INFORMATION ON MONEEN and BRIAN MONCARZ
Hailing from Brampton, Ontario, Moneen formed more than a decade ago, in 1999. In 2005 Moneen split an EP with Alexisonfire on Dine Alone Records where each band covered two of the other band’s songs, plus an original song. That same year Moneen filmed a documentary entitled The Start to This May Be the End to Another, where they documented the recording process of The Red Tree. The Red Tree was released in April 2006 and the documentary was released as part of The Moneen DVD: It All Started with a Red Stripe in May 2008. The DVD was also nominated for a Juno that year. Moneen released their fourth studio album The World I Want to Leave Behind in September 2009.

Brian Moncarz has a deep passion for music and it is this love that allows Brian to get the best possible performances out of his bands in the studio. A musician himself, Moncarz’s list of credits include, Moneen (Dine Alone/Vagrant), The Junction (Universal Music), Kyle Riabko (Aware/Columbia), Silverstein (Victory Records), Pilot Speed (formerly Pilate, Maple Music), Rise Electric (featuring Lukas Rossi, EMI Publishing), Machete Avenue (Underground Operations/Universal), plus engineering gigs with Bob Ezrin and David Bottrill (Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel).

With all of his hard work and dedication, Moncarz was able to land an engineering gig with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Silverchair). Brian worked on the We Are The Take album with Bottrill. Out of this relationship Brian and David decided to open a new studio together, and in the summer of 2008 Rattlebox Studios opened its doors. Once the new studio was open, Moncarz and Bottrill began co-producing the latest Moneen album, The World I Want To Leave Behind, an experience that Moncarz calls 'one of the most creative and positive projects of my career'. Currently Moncarz is recording a new album for Circa Survive (Atlantic Records).