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Mono are a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 1999, in Tokyo. 


The band consists of Takaakira Goto (electric guitar), Yoda (electric guitar), Tamaki Kunishi (bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, glockenspiel), and Yasunori Takada (drum kit, glockenspiel, synthesizer).


Brief background:

Although Mono's musical style has developed throughout their career, it has primarily been characterised by dynamic, guitar-based instrumental soundscapes, the majority of which are composed by lead guitarist Takaakira Goto, in an attempt to channel and express the emotions of joy and sorrow.The band's style of music originally featured elements of minimalism and noise, and later developed to integrate more complex, orchestral arrangements and instrumentation. Mono's music has sometimes been categorised as "post-rock", although the band has expressed discomfort with the term, identifying more with contemporary classical music.

Mono are primarily a live band, and have toured worldwide several times. Their live show tends to feature intense and emotional playing by the band members, as well as using extreme dynamics (in crescendos as well as diminuendos) in their attempt to create an "unforgettable" live performance. When recording their music, the band has always played live in the studio and, since 2004's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined, worked with Chicagoan recording engineer Steve Albini, who they feel accurately captures a live band's "raw emotion to [magnetic] tape."

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Mono - Under the Pipal Tree 2001
http://rapidshare.com/files/223680869/Under_the_Pipal_Tree.rar


Mono - One Step More and You Die 2006
http://rapidshare.com/files/223190281/One_Step.rar


Mono -  Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined 2006
http://rapidshare.com/files/223188127/Walking_clouds.rar


Mono - You are there 2006
http://rapidshare.com/files/223183781/You_Are_There.rar


Mono - Gone "A collection of EPs 2000-2007"  2007
http://rapidshare.com/files/223194090/Gone_A_.rar


Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind 2009
http://rapidshare.com/files/222179392/httiw.rar


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