Monolake - Cinemascope
Label:
Catalog#:
ML009
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Germany
Released:
Oct 2001
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno,
IDM,
Minimal
Tracklist
Credits
Artwork By [Design] -
Gerlach & Henke
Photography - Frauke Kaven
Producer - Robert Henke
Producer [Additional] - Gerhard Behles , T++
Photography - Frauke Kaven
Producer - Robert Henke
Producer [Additional] - Gerhard Behles , T++
Notes
Recorded at Studio HDL 911.
Photos made in Shanghai 2001.
Atmo recorded in Seoul, Korea 1997.
Alpenrausch (track 9) is a comissioned work by Migros Kulturprozent.
Samples used by kind permission.
© 2001 Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music [ml/i]
This is the first pressing version, with EFA distribution number (10959-2) on CD and spine.
The second pressing version is distributed by MDM.
Atmo (track 1) is unnamed on the CD, except in notes. The name was also disclosed on the Monolake website.
Released in digipak case.
The dot matrix text on the CD art gives the artist name transcribed phonetically into Japanese katakana characters.
Photos made in Shanghai 2001.
Atmo recorded in Seoul, Korea 1997.
Alpenrausch (track 9) is a comissioned work by Migros Kulturprozent.
Samples used by kind permission.
© 2001 Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music [ml/i]
This is the first pressing version, with EFA distribution number (10959-2) on CD and spine.
The second pressing version is distributed by MDM.
Atmo (track 1) is unnamed on the CD, except in notes. The name was also disclosed on the Monolake website.
Released in digipak case.
The dot matrix text on the CD art gives the artist name transcribed phonetically into Japanese katakana characters.
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Reviews & Discussion
"Cinemascope" was my first experience with the Monolake duo and due to that probably remains my favourite album. Music is multi-layered, mathematically constructed, very suggestive and highly atmospheric. Following the title, it's like a soundtrack from a complex digital process of information travelling through channels. If Kraftwerk were humanoid robots, then these guys must be like an upraged version of Kubrick's HAL-9000. Mindblowing record - 5/5.
monolake blends minimal glitch with warm dub-like synths to create pulsing soundscapes that are at once captivating and danceable. This release realizes it more fully then "Interstate" does. Good things are sure to come from these guys. Stay Tuned.
This is a mixture of dancefloor-friendly and other more experimental/abstract elements. The music is repetitive though I wouldn't really say "minimal". As a whole the record is very nice but I'm always waiting for a crescendo which harldy ever comes. OK I may have missed the whole point here but I always get this really-really subtle feeling of disatisfaction (of wanting some more of it, of wanting to embrace me a little bit tighter). Anyway I give this a 4 because that's my bad self talking right now