years actually had individual Commodore Amiga-based BBSes distributing their material as 'official distros', before FTP sites such as Aminet kicked in and made spreading material much easier, then Scene.org started helping out and a switch to PCs and MP3s was made (in around 1999!) From then on out, there was a dalliance with sublabels, including the now defunct Mono211 and Monoraveik, before Monotonik was standardized on and they carried on publishing the best Creative Commons-licensed, freely distributable MP3s they could find right to where we are now, halfway through the '00s. This 10 year mix honors some of Mono's favorite artists and moments.

Genres: ambient, chill, electronic, idm, techno

Source: http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp173.html

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J_Sonel - Far & Wide (MP3)

Former Lemur Lounge resident, J_Sonel (Jason Lenhardt) joins the whalefish 40 feet below, bringing some of his crafty downtempo goodness to share. Architect by day, J_Sonel now lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., having transplanted his downtempo roots from D.C.

Genres: chill, deep house, downtempo, electronic

Source: http://www.whalefish.org/J_Sonel.html

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Chris Whaley - Iditarod (MP3)

Bad Loop, 7 Hurtz, Roots Manuva, DJ Olive, Tycho, Ulrich Schnauss, Boom Bip

Genres: chill, downbeat, downtempo, idm

Source: http://www.whalefish.org/Iditarod.htm

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