My favorite Album is definetely Hong Kong. It has this great "local" feel to it because of the field recordings and has some of the more danceable tracks he made.
Overall great energy!
Monolake/Henke, where to begin ?
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Cool Character
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Re: Monolake/Henke, where to begin ?
With his first album, like you would any other artist!
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chapelier fou
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Re: Monolake/Henke, where to begin ?
True.
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Smoking_Gnu
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Re: Monolake/Henke, where to begin ?
Here's my personal and decidedly non-eloquent view of his albums; obviously YMMV.
Cinemascope: The most relaxing (but still dynamic) by a long-shot, with a very "urban" feel. Pretty much my go-to music for chilling out.
Momentum: Sharp, metallic and percussive, with a very mechanical and industrial (the setting, not the genre) vibe and a relatively faster pace.
Polygon Cities: An interesting blend of the above two; you get a lot of relaxing pads and ambient sounds combined with a heavy focus on evolving drum sounds, yet the latter isn't as sharp and mechanical as Momentum. Incidentally, this is my favorite background music for playing Minecraft.
Ghosts: Sort of like Cinemascope's evil twin; save two heavily percussive tracks this is a "smooth" and relaxing album but with a darker, minor-chord-heavy atmosphere. Good rainy day music.
Silence: Need to give this some more listens, but so far this is the only Monolake album that hasn't really clicked with me. Very minimal and ambient, almost to the point of sounding like his work released as Robert Henke, but given that, the songs seem to meander too much without creating much atmosphere.
Cinemascope: The most relaxing (but still dynamic) by a long-shot, with a very "urban" feel. Pretty much my go-to music for chilling out.
Momentum: Sharp, metallic and percussive, with a very mechanical and industrial (the setting, not the genre) vibe and a relatively faster pace.
Polygon Cities: An interesting blend of the above two; you get a lot of relaxing pads and ambient sounds combined with a heavy focus on evolving drum sounds, yet the latter isn't as sharp and mechanical as Momentum. Incidentally, this is my favorite background music for playing Minecraft.
Ghosts: Sort of like Cinemascope's evil twin; save two heavily percussive tracks this is a "smooth" and relaxing album but with a darker, minor-chord-heavy atmosphere. Good rainy day music.
Silence: Need to give this some more listens, but so far this is the only Monolake album that hasn't really clicked with me. Very minimal and ambient, almost to the point of sounding like his work released as Robert Henke, but given that, the songs seem to meander too much without creating much atmosphere.