The small towns of Northern England raise a certain type of techno-head. When you grow up regularly spending three hours sitting on a coach just to hear Scott Brown hammer it out to a sea of beetroot-face gurners at Rezerection, it shows a lot of commitment... It develops a passion, not for posing in the gauche bars of Berlin, but for letting yourself go and dancing like no-one's watching. And for Sunderland-born Sarah Mono, that will always be the true spirit of techno.
It was the late-90s Birmingham scene that really shaped Sarah’s musical tastes. After hearing the likes of Regis, Paul Damage and, of course, the insuperable Surgeon, regularly destroy the dancefloor at House Of God, there was no turning back. And while her musical tastes have evolved, Sarah's passion and dedication to that raw, floor-focussed spirit has never changed.
Her DJ sets move from the dark, industrial and brooding through to the pounding and hypnotic, but wherever and whatever she plays, Sarah's selections are always guided by that true spirit techno - and her undying devotion to the dancefloor.
Sarah has been a close friend of the Metroline crew for years. When asked for a mix tape for the our podcast series she delivered this amazing 90 minutes techno set….we love it!
Tracklist:
Mimikry - Blixa Bargeld, Alva Noto, Anbb
Perseus - Modern Heads, Dino Sabatini
Sifka (Locked Dub) - Sawf
Thomp - Instra:mental
Big Yam - Jerome Sydenham
Clean Slate (DVS1 Remix) - Darko Esser
Cast (Jonas Kopp High Octane Mix) - Kevin Gorman
The Confession (Mark Broom Remix version 2) - Hans Bouffmyhre
Plus Minus - Northern Structures
Oramics - Agony Forces
Concrete Advance (Dead Sound & Videohead Remix) - Go Hiyama
Straight To The Bank (Arnaud Le Texier Remix) - Antonio De Angelis
Man Is The Superior Animal - Regis Original 12 - Kalon
Rgs2 - Mike Dehnert
Moop Loop - Justin Margovan
Keep Secrets (Jerome Sydenham & Function Remix) - Raiz
Geometrical (Surgeon Remix) - Go Hiyama
The Woman Of Black Glove - Reeko
Evil Inside Me Feat. Gracie - Tex Rec.
The Darker Days - Oscar Mulero
Wave Traveler - Dasha Rush
Deburring (Wasps Mix by Makaton and Paul Damage) - Tomohiko Sagae
Blattwerk - Mike Dehnert
Vent (Pfirter Remix) - Xhin
Ruptured (Surgeon Remix) - Scuba
Mas - The Fear Ratio