mono machina

• Oct 7, 2011 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• Sept 29, 2011 @ The Drake Hotel
• 1150 Queen Street West
• Funky House, Breaks & Electro
• $5 cover // Free with Student ID
• Dj cDoc, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes & Fiction

• Sep 9, 2011 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• Aug 25, 2011 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• Jul 22, 2011 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• May 30 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• Apr 30 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• April 2, 2011 @ Warehouse:Loft
• 411 New York Ave NE, Washington DC
• Electro, Future beats (Special LivePA Sets)
• $20, Doors open at 10pm (Sets @ Midnight)
• Loc.Nes, Spankbox

• Dec 16 2010 @ College Street Bar
• 574 College Street, Toronto
• Mashed up and Banged out House, Rock, Retro, UK, Funk and More!
• No Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj cDoc, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse, & Fiction

• Oct 2, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
• 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Duotone, DJ Scratche, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes, Yoshi, Nymphonic, Aaron Rahim, Visuals by Videothesis
• Sponsored by Jagermeister

• Jul 23, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
• 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Touchboy, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes, Duotone, Spankbox, Yoshi, Visuals by Videothesis

• Mar 20, 2010 @ Nocturne Nightclub
• 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Dj Scratche, Adam Nics, DJ McNaughty, Illicit Pulse, Loc.Nes vs Spankbox, Brad Machado, Visuals by Videothesis

• Nov 7, 2009 @ Nocturne Nightclub
• 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Dubtrak, Spankbox, Loc.Nes, WestsideWax, JackTripper, Visuals by Videothesis

• Aug 22, 2009 @ Nocturne Nightclub
• 550 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Fiction, Alltronic(Loc.Nes), Touchboy, WestsideWax, Amanda Astra, Cee Cee Cox, Visuals by Videothesis

• May 15, 2009 @ Holy Joes
• 651 Queen Street W, Toronto
• Electro, Future Beats, Breaks
• $10 Cover, Doors @ 10pm
• Fiction, Illicit Pulse, Pink Noise, Alltronic(Loc.Nes), Amanda Astra, Visuals by Videothesis

Chris Lee
Founder / Live PA Artist / Producer

Chris Lee is a Producer, Live PA artist and founder of the Toronto based Electronic Music movement MonoMachina. He performs under two alias': Fiction, and his current Live PA project titled Spankbox.

Fiction (www.myspace.com/fiction1), is an electronica-breakbeat hybrid project, originally started in 2004 while Chris was studying at The Harris Institue for the Arts. He has released two albums: Come back down (2005) and the sophomore effort SexDrumsAndBrokenSouls (2009), along with a series of series of singles and remixes.

Spankbox attacks performances with hard-hitting, 4-on-the-floor, minimal-electro beats, Spankbox's pure Live PA sound is shaped and improvised on the fly using a hardware-only approach without the aid of computers or software. Tracks are born and arranged on the fly. The premiere single “Spare Parts” will be released this month from Spankbox’s debut album “The Boy With the Drum Machine Heart ”.

Rooted in electronic music creation for nearly 14 years, Chris began creating electronic music in the mid 90’s while influenced by the emergence of industrial music. His first synthesizer, a Roland MC-303, was a birthday present he received in 1998, which is still part of his live rig to this day. Chris currently uses his organization MonoMachina to promote and showcase Toronto's underground electronic music talent at clubs and venues throughout the city and provides artists with an opportunity to network and make music with like-minded individuals.

Kelvin Gumbs (LOC.NES)
Co-Founder / DJ / Producer / LivePA

Mysterious, elusive, yet always profound when sighted, LOC.NES is the alter ego of beat-maker and LivePA artist Kelvin Gumbs. Hailing from Toronto, Canada LOC.NES deconstructs and transforms yesterday's dusty grooves into dance floor bangers for the new millennium. He carefully combines elements from old vinyl records, House, Hip Hop and Electro into his own brand of body-moving future-beats.

LOC.NES has been producing music under a myriad of aliases since 1996. He began with Hip Hop but gradually expanded his sound to include more elements of electronic music. Not bound by the conventions of any one genre, LOC.NES continually pushes the boundaries of electronic music production and performance by utilizing a combination of old-school hardware and cutting-edge software.

A visionary member of the MonoMachina collective of LivePA artists, LOC.NES will debut a solo project, his album entitled "Adventures In Fantastic Land" in January 2012.

Cole Docherty (DJ cDoc)
DJ / Live Visuals

DJ cDoc and videothesis. These are the alter egos of DJ, VJ and artist Cole Docherty. His work in live visuals began in 2007, drawing from influences such as Pixel Addicts and Daft Punk. In 2009, he began DJing, dropping mixes rife with pounding beats, melodic synths and grimey bass in an effort to give a fresh spin on old tracks and above all, to make people dance.

His current influences include Swedish and Dutch house, citing artists such as Avicii, Afrojack, Steve Angello, Swedish House Mafia, and Laidback Luke.

His current work includes several live shows as well as a future collaborative project called Thrones. His debut mixtape is title Cole’s Notes and will be released on MonoMachina in September 2011.

Justin Jackson - Media Director

Justin S. Jackson is a writer and video director from Toronto, Canada and works as the Film & Media director of the MonoMachina Artist Collective.

Originally studying film and screenwriting, his interests and influences are broad and sweeping and draw from almost every genre of film and music. Teasing inspiration from various aesthetic approaches ranging anywhere from Truffaut to Spike Jonze, Linklater to Banksy or The Smiths to A Trak.

Constructive collaboration and an honest approach to tasteful aesthetics are what define the feel and tone of his work in both film and music.

MonoMachina (mono-machine-ah!) is a Toronto based artist collective consisting of Live PA Artists, Bangin' Djs, Producers, and captivating Live Visual performers. Our aim is to push the boundaries of Electronic Music through live performances, parties, events, touring and more.

MonoMachina as a collective is always growing. We are always interested in meeting like minded artists to join us in our push to create something that is truly unique and special for the Toronto music scene.

We are also currently filming a documentary of our story that we plan to share with the world upon its completion.

If you are a fellow Artist like us, please contact us! We are always looking for new talent for our shows.