Monad dives into disassociation with new single ‘UDB’ + Announces upcoming EP ‘Gift’

Tel Aviv’s very own cosmic craftsman of sound, Monad, is back with a glimmering new single, UDB, and news of a new EP titled ‘Gift’—dropping August 15. The track arrives alongside a hypnotic video co-directed by Monad himself and filmmaker Ben Palhov, setting the stage for a collection of songs that explore detachment, emotion, and the ghostly edges of memory.

If you’re just catching up, Monad is the genre-blurring project of Eshchar Nachmany, who’s been quietly carving out a niche for his introspective blend of dream-pop, ambient synthwork, and existential sonic wanderings. With UDB, he leans further into his unique pocket of analog melancholia—where reverb-drenched vocals hover like distant thoughts and synths stretch out like starlight.

“I was writing this at a time where I felt like I was watching my life unfold on a screen,” says Nachmany. “It’s me trying to document that feeling in real time.”

That eerie sense of watching rather than living is exactly what makes UDB hit so hard. There’s a kind of stillness to it—a dreamy detachment that resists apathy, even when it feels like the easiest way out. Think: emotional disassociation with a pulse. Where previous single I See You (featuring Ariel Pedatzur) was tender and grounded in grief, UDB floats in that weird, in-between space where dread lingers in the background and nothing feels quite real.

The song also gives us a peek into ‘Gift,’ a four-track EP that finds Monad refining his sound into something rawer and more direct. “This is the most honest and direct Monad has ever sounded and I’m really proud of it,” Nachmany shares. “Looking back, it feels like a strange documentary of a very specific period in my life.”

Musically, Monad is drawing from a broad palette—Broadcast’s haunted sci-fi vibes, Ennio Morricone’s cinematic moodscapes, Todd Rundgren’s shape-shifting sound, and the otherworldly textures of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The result? Music that feels both human and machine-like, personal and alien, nostalgic and futuristic all at once.

If you’ve caught him live at Liverpool Sound City or Dot to Dot Bristol, you already know Monad is one to watch. With love from The Guardian, METAL Magazine, and The Line of Best Fit—not to mention spins on KEXP, NTS, and KCRW—he’s become a quietly magnetic force in the global underground.

UDB is available to stream now, and all Bandcamp proceeds are going to Standing Together, a grassroots movement of Jews and Palestinians working for peace and social justice. A beautiful track with a beautiful intention.

Stream ‘UDB’ everywhere: https://linktr.ee/monad.udb

‘Gift’ track list

1. I See You (feat. Ariel Pedatzur)
2. UDB
3. 1976
4. Ten

‘Gift’ EP lands August 15.

Follow Monad on Instagram @monadmusic and keep an ear to the sky.