Monokino is an electronic indie pop/rock band. The project that is ‘Monokino’, brings together the artistic visions of musicians from different worlds: George van Wetering (Amsterdam) song writer, lead vocals, guitar and Yu Jin (former keyboard player with the first all-women rock band ‘Cobra’ from Beijing, China) on keyboard and synthesizer, and drummer Wouter de Buck (Holland). The sound has been spiced up in a rather kitschy way with a combination of melodious high pitched vocals, static keyboard, rock guitar and electronic/acoustic drum segments.

Monokino是一支来自荷兰的电子流行乐队，音乐风格融合电子、摇滚、流行于一体，成员来自世界各地，包括：词曲作者、主唱兼吉他手George van Wetering（来自荷兰阿姆斯特丹）、键盘手虞进（中国第一代女子摇滚乐队“眼镜蛇”键盘手，来自北京）以及鼓手Wouter de Buck（来自荷兰）。悠扬华丽的高音、流畅美妙的键盘、动感摇滚的吉他与具有金属感的电子鼓伴奏完美地结合!

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Monokino signs with Modern Sky, China's largest independent record label.

Monokino just signed a record deal with China's biggest, most famous indie label, Modern Sky. Dutch/Chinese band Monokino has enjoyed much critical acclaim in recent years, and signing with a large label like Modern Sky will be a huge step for the band as its debut CD in China will be distributed all over the country.

Modern Sky will have the exclusive licensing of the Monokino CD called "Human Error" within Mainland China. Modern Sky world partners include companies such as EMI, Pias, Beggars Group, Cooking Vinyl, Gronland, and G-Pop. The label's foreign releases in China include Radiohead's "Kid A," Mogwai's "Mr Beast," and albums from Echo and The Bunnymen, Mojave 3, Bauhaus, and others. Modern Sky also organizes its own music festival in Beijing. Headlining the festival in 2007 was the American band, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Modern Sky bands play at all the best clubs in China. Compared to just five years ago, Chinese cities turn up more frequently on the touring schedules of Western bands. This year Nine Inch Nails, Avril Lavigne and Sonic Youth all played in China. Like many other Western acts, Monokino really enjoys playing in China because audience members have very few opportunities to experience foreign bands. The New York Times report: "When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played the Modern Sky Festival, a three-day event at Haidian Park on the west side of Beijing, the fans waited in reverential silence between songs but erupted once the music kicked in, with fists in the air and young women screaming in the front." Monokino received the same enthusiastic reaction during their show at the Midi Music festival in 2006, as part of their first Beijing and Shanghai tour. This September and October, Monokino will return to China to promote their CD.

Monokino will be performing at various clubs throughout China. Highlights will undoubtedly be the upcoming Midi Music Festival and the Modern Sky Festival, both to be held in October. Monokino will subsequently return to China at the beginning of November for a major German festival to be held in Guangzhou.