monolake

these guys are great

listened to hong kong last night after taking a bunch of pills (standard activity for me)

and i must say, amazing, amazing, amazing

polygon cities is also pretty cool but i don't know if i like it as much as hong kong. less ambient, less depth, more rhythm

Momentum is best IMO, and Cinemascope and Interstate are also really really good. Check out the singles Atlas/Titan, and Alaska Melting, both of those are excellent.

Tetris and White_II are the best

Yes, one of my favorites!  

i'll have to check out every last thing they've done. seems like theyre quite creative and musically intelligent.

looking for momentum right now

they've got a really good way of transporting you to their futuristic world of man made nature

Oh my god vamos you have not heard Monolake until you hear Momentum

i'm excited

how do you rank polygon cities?

realistically, pretty low. Its a little too dancey/poppy for me. Its not bad, but they have done much much better. Gravity and Momentum are my favorites. You really should check out some of their singles though specifically get the two I was talking about, Alaska Melting and Atlas/Titan.

Again though, its all about Momentum, and those two singles, do the other albums after.

anyone checked out henke's latest solo, indigo_transform, basically a 60 minute reworking of the indigo track from cinemascope? i really like his layering buddha work and the atom/document one.

I got copies of Indigo_Transform for me and my friend, and we both love it! However, not very similar to Monolake. Momentum is the album I listened to least. But they are all good though, it depends what mood I am in.

momentum is great

excellent, really enjoying it, more so than polygon cities

i can tell this group is going to be in my mix for a while to come. i love the atmosphere they set up, though it can be a bit menacing at times

monolake is awesome, very ae with their own flavour

+1 momentum

my favourites of monolake are interstate and hongkong, the remastered versions. the alaska/melting and atlas/titan 12"s are awesome aswell and sound fucking massive loud. the melting track especially.

I don't think I've heard any monolake before; any online place to hear good samples?

  On 9/10/2009 at 8:06 PM, Joyrex said:

I don't think I've heard any monolake before; any online place to hear good samples?

youtube

  On 9/10/2009 at 8:06 PM, Joyrex said:

I don't think I've heard any monolake before; any online place to hear good samples?

wow Joyrex really? I was under the impression they are fairly well known because they are fairly prolific.

http://www.speakingincode.com/

I'm waiting for this to actually get a release.

  On 9/10/2009 at 8:06 PM, Joyrex said:

I don't think I've heard any monolake before; any online place to hear good samples?

Why not explore the artist's web site? He even has free unreleased mp3s to download.

I HIGHLY recommend his solo project Robert Henke - Piercing Music. It's a very "watery" ambient piece.

  On 9/14/2009 at 7:46 PM, bomb23 said:

  On 9/10/2009 at 8:06 PM, Joyrex said:

I don't think I've heard any monolake before; any online place to hear good samples?

 

Why not explore the artist's web site? He even has free unreleased mp3s to download.

 

I HIGHLY recommend his solo project Robert Henke - Piercing Music. It's a very "watery" ambient piece.

Oh, I know - I just couldn't be arsed to search, and usually people provide better links or examples than what I can find on an artist's site. Thanks for the links though... listening now!

His live stuff is also very good, he uses a custom controller called the Monodeck with Live. http://www.monolake.de/technology/

Some of his sets can be found here http://sound.modelfruit.com/

I'll have to concede my earlier statement about Polygon_citites. I was listening the other day and I realized how awesome of an album it is. I still think Momentum is better though.

His work as Robert Jan Henke is also worth checking out, lovely drones.

He also did quite a few performances using just buddha machines, there are several recordings available.

  On 9/14/2009 at 7:55 PM, soundwave said:

Some of his sets can be found here http://sound.modelfruit.com/

tons of stuff there!

Momentum ftw

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