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Monofader is a future pop/
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duo from
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, fronted by Richard Bjørklund (from the band Spektralized), and Sebastian Komor (from the band
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). Their music has been described as a cross between
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and
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.


History

In 2001, Bjørklund and Komor began working on a collaboration, that would eventually become the song "Solid Ground (v.2.0)". Calling themselves Off:Tribe, "Solid Ground (v.2.0)" was included on Tatra Record's 2002 compilation album, ''Serial Killer Electronics''. Soon after, they released a six-song demo, and it was sent it to several labels, radio stations and DJs, where it received positive feedback from listeners. However, due to obligations to their respective bands, they could not finish their first album for another two years. In December 2003, while he was in Germany with his band Spektralized, Bjørklund gave a copy of their demo to Infacted Recordings and ended up getting signed to the label. The duo immediately began work on their first album, which would be ''Frost''. ''Frost'' was released by Infacted in Europe and
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in the US in 2004, after which Komor moved to Canada and work on additional Monofader material slowed to a crawl. As of 2008, Komor stated that newer material existed, with a speculative album title of ''Everything Changes but the Sea'', but that the project was not a priority.


Frost

The band's debut album ''Frost'', was released on 18 May 2004 through Infacted Recordings for Europe,
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for the United States, and on Art Music Group for Russia.


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