#02 MODESELEKTOR - ART & CASH / DVD

Facing crisis and tormented by the sorrows of monetary depletion there was only one solution for the House of Modeselektor. All capital must go! And fast! Property funds crashing like Windows 2000, investing in gold too 80s and the rights to Jacko's portfolio too expensive. Only one answer remained: Art. Versed on the international art trade floor it was easy for the Modeselektor Boys to win over two sought-after art dealers; to seal the deal and to go on a shopping spree. "Art & Cash" is the shocking "behind the scenes" documentary of that German art campaign. In the process a scandal was revealed that is shaking experts to this day. For years and under the watchful eyes of millions did the "Fantastic Nobodies" - exceptionally gifted art counterfeiters and weirdos from Brooklyn - manage to sell themselves as renowned works of art, thus creating inexplicable damage...

#01 SIRIUSMO - THE UNINVITED GUEST

Modeselektor's buddy Siriusmo personally invited himself to be the very first artist on Monkeytown Records and will be No. 01 of the still virginal label catalogue.
 

Primarily, Siriusmo aka Moritz Friedrich is a real survivalist, played in a band for many years and is a fan of old keyboards. As a professional artist (painting, illustration, graffiti) Siriusmo lives off temporary jobs and even does construction work now and then. Just on extremely rare occastions can Moritz be seen on stage (children's birthday parties or other family get-togethers) - and even then his mood is rather shitty due to his bad taking of criticism.

His self therapeutical way of life shows a new side with "the uninvited guest". Sometimes bold, sometimes heartsick, melodies that creep under your skin, serious drama, touching melancholy that collapses into absurdism and which makes fun of itself. Technical devices and a lot of phantasy artistically cover up  lacking musical abilities. Moritz Friedrich already had quite a lot releases on respective labels. His one and only comment on those releases: " On each record there is one song that I still like, the rest - unfortunately - is shit."

Well, this is it for now. Or maybe there is still to mention that there will be two EPs by Siriusmo with a following (debut) album at the end of 2009, all on Monkeytown Records.

Okay then - have fun!  

available as digital download at:

Beatport

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Juno

Amazon (US)

Amazon (DE)

AND NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL:

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TRACKLIST

A1 / The Door
A2 / The Uninvited Guest
A3 / High Together
B1 / Nights Off
B2 / Let Me In
B3 / Von Kopf Bis Fuss