Monolake

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Monolake
Robert Henke performing as Monolake at MUTEK in 2007
Robert Henke performing as Monolake at MUTEK in 2007
Background information
Origin Berlin, Germany
Genre(s) Electronic
Label(s) Chain Reaction, [ml/i]
Members
Robert Henke, Torsten Pröfrock
Former members
Gerhard Behles

Monolake is an electronic music act based in Berlin. Originally consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton. In fall 2004, Torsten Pröfrock became a member of Monolake.

Monolake's minimal, dub-influenced techno music helped establish the sound of the Chain Reaction label, also located in Berlin, subsequently using their own [ml/i] (Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music) label for the group's output. Both current members have solo projects, with Henke releasing under his own name and Pröfrock as T++ and Various Artists.

In 2008 T++ followed Ricardo Villalobos in bridging the gap between minimal techno and dubstep, by remixing Shackleton's Death Is Not Final for the Skull Disco label.

Monolake is named after Mono Lake, which is east of the Sierra Nevada in California.

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[edit] Monodeck

Robert Henke's Monodeck II
Robert Henke's Monodeck II

Henke is a software engineer develops custom software and hardware for live performances. As well as working as an engineer for Ableton, Henke designed the Atlantic Waves software for performing live with others producers in different countries simulatneously[1].

In 2003 Henke designed the Monodeck, a midi-controller interface for spontaneous editing and effects work during live performances, even without having to look at the computer screen[2]. The Monodeck and its successor, Monodeck II, control Ableton through patches designed with Max/MSP.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Monolake Albums

  • Hongkong (Chain Reaction, 1997)
  • Gobi. The Desert EP ([ml/i], 1999)
  • Interstate ([ml/i], 1999 re-issued in 2007)
  • Cinemascope ([ml/i], 2001)
  • Gravity ([ml/i], 2001)
  • Momentum ([ml/i], 2003)
  • Polygon_Cities ([ml/i], 2005)
  • Plumbicon Versions ([ml/i], 2006)

[edit] Robert Henke Albums

  • Piercing Music (Imbalance, 1994, re-released 2003)
  • Floating Point (Imbalance, 1997)
  • Signal to Noise (Imbalance Computer Music, 2004)
  • Layering Buddha (Imbalance Computer Music, 2006) also released as a 5 x 7" box set

[edit] Torsten Pröfrock Albums

  • Various Artists Decay Product (Chain Reaction, 1997)
  • Various Artists 8, 8.5, 9 Remixes (FatCat, 1999)
  • Dynamo Außen Vor (DIN, 2002)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Monolake - Atlantic Waves
  2. ^ monolake - monodeck