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Own band

MONOWOLF

Alt-rock duo. One converted guitar covering bass, guitar and vocals at once, plus drums. You don't need more than that.

Line-up
Duo
Genre
Alt-rock
First single
CODA · 2022
  • Dirk Wolf — vocals & converted guitar (bass and guitar at once)
  • Rens Bult — drums

The band

Two people,
the sound
of four.

MONOWOLF is my own band: an alt-rock duo in which I sing and play a converted guitar that lets me play bass and guitar at the same time. Rens Bult is behind the drums. You can't hear that anyone is missing — which is exactly the point.

The music sits between catchy pop-rock with singalong choruses and solid nineties rock. Big hooks, guitars with grit, and songs that have to win live as much as on record. The first single CODA came out in September 2022, followed by Zoning Out and STATERA, among others.

We've played stages across the country and during Eurosonic week in Groningen, including shows with befriended bands such as Statera. Moving between stage and control room isn't a side note for me: it keeps my ears sharp and reminds me why bands do what they do.

I know how it feels to hand your own song to someone else. — Dirk Wolf

Releases

Music by
MONOWOLF

Every MONOWOLF track is self-produced, recorded and mixed — a good gauge of how I work.

MONOWOLFSTATERAproduction · recording · mix
MONOWOLFCODAproduction · recording · mix
MONOWOLFZoning Outproduction · recording · mix

Why this matters

A producer who
plays the stage too.

I know how long a tracking day feels when you're the one at the microphone. I know how it feels when someone starts reworking your song. And I know a record only lands when the band recognises itself in it.

So as a producer I deliberately leave room: I offer ideas, point out pitfalls and take away the brain fog — but the end result has to be something you stand behind, not just me.

More about my background
Dirk Wolf, frontman of MONOWOLF and producer at ToneWolfWest MONOWOLF · Dirk Wolf

Got a band
with something to say?

I like working with bands that mean it. Send your demo — I'm always on the hunt for upcoming bands.