Monotonix

Monotonix
(Tel Aviv, Israel)

Think- Monotonix, An Axe, Drum, Vocal Trio, came all the way from the Middle East for one thing and one thing only. To blow our floundering American showmanship away with the most energetic, intense show ever preformed. Seriously, I can't really decide which part of the show I enjoyed most, perhaps when Ami Shalev (Lead Singer) started playing the Bass Drum with his head or when upon breaking his microphone he decided to sing a cappella while perched on top of the Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar's very expensive looking digital Jukebox, the fact that the band played the entire show wandering the audience and disregarding the stage also helped. In Israel Monotonix is somewhat of a supergroup Ami Shalev owning the largest indie/garage studio/record label in Tel Aviv, developing producing skills by recording hundreds of bands. Yonatan Gat a formidable guitarist, who records under various band names often playing all instruments, just ripped it up at one point peeling off a blazing solo while standing on top of the bass drum head. Which leads us to Ran Shimony, I have never seen anyone who can work so much sound out of two drums and three cymbals, nor anyone who could keep perfect rhythm while his lead singer moves his entire drum kit and suspends it from the ceiling culminating in the most amazing jam I've ever seen with Ran pounding a tribal beat on his upturned bass drum, Ami smacking in rhythm on a snare drum hung upside down from a cymbal hung from the ceiling and Yonatan peeling off the aforementioned solo. Monotonix achieved its goal by blowing my mind if you ever find yourself in the position to see them live, do so.

Try- On The Road and Summers and Autumns

Total Downloads- 4 (Half of the 8 track Cd Monotonix is currently touring behind)

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