BIOGRAPHY

BACKGROUND
Growing up in the northern regions of Ontario, he spent most of his youth in lots of snow. Not big on ice fishing and sci-doos like most common Northerners, the warmer seasons were his favourable moments in the great outdoors. The summer would bring a new life from hybernation where his playground was a backyard filled with deep forests. It was a constant case that his family would move from town to town where ever work can be found. His father who was a lumberjack and miner always could find work to support the family but that meant that the young Bono would have to adapt to new measures, quit often depending on his interests for music and art which made for most of his past time.

A NEW SOUND IS BORN
Eventually he moved out on his own to the most southern part of Canada to rid himself of long winters and constant driveways filled with babe seals and backyards cluttered with roaming Bears. In Windsor, Sheldon searched for a career in art design but rather, soon discovered a new fuel for passion with music. In 1994, is where he wandered into a life that is his now....producing Techno. Introduced to new sounds that were flurishing in the Detroit scene (which was a mere 5min from where he onced lived), It was his constant fix to get an ear full of this new bread of music. From there, Shelbono moved to Toronto where the music scene was growing with international view. He moved there to seek out a degree in Music Engineering to learn more about cultivating his own sound. With a continued interest in post rock and independant rock music, he forged his old influences with the new to give life to a love child of his own creation, a style he has branded as "ROCKNO". What other name would you conjure up if Mama was called Rock and Papa was Techno?. To Shelbono, Rockno is more then just his means to explore and define himself as an artist, to him, it is an actual unstable living, breathing being!. Its now out there on the loose.

TODAY FOR TOMORROW
Still Chugging, Shelbono currently lives in Cologne, Germany with at least 20 bars in walking distance. The closest one is where you might suspect to find him. With over 20 releases, 3 albums in 2004-2005 alone, the man with many faces is bounching and crashing his way around the world to bring new breath of sounds to dancefloors under the alias's of PAN/TONE (sub-static, sender/kompakt, 240 Volts), SID LeROCK (Ladomat2000, Mute) and GRINGO GRINDER (Onitor records). With steady output of releases's, He has seen one of his busiest years unfold with great success and this comes with previledges to see many new cities and meet many interesting like minded individuals. With more production under way for future releases under all names, Shelbono has been commitee to detoxing himself to better health to prepare himself again for 2006. The neighbours now find themselves lucky to be next to a producer preparing for his next album(s) in the midnight hours.

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES
Funky Martini ep (12") -Background, (released 2002)
Quien Es Su Papa, Mama Fina (12") -Revolver Recordings, (released 2002)
Green Bottles & Teen Models ep (12", EP) Sub Static,(released 2003)
The Smut Peddler e.p. Secret Weapon Records, (released 2004)
Unsubscribe e.p. (12") Sub Static, (released 2004)
Sans Adore (12") 240 Volts, (released 2005)
Smoke Signals (12") Sender Records, (released 2005)
Thrill Ho (12") Mule Electronic, (released 2005)
Under The Influence (12") Sender Records, (released 2005)
Big Boss ep (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers In Collection, (released 2007)
Camera Obscura / Lung Butter (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2007)
Case Closed ep (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2007)
Dr. Pyckle And Mr. Pryde (12") Sub Static, (released 2007)
Ada vs. Metope vs. Pan/Tone (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2007)
Presence / Knuckle Sandwich (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2007)
Gabriel Ananda vs. Pan/Tone (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2007)
Chubby Chaser ep. (12",Ltd) Cereal/Killers, (released 2008)
Speicher 60 (12") Kompakt Extra, (released 2008)
Don't Pee on my Teepee ep (12") Cereal/Killers, (released 2008)

ALBUMS
Newfound Urban Calm (2xCD) BiP_HOp, (released 2004)
Skip the Foreplay (CD) Cereal/Killers, (released 2008)

LIVE MIXES
Jalapeno Rock - Live At Studio 672, Cologne Germany (CD) Mule Electronic, (released 2004)
Live At Studio 672 (File, MP3) Underground Evolved, (released 2006)

REMIXES
Nightstick (12") Dumb-Unit, (released 2004)
Only Love (Remixes) (12") Trapez, (released 2004)
Rocket Skating Remixed (12") Sender Records, (released 2004)
Stick Lip EP (12") Trenton Records, (released 2004)
Amoureux Solitaires (12") Kill The DJ Records, (released 2005)
Sex Games (12") Surprise Records, (released 2005)
Insights Remixes Part Two (12") Gold & Liebe Tonträger, (released 2007)

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