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Charles Dickerson, aka Mono/Poly, was one of several figures who emerged from Los Angeles' community of instrumental hip-hop producers -- including connections with the city's Low End Theory club nights, as well as <a href="spotify:artist:29XOeO6KIWxGthejQqn793">Flying Lotus</a> -- during the 2000s. Originally from Bakersfield, Dickerson made his first moves with 12" singles and EPs on labels such as <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Circulations%22">Circulations</a>, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Faces%22">Faces</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Fat+City%22">Fat City</a>. As Monopoly, he remixed <a href="spotify:artist:29XOeO6KIWxGthejQqn793">Flying Lotus</a>' "Melt!" in 2008. Following his first album, Paramatma, released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Tasteful+Licks%22">Tasteful Licks</a> in 2010, he was added to <a href="spotify:artist:29XOeO6KIWxGthejQqn793">Flying Lotus</a>' <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Brainfeeder%22">Brainfeeder</a> roster. Dickerson debuted there in 2011 with Manifestations, an EP that showcased his alternately sparse and cluttered approach to beat-making with an off-center sense of humor -- from pitched-up <a href="spotify:artist:0eGh2jSWPBX5GuqIHoZJZG">Ice-T</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6Mo9PoU6svvhgEum7wh2Nd">Public Enemy</a> samples to track titles like "Punch the Troll in the Neck." After he contributed to labelmate <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw">Thundercat</a>'s 2013 album Apocalypse, he released Golden Skies, dreamier and more melodic than his debut, in 2014. Cryptic followed in early 2016; the lengthy EP featured collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw">Thundercat</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0j4Q5USZhEJ3OUfyRyW2xj">Seven Davis, Jr.</a> Dickerson then worked with London-based pop/R&B vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:6h6jp2XsW3RvXdQs7Pfu4m">Alyss</a>, producing the 2017 EP Union. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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