Mononeon - Quilted Stereo
2025-04-01
Building on the legacy of Prince and Parliament/Funkadelic, but also very obviously gospel music, MonoNeon cooks up a storm of synths, bass grooves (occasionally slapped), catchy melodies and lyrics on Quilted Stereo. During the album’s relatively modest 8 tracks (excluding the otherwise great intro featuring George Clinton from aforementioned Parliament/Funkadelic) MonoNeon touches upon a bunch of different genres from introspective blues ballads like Stereo, the funky shuffle-orgy that is Quilted!, the cute, concious and uplifting gospel/swing tune Full Circle (feat. Mavis Staples), to the Minneapolis funk/pop banger Jelly Roll.
It is really just a solid album with some great tunes.
NOTE: Apparently the album is not currently available on Bandcamp but you can find it on streaming services via: https://csrecs.lnk.to/QuiltedStereo … at least until that link breaks.
Listen
- Quilted! (feat. George Clinton): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKlTk8cIiBQ
- Full Circle (feat. Mavis Staples): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDN7PYfimGY