Trauma

Monrella - Shank [TRM007] A1. Monrella - Shank B1. Monrella - Shank (Force Reaction Remix) B2. Monrella - Shank (Tensal Remix) X1. Monrella – Shank (Tensal Remix 2) Digital Only Release date: 15/03/2024 Formats: 12’’ Vinyl & Digital Birmingham Techno paragon Monrella (Mick Harris) doesn't mess about, returning to Trauma Collective with 'Shank', a no-nonsense cut of heads down 909 techno. His analog production strikes a fine balance between solid groove and industrial rumble as the characteristically dry precussion crunches around a relentless synth stab. Alongside Regis and Surgeon, Harris was an architect of the dark Birmingham sound that blossomed out of club night House of God. He played a key role in the genesis of grindcore in the late 80s as the former drummer of Napalm Death and went on to translate his taste for raw, analog distortion into rugged 4x4 club tools with productions for Regis' ZET label in the mid 90s as Monrella. Several alias projects followed, the broken techno explorations o