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Interstate

by Monolake

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Abundance 10:22
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Gecko 07:19
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Tangent I 08:03
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Tangent II 09:11
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Perpetuum 06:45
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Amazon 10:42
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Ginza 04:54
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Terminal 05:57
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about

Continuing its faithful documentation of the early years of Monolake, Field Records proudly presents the first-ever vinyl pressing of seminal 1999 album Interstate. In a kaleidoscopic lattice of micro-rhythms and exquisitely dynamic textural work, Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles fully collaborated for the final time on this record — and created an electronica landmark in the process.

Monolake's evolution from their earlier dub-techno-tinted works saw their exploration of Max/MSP go further out. The duo yielded greater complexity in the behaviour of their sound palette to achieve an organismic quality that remains an enduring influence on so many strands of experimental electronic music today. Interstate is a vivid record that builds up eight different ecosystems of sound and subtly threads elegant grooves through their root structures.

There's a house-like undulation to the low-end driving Tangent I and Tangent II, but the infinitesimally detailed layers of sound on top swoon from techno synth shimmers to trickling waters, snaking delay trails and pin prick percussion. You can hear the unmistakable, snappy rhythmic thrust of drum & bass driving Ginza, but here it's used as an engine for the crispest array of designer percussion and dub-soaked synth chirrups. Across every track, Henke and Behles demonstrate a potent combination, both groovily instinctive and eternally fascinating to try and pick apart.

After Interstate, Behles departed to focus entirely on the development of Ableton Live and Henke steered Monolake towards a leaner — but no less pioneering — sound. Every Monolake record has its own unique context and sound, and the circumstances of Interstate could never be repeated. Capturing the leaps in progress that were being made in digital music production at the end of the millennium, it's an information-rich document of a moment in time that still sounds wildly futuristic 27 years later.

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released June 19, 2026

Written and produced by Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke.
Remastered by Robert Henke.
Artwork by Robert Henke.
Published by Field Records (Field 39).

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Robert Henke / monolake Berlin, Germany

Robert Henke is a composer, visual artist and software developer.
His music oscillates between ambient, contemporary music and club. His project Monolake became one of the key icons of electronic club culture emerging in Berlin 1989. He was one of the main creators of Ableton Live, a software which became the standard for music production and completely redefined performance of electronic music. ... more

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