Vlsi

Monolake continues to crawl along desolate spaces and dark crevices of uncharted places, with his signature sound design, intricate programming and hollowed out rhythms. The emptiness between my ears is especially amplified via a pair of headphones, and I would absolutely love to enjoy VLSI on a nice pair of loudspeakers. It’s been over four years since Ghosts released on Robert Henke‘s very own Imbalance Computer Music, and this collection of eleven tracks seems to push the original idea even further, than the initially released series of six EPs appearing between 2014 and 2016. The initial source has been re-arranged and augmented to construct an album of “sonic archaeology” mirroring the complex structures of a Very Large Scale Integration. Digital percussion is complemented with synthetic soundscapes that mutate and evolve into granular textures, offset only by a continuous beat. Just like an entangled design of an integrated circuit, the tracks on VLSI are constructed using machines built by other machines. “The interaction with these machines guided a minimalist and structural approach to sound and rhythm, expanded and re-contextualized into a futuristic soundtrack.” A visionary reflection on humanity’s dystopian future.

Robert Henke continues down his path regardless of what anyone else has to say about it. Very special Night Music.

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After a slew of single releases over the last 12 months to support this album, Monolake has come up with the most focused album. Some of the tracks remind me of his previous musical partner T+++ (Torsten). a great balance between slower tracks and faster techno based tracks.