Mono Junk

Years before loop-based experimental techno became a stock-in-trade for ratings of producers all over the world, Finnish manufacturer Kim Rapatti was saving minimal productions for greater than a dozen brands worldwide. Located in Turku, he started releasing material by himself Dum Trax label in 1990, making use of multiple aliases including Mono Rubbish, Detroit Diesel, Mars 31, Coopers, Unik, Melody Boy 2000, and sometimes his very own name. A 1995 Dum Trax compilation was accompanied by his initial full-length, Gloom. With the middle-’90s, Rapatti’s rigid, isolationist audio became much-hyped in the techno globe, and he documented for top brands, including Plug Analysis, Sähkö, 12K, Neuton, Interdimensional Transmissions, Trope, and we220.