joseph Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 The thing with monolake is his sound design is amazing, but the music/composition itself rarely leaves me impressed. it feels "sterile", kind of like richard devine in that respect. I'm sure I'll like Ghosts a lot though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 The thing with monolake is his sound design is amazing, but the music/composition itself rarely leaves me impressed. it feels "sterile", kind of like richard devine in that respect. I'm sure I'll like Ghosts a lot though Yeah its more about mastering and synthesis than great melodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest primusluta Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Great melodies are overrated. Long live the third wave!! Seriously though, melodies or not melodies, the soundplay on this is pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 The thing with monolake is his sound design is amazing, but the music/composition itself rarely leaves me impressed. Even with Momentum? Excentric is a masterpiece I think. Not sure I'll ever get bored of that track. Few tracks in and Ghosts is good, already miles ahead of Silence which I despised... pretty much for the reason you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coax Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Phenomenon was just fantastic! Digging the other tracks too but that one especially stood out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindphaser Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I agree that Monolake is a bit cold and sterile, it makes it hard to really love and enjoy all of his stuff. But Silence was really good, I loved the mysterious and ghostly atmosphere of it, so I`m interesting in buying this. Is it similar? Very good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 This is probably my favorite track on the album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwMzmona8bQ Ghosts Lilith Aligning the Daemon Hitting the Surface are great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The thing with monolake is his sound design is amazing, but the music/composition itself rarely leaves me impressed. it feels "sterile", kind of like richard devine in that respect. I'm sure I'll like Ghosts a lot though henke even admits this. i don't think there's anything wrong with that though...both monolake and richard devine work more with "sounds" than "music" so on that level it doesn't bother me how he likes to string them together. go back and listen to occam on hongkong - it's just a kick, a hat, a snare and two different synth chords plugging away for about 7 minutes. just by varying the effects on these simple elements he is able to create enough interest to sustain the listener's attention over the whole track, who needs chord structures and hooks when you can pull that off? Agreed about hongkong, i was really just talking about his more recent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encym Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyone got the 24-bit version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 It's funny, because no one element of Monolake's music is amazing. Drums are pretty straight forward sounding, the sound design is subtle and never really jaw dropping, and the tracks don't have much going in the way of in depth composition and progression... like someone said, it's a lot of subtle recombining of elements.... but together, all of these elements are SO FUCKING GOOD. It really is about the balance of all of these things, and that is what he is the master of. Regardless of any one tiny part... on a whole he is the master of taking you into his world. This is why he is one of my favorite artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's funny, because no one element of Monolake's music is amazing. Drums are pretty straight forward sounding, the sound design is subtle and never really jaw dropping, and the tracks don't have much going in the way of in depth composition and progression... like someone said, it's a lot of subtle recombining of elements.... but together, all of these elements are SO FUCKING GOOD. It really is about the balance of all of these things, and that is what he is the master of. Regardless of any one tiny part... on a whole he is the master of taking you into his world. This is why he is one of my favorite artists. Quoted for truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Yeah Kcinsu, that's a solid post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's funny, because no one element of Monolake's music is amazing. Drums are pretty straight forward sounding, the sound design is subtle and never really jaw dropping, and the tracks don't have much going in the way of in depth composition and progression... like someone said, it's a lot of subtle recombining of elements.... but together, all of these elements are SO FUCKING GOOD. It really is about the balance of all of these things, and that is what he is the master of. Regardless of any one tiny part... on a whole he is the master of taking you into his world. This is why he is one of my favorite artists. This doesn't apply to Momentum I don't think, the elements sound great on their own terms - combined they make an amazing album. Same goes to Interstate. After a few listens I think Ghosts trumps Silence by a margin, but is still light years behind his other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Whoever says Monolake sounds sterile, clearly haven't listened to Interstate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZbewytzME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Nice interview with Monolake on the Bleep Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Whoever says Monolake sounds sterile, clearly haven't listened to Interstate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZbewytzME I think people are saying that his newer output has this sterile vibe to it. Interstate is after all over 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't find Interstate sterile at all. But I don't know anything about music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 It's funny, because no one element of Monolake's music is amazing. Drums are pretty straight forward sounding, the sound design is subtle and never really jaw dropping, and the tracks don't have much going in the way of in depth composition and progression... like someone said, it's a lot of subtle recombining of elements.... but together, all of these elements are SO FUCKING GOOD. It really is about the balance of all of these things, and that is what he is the master of. Regardless of any one tiny part... on a whole he is the master of taking you into his world. This is why he is one of my favorite artists. This doesn't apply to Momentum I don't think, the elements sound great on their own terms - combined they make an amazing album. Same goes to Interstate. After a few listens I think Ghosts trumps Silence by a margin, but is still light years behind his other stuff. I was speaking in general. Momentum does have more going on in it than his others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The thing with monolake is his sound design is amazing, but the music/composition itself rarely leaves me impressed. Even with Momentum? Excentric is a masterpiece I think. Not sure I'll ever get bored of that track. Few tracks in and Ghosts is good, already miles ahead of Silence which I despised... pretty much for the reason you said. yep. yep. yep. Excentric one of my top electronic tracks ever. also silence sucked and this is much better. 2009 was pretty late to have sooo much stock apple computer voice speaking all over your record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well... After I've been listening to this for a while, I probably have to agree some of you after all. This release it kind of a letdown. The only tracks I still think are great are: Lilith, Ghosts, Aligning the Daemon and The Existence of Time. The rest is slightly meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 anyone know where this CD is in stock in the uk? Was late ordeing as was on my honeymoon when it came out and know my order on amazon has been delayed further and no where else seems to have it! Guess i could just get the mp3 but wanted it on CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Try eBay and Discogs marketplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Cheers for your reply but just got the mp3's in the end, listening now and sounding very nice so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franciscus Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 anyone know where this CD is in stock in the uk? Was late ordeing as was on my honeymoon when it came out and know my order on amazon has been delayed further and no where else seems to have it! Guess i could just get the mp3 but wanted it on CD I bought this at Honest Jon's Records. Received it in the mail yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 So... people still digging this album? I've got to admit I forgot it even was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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