Monolake - Gobi

from: Gobi The Desert [EP] (1999)

Monolake is Robert Henke

Monolake is an open project dedicated to computer generated music, founded in 1995 by Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles. We were impressed and influenced by Minimal Techno music and Drum&Bass and at the same time discovered the sonic richness and sophistication of academic computer music. These poles became the source and inspiration for our own creations.

Our first releases on the highly acclaimed Berlin Techno label Chain Reaction, an offspring of Basic Channel, brought us some public attention. Due to our involvement with the Elektronische Studio der Technischen Universitat Berlin we also had the chance to do comissioned works for occations like "50 years of Music Concrete" and numerous other projects. The first Album from 1997, titled Hongkong, combined processed environmental sounds captured during the International Computer Music Conferernce 1996 in Hong Kong with synthesized timbres.

It became the blueprint for a specific Monolake style which is often permutating complex rhythmical structures interacting with rich textural elements, providing depth and color.

Gobi. The desert', a 34 minute epic track from 1999 was completly done in our own software, mostly Max/MSP but also with the beta version of Native Instruments Reaktor, since Gerhard Behles wrote the sampling and re-synthesis part of it. A bit later he started his own software company, Ableton, which I joined.

http://www.monolake.de/

http://www.discogs.com/Monolake-Gobi-The-Desert-EP/master/210679

Category:

Music

Tags:

• electronic
• ambient
• abstract

[Staalstraal]

So amazing...first heard it when my my brother burned it on a cd for me when i was 15. Great music to help me create oceanic worlds in my head...helping me falling asleep and have calm, nice dreams. :)

[19Darshan63]

@Staalstraal

Sweet Dreams dan maar zou ik zeggen :-)

[xxxseXierIkAF4Grlxxx]

i am in love!

[19Darshan63]

@xxxseXierIkAF4Grlxxx

Love is always good.... ;-)

[keesvangelis]

beautiful

[19Darshan63]

@MadCoins

glad I could help, maybe next summer I will listen to it when the crickets are back, enjoy ;-)

[MadCoins]

@19Darshan63 Well this EP hold a special place in my heart so I appreciate it being posted here even though I have the EP myself. It is nice to be able to access when I am away in the world. One really cool audio experience with this album is to put in on in the proximity of a cricket/insect symphony, on a deck or near a window or something. The crickets will blend with and alter the sound of the audio experience to make it sound different every time you listen to it in this manner.

[19Darshan63]

@MadCoins

WoW me a legend....I'm just posting music I like that's all ;-)

[MadCoins]

You are a LEGEND for posting this brilliant EP in full. Thank you!