Mono Prism was founded by
David Del Sur during 2012 as a springboard for people involved in music, film, and print projects.
Their first production was a music video for the
Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa is an American indie rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of members Chris Lynch (guitar, flute, vocals), Adam Rasmussen (synthesizer), Shane McKillop (bass guitar), Levi Hayden (drums) and ...
song "Spacetime" off of their 2011 release,
Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa is an American indie rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of members Chris Lynch (guitar, flute, vocals), Adam Rasmussen (synthesizer), Shane McKillop (bass guitar), Levi Hayden (drums) and ...
(
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
).
In 2013, Mono Prism Records released two albums for
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
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, ''Light Eyes'' EP and ''Blood Tears'' LP. Mono Prism went on to produce live visuals for several SISU tours in support of
Dirty Beaches
Alex Zhang Hungtai (born September 4, 1980 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician and actor. In addition to his given name, he makes music under the names Last Lizard and Dirty Beaches.
Zhang released several EPs and three albums as D ...
,
Crocodiles
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, and
Cat Power
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a ...
.
They are based in the
Lower East Side
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Traditionally an im ...
,
New York City
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.
Music
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SISU
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''Blood Tears'' LP (2013)
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SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
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"Blood Tears" Tape (2013, with
Burger Records
Burger Records was an American independent record label and record store in Fullerton, California, United States. The label was founded in 2007 by Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard, members of the power pop band Thee Makeout Party. The record/video s ...
)
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SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
''Light Eyes'' EP (2013)
Videos
*"Maximize" short documentary (2015)
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SISU
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Usage
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"Two Thousand Hands" (2013)
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Gardens & Villa
Gardens & Villa is an American indie rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of members Chris Lynch (guitar, flute, vocals), Adam Rasmussen (synthesizer), Shane McKillop (bass guitar), Levi Hayden (drums) and ...
"Space Time" (2012)
References
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External links
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American artist groups and collectives
Anarchist collectives
Organizations based in Manhattan
Organizations established in 2012
2012 establishments in New York City