Name MNX Recordings Occupation Scottish Record Label
Who runs it? MNX Recordings was set up in 2001 by Dan Monox to release music he felt represented his clubnight. Monox at Soundhaus.
So it’s techno music then? Well, it‘s more the darker side of underground electro and techno with an industrial edge.
Who can we expect to see on a MNX recording? Artists who have contributed to the label so far include Cymbol. Mark Hawkins. Ibrahim Alfa. DJ ESP. Adam X and the Belgian industrial legends Sonar. Anything new I could spend my pennies on? Yes indeedy. Next up will be the release of the label's first full length album. Tales Of Ignorance by the Bulgarian dark electro don Manasyt (pictured) — currently promoting the record across Europe — and will be playing live at Monox for the launch party on Sat 19 May. The album will be released on the following Monday. Also. as an extra treat. Dave Tarrida is playing the second room that night. Sounds great. I hope there are more releases in the offing? Dan Monox ain't one to rest on those laurels. In the coming months there are new singles due out from new boy Cestrian. aka Ali Renault. who is better known for his ltalo disco styles. but will be keeping it in the darker vein for MNX, also from Lory D (Rome). a mysterious gr0up hailing from Slovenia called Faustian Pact and releases from Sonar with remixes from Adam X and Ultradyne (Detroit)
Where can I get my hands on some of these goodies? As luck would have it Dan Monox is also a buyer for one of Scotland's top record stores, Rubadub in Glasgow. So if you pop round there. the man himself will point you in the right direction. (Sandra Marron)
I Monox at the Soundhaus, Glasgow, Sat 79 May.
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FUNK HOUSE GREENSKEEPERS
Solescience at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Thu 17 May; Mixed Bizness at the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 18 May
As if to embody the smeared boundaries between gig and club culture these days, Chicago’s Greenskeepers are a band who play live music that’s deeply entrenched in the purely house style their home city made famous. It’s no surprise that the quartet - vocalist Nick Maurer, keyboard player Mark Share, bassist Coban Rudish and ‘electro-percussionist’ (read DJ) James Curd - are difficult to pigeonhole.
‘l’ll always be a Chicago house guy,’ says Curd, who started DJing when he used to skate in a club which had its own built-in halfpipe. ‘I’ll always be a DJ first, whereas Nick’s more influenced by punk and skate
HOUSE THE EDINBURGH BOAT PARTY The Forth Belle, South Queensferry, Sun 20 May
Willi the siimmer months almost upon us. it’s going to be hard to resist some al fresco lun come the weekend. In which case. the Edinburgh Boat Party will be able to combine all your clubbing and sunshine needs wrth a bit of seafaring thrown in.
The brainchild of Leon Easter tux/ho runs house night 33 45 in the cityi and Harry Bennett (the man behind Sumo. and manager of Ber'lini. the Boat Party sets sail on the third Sunday of every month at (3pm, with a free bus laid on from the pre-gig party at 99 Hanover Street in Edinburgh. There are five parties in all. from May until September. which Will feature guest DJs from such renowned Edinburgh clubs as Progression (appearing at this first datel. Stereotype and Tokyoblu.
‘We had some iriates who did the same thing in Glasgow.’ explains Easter. "so we decided to give it a try last September. That was with no press or l)tll)ll(3|l‘,' at all. and it was still a sell—out.‘ The boat the guys use is a pleasure cr'uiser' named the Forth Belle. a Mt) capacity ship which is moored between the Forth Bridges in South Oueensferry, with a bar and a brand new sound system.
The obvrous guestion is. did Easter get a bit \‘lorr‘iet‘l when sewage started spilling into the Forth the other week. or are they just going to set sail with the Windows closed? 'l'm not ‘.'.roi‘rie(l'. he remarks. ‘l'm sure they'll have it cleaned up by then. but if not it doesn't matter‘ anyway. we'll be heading inland. away from it all'. (Davrd Pollockl
music, while Mark and Coban were in funk and jazz bands before. That’s nice, because we can sit in the studio and make house one day, and punk the next.’ It’s a curiously eclectic blend, one which their last album Polo Club gives a good flavour of, with the band appearing in such disparate locations as John Peel’s Festive Fifty and the soundtrack of Grey’s Anatomy.
Curd says the band enjoy playing club dates like these more than straight gigs, but he also points out with a rueful smile that his band’s set goes down far better in places like Europe and Australia than in the US. ‘Why do I think that is?’, he ponders. ‘Well, I think America’s just a bit late with electronic music in general nowadays. You hear house music in the shops and streets in the UK, whereas America has a more conservative culture that way. The party shuts at 2am, when it’s just starting in Britain.’ (David Pollock)
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