HANDS welcomes Monya, and the label thinks it is a match made in heaven: Berlin-based producer, remixer, Djane, live act and Corresponding Positions label boss Monya is an inimitably diligent and authentic artist, and shes not afraid to call her style what it is: Industrial techno. "Straight Ahead" is her second full length album, the first to be released physically, and it makes best use of the format, a milestone for the genre in its seemingly effortless combination of rhythmic force and sweeping sounds. Within the global techno scene, Monya is surely known all over, with her career now stretching over a decade and a list of supporters, remixers and collaborators including the likes of Perc, Steve Stoll or Ethan Fawkes (to name just a few). And it is especially through her label Corres- Ponding Positions that she pursues her passion for the innovative, the fresh and the outcasts."Straight Ahead" sports an abiding techno aesthetic with a continuous rough edge. Its sound is as timeless as it is cutting-edge, and not trying sound immodest: Straight ahead brilliant.