Have you ever wished you could capture a song that lies unwritten in your head, hit record and share that idea with those around you? In John Shirley’s cyberpunk novel Freezone, Minimonos are a group of humanoids enhanced with a new technology that allows them to translate music directly from their brains into an audible form. The Minimonos only resistance comes in the form of Rickenharp, an aging traditionalist who believes only in pure rock ‘n’ roll. The novel climaxes with Rickenharp rescinding his fight to the unstoppable force of evolution. Turn back time to 1997 in Florence, Italy, and a like-minded collective of artists were gathering together, inspired by the boundless possibilities where modern technology and creativity were meeting. Operating under the Minimono banner, the close-knit community employed different mediums for exploring the potential the digital age had brought. In 2003, one of the founders Ennio Colaci met with local DJ Fabio Della Torre, and the course of Minimono was steered towards a specific focus on music production. Success came quickly for the pair, scoring releases with respected European labels such as Telegraph, Tuningspork, Oslo and Ethique, all suited to their stripped-back, experimental sounds rooted in the endless funk of house music. At the end of another decade, the Minimono sound embodies a fuller aesthetic, where warm instrumentation and rich melodies combine with an innate understanding of the soulful building blocks of 60s and 70s black American music.