Ghosts (Monolake album)

Ghosts
Studio album by Monolake
Released 2012
Genre Techno
Length 60:23
Label Imbalance Computer Music
Producer Monolake

Ghosts is the seventh album from German techno music producer, Monolake (also known as Robert Henke). It is the second part of what is claimed to be a trilogy of three albums, that began with Monolake's sixth album, Silence.[1][2] Although the album follows a primarily techno aesthetic, it also incorporates elements of drum n' bass, dubstep, and ambient music.[3]

Production and critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Beats Per Minute[4]80%
PopMatters[5]
Resident Advisor
Sputnik Music[6]
Exclaim![7]Favorable

Some of the sounds of this album are notable in that they were created by sampling recordings that included frequencies outside of the range of human hearing (above 20 khz), and then transposed down into the audible range. In order to make this possible, the entire album was produced at a 96 khz sampling rate (contrasted with the typical 44.1khz rate).[8] Despite wide-based praise for the sound design of the album,[9] other reviewers commented that this came at this expense of the album's emotional impact.[10]

Track listing

  1. Ghosts
  2. Toku
  3. Afterglow
  4. Hitting the Surface
  5. Discontinuity
  6. The Existence of Time
  7. Phenomenon
  8. Unstable Matter
  9. Lilith
  10. Aligning the Daemon
  11. Foreign Object

References

  1. ↑ "RA Reviews: Monolake - Ghosts". Resident Advisor.
  2. ↑ "Reviews - Dance & Electronic: Monolake - 'Ghosts'". Exlcaim!. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dusted Reviews: Monolake - Ghosts". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Album Review: Monolake - 'Ghosts'". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Review: Monolake - 'Ghosts'". PopMatters. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Monolake - Ghosts (staff review)". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Ranta, Alan. "Monolake - Ghosts". Exclaim!.
  8. ↑ "Monolake: Ghosts in the Machine". Ableton. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Monolake: Ghosts". FACT Magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "mnml ssgs: Monolake's "Ghosts"". mnml ssgs. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

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