I Monster

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I Monster
Background information
Origin	Sheffield, England
Genre(s)	Electronica
Years active	1997 – Present
Label(s)	Cercle Records Instant Karma Twins of Evil
Website	Official site
Members
Dean Honer Jarrod Gosling

I Monster is a British electronic music group, comprising of Sheffield based producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. They formed in 1997, and released their debut album These Are Our Children.

However, due to Honer being involved with hitmakers All Seeing I, it was not until 2001 that they released their first single, "Daydream In Blue", a song built around a sample from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the Danse de Cygnes. The song was originally released on 7" on Honer's own label Cercle Records, which he founded with Add N To X's Barry Seven. It was later re-released with a new mix on Instant Karma (in association with their own label Twins of Evil); which has also released material from Kings Have Long Arms and Mu Chan Clan. The song also featured on episode 1.2 of BBC television drama Hustle.

They released their acclaimed sophomore album Neveroddoreven in 2003, which was re-released with a new sleeve in 2004. The band are regular guest DJs across the country, and have played live shows in London and at various European festivals. Part of their live band is made up of Fred de Fred and Marion Benoist from The Lovers, on guitar and vocals respectively.

I Monster and their label, Twins of Evil, are both named after Horror films.

Tchaikovsky's the Danse de Cygnes in Swan Lake has also been used in a number of films such as Shaun of the Dead (Note their song The Blue Wrath was used in Shaun of the Dead not Daydream in Blue), Riders (Steal), the snowboard video "From _______ with Love" (Mack Dawg Productions) and has been sampled by hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco on his second single "Daydreamin'". It was also used in the Ford Focus ST advertisement in the UK and was also translated into other languages (for example, Turkish) for use in other European countries. A remix of their song "Hey Mrs." was used in a television commercial for Absolut Vodka.

They are currently producing the follow up to Neveroddoreven.