Date    Release Id    File info    Artist    Title 05/10/08   mtk.mp3.206   [5 tracks, 16 minutes, 41mb]   Beak 'Hard Nights'                                     Message>> Things have been slowing down a little at Monotonik HQ recently. We think it's something to do with just how crowded the netlabel scene has got - with literally thousands of labels, how is anyone going to find just one? Fortunately, we've got a good idea of how to do it - just release stellar tracks from awesome Monotonik stalwarts. And this method is getting kicked off via Beak's 'Hard Nights', the fourth release from the awesome guitar-electronics spaz on Monotonik since his epochal 2003 debut, 'Amoral Mayor Earwig'. We start off with 'Sea Pen Meets Anglerfish', the story of a subaqua coming-together which shows off Beak's gorgeous melodic stylings, before we segue into the super-funky 'Limozeen', all low vocoder yelps and staccato splats. Of course, there's more - particularly 'Forlon's Diminish', which is evocative, far-off jams in Beak's signature electro-acoustic doublestep, and we end with 'Red H', as Beak-y as you can get, with his Squarepusher through an echo chamber beats pushed to the beautiful limit. Now, that's a way to get your confidence back. Download Beak's 'Hard Nights' from: 1. "Sea Pen Meets Angler Fish" - (d/l support.nl archive.org scene.org) 2. "Limozeen" - (d/l support.nl archive.org scene.org) 3. "Cup" - (d/l support.nl archive.org scene.org) 4. "Forlon's Dminish" - (d/l support.nl archive.org scene.org) 5. "Red H" - (d/l support.nl archive.org scene.org) ..or download/stream the entire release [.ZIP link], stream, or review the track at its Internet Archive release page.