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Studio

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Viridescent I have been a fan of Robert's work for as long I can remember. As a long time Ableton user, his input in the development of the DAW has been a game changer for me too! This is an extraordinary album, he has expanded on the Monolake sound & created something very special here.
I'm waiting in eager anticipation for the next Monolake album to drop.

Favorite track: Global Transport.
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jef37 talented range of techno from ambient, IDM with some extraordinary experimental electro sounds. A must have album. Favorite track: Global Transport.
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dub orange i have been a fan of roberts music for 25+ years now and studio became quickly one of my favourites by him. he developed an unique style and his refined sounddesign is top notch. studio should be listened on decent headphone to get all the details going on. somewhere between minimal tech &ambient you can both listening intensly or while doing things. well done again, robert, hope there will be a light installation show again! thank you. Favorite track: Stasis Field.
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Andrew Garton This album enchants with a searing textural beauty. Another ecstatic achievement, Robert.
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grahamjwhiting Space, variety and mood creation.
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1.
The Elders Disagree 05:50
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Thru Stalactites 06:15
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3.
Signals 05:45
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4.
Cute Little Aliens 05:36
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5.
Intermezzo 03:44
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6.
Global Transport 07:00
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Stasis Field 08:40
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Prime Lundy 07:42
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Red Alphonso 05:23
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10.
Eclipse 07:06
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about

Below and above the invisible microscopic connections holding matter and soul together, a person is dragging files on a computer screen from A to B. And then back to A again.

A bit later, the person tries to make sense of cryptical codes displayed on tiny screens of machines built decades ago in backyards in Hamburg, at labs in Japan, or envisioned in student dorms somewhere in a big fallen country far away. The person stares at user manuals originally written with typewriters, carefully turns the precious pages, scratches their head and finally nods.

It is a meditative state, introverted, but not quiet, more the opposite.

The person sits still, listening, thinking, feeling: Is it where it is supposed to be? What will it become? What is it? Is it something at all? Or is it just more data landfill?

The tea gets cold. Time flows in irregular intervals. Suddenly there is movement.

The person reaches out to a shelf, locates a long obsolete storage medium, a black and wobbly sheet of plastic the size of a small book. The person carefully inserts it into a large black box, presses a red button and waits.

Nearby something else becomes alive. The person enters commands on a terminal and walks over to a beautiful wooden instrument.

Several hours later, the sun outside long gone, the city almost asleep, the person removes the disk, turns off the black box and notices for the first time that day how loud the fans inside have been. The person flips a switch and all the little lights go off.

Silence and darkness.

credits

released September 6, 2024

produced by Robert Henke Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 in Berlin. Mastering by Mike Grinser, artwork by Robert Henke and Queenie F. Charles.

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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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