kirm Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 i think silence is under-appreciatedIt's the only Monolake album that never really clicked with me and thought Ghosts achieved the same sort of style but much better However it's been a long time since I've heard it so prob should give it another listen now and see if distance leads enhancement to the view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 i think silence is under-appreciated However it's been a long time since I've heard it so prob should give it another listen now and see if distance leads enhancement to the view very soft and bubbly me thinks. a smidg of hongcong hideout in it, maybe? lots of pleasant tinkling and effervescent, percussion sounds. my favourite, hammer-dulcimer & handclaps :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 oh wow "silence" i feel so ashamed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 i tricked you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 i think silence is under-appreciated i actually thought silence was really bad and a complete loss of form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 the man that helped give the world Ableton, I wonder how much he's made off of that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handels Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Some interesting sound design going on, but it gets rather tedious after a while just like most Monolake releases. Love Alaska Melting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 anyone read the CD liner notes? interesting..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I really dislike Robert Henke - just looking at the cover art it's like a bad spinoff of TDR's exai / l-event artwork. Haven't listened to the track but to me most of his music sounds like a really shallow version of ae. /imhotbqh is it actually possible to have an entire thread on this forum without somebody describing the music within it as derivative of one of the featured artists. somebody actually said that lone was ripping off BOC. major 7th chords existed long before boards of canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Love this so decided to get digital vinyls of all the VLSI eps today and stuck them all together to make an alternative album.. Totaly worth it lots of tracks not on the album and the others are different enough to make it worthwhile. Also as someone said earlier their mastered louder and its all round a bit more banging.. going to enjoy banging the ep versions out in my whip :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 well... still hurts listening to this knowing all the monolake albums before polygon_cities but it's a fine ride. The liner notes about the sounds being sourced from old electronic sound scientists was kind of cool but I don't know how much I believe it. in case anyone has noticed i'm listening to all the shit from 2016 and bumping threads like an absolute madman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Henke's run out of ideas, sadly. Nice sound design I guess but the music is just so boring. The sample compilation before the album came out would have made a cracking track in itself, but he seemingly has one idea that lasts no more than a minute and tries to drag it out. Such a shame, really. Since Silence it's all been downhill. Oh well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Really? I love this. Its nothing new from him for sure, but I think its him doing what he does best! Have this up these as one of my fav Monolake albums, although think I actually dig the EP versions more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewps Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 this is.. okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendish Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 This is a pretty tight and bright album. Recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Bump to remind people that this album exists. So incredible on good headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Bump to remind people that this album exists. So incredible on good headphones. Weird, I was randomly relistening to this album this week. Some great tracks, I especially like Unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 yeah. it's good. better than ghosts and silence. polygon cities was a digi-pointment. but damn those first 5 albums. whoo lord. some good stuff. I kind of wish gravity and cinemascope were 1 album instead of 2 but I can't really complain. those two bass notes in ionized make it all worth it. interstate still the best tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eczem Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 yeah. it's good. better than ghosts and silence. polygon cities was a digi-pointment. but damn those first 5 albums. whoo lord. some good stuff. I kind of wish gravity and cinemascope were 1 album instead of 2 but I can't really complain. those two bass notes in ionized make it all worth it. interstate still the best tho Yeah, I had this experience where I bought Polygon Cities around the time it came out, and that was basically my one Monolake album (I liked it but didn't love it) and then later Ghosts was the second (better than polygon to me). Finally checked out out Cinemascope a few years ago and was blown away by it. Genuinely surprised at how much better I liked it than the other two. VLSI is on my upcoming listen list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropi Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I am with Handels and Obel on this. The sound design is topnotch, unfortunately you can't base an album on that alone. I like that there are different versions on the EP's compared to the album (and I bought them all, as DLs) and I LOVE the sleeve designs... but over all I still am missing something. In the end there is nothing that "sticks", for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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