charles e. dickerson, better known by his stage name mono/poly, is an electronic music producer from bakersfield, california, and now residing in los angeles. mono/poly joined flying lotus’ record label brainfeeder in 2011 and released his debut ep “manifestations”, plus the glorious “golden skies” lp in summer 2014. the much anticipated follow-up is mono/poly’s 2016 musical offering, “cryptic” hnr58, a nine-track ep of sterling sound design. the dense yet dynamic 30-minute album is predominated by mono/poly’s striking instrumental productions, with exception of the stunner “nocturne”, which features the haunting vocals of seven davis jr. (and guest bass by thundercat). mono/poly “cryptic” will be available monday january 4th, 2016 through los angeles-based imprint hit+run, on limited-edition marbled green 12” vinyl (in two distinct color ways - only 200 qty of each pressed!) and housed in a hand-screenprinted cardboard jacket