Monolake - Silence

Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music / nov 2009 / try / buy

Artist de tip nou (sau de timp nou), inginer de sunet si unul dintre dezvoltatorii programului Ableton, Robert Henke aka Monolake, scoate cel de-al saptelea album al carierei sale, un romantism technoid la baza caruia guverneaza excursii ambientale. A muncit la el un an, nu a comprimat nimic si a imbinat sinteticul cu naturalul, adica a conectat efecte speciale si sound design cu mult field recording: anunturi din aeroport, diverse crampeie de Berlin, turbine de aer conditionat din Las Vegas, Frankfurt si Tokyo, sunetul apei de la gradina botanica din Florenta, vantul din Marele Canion, un robot telefonic, o imprimanta, conversatii la mobil, degetele pe o tastatura de la un Mac vechi. Totul este despre complexitate si detalii, despre beat si texturi.

“The music on this album has not been compressed, limited or maximized at any production stage. Why not?

Robert Henke: Once upon a time, music had dynamics. There were loud parts, and there were more quiet parts. Then came radio. In radio there is a technical limit for the transmittable maximum volume. As a consequence the average level of music with a high dynamic range is lower than the average level of music with a low dynamic range. The loudest possible music in radio is music where every element is constantly hitting the limit, music with no dynamics at all. Radio, and more recently mp3 players and laptop speakers influenced the way popular music is composed, produced and mastered: Every single event has to be at maximum level all the time. This works best with music that is sonically simple, and music in which only a few elements are interacting. A symphony does not sound convincing thru a mobile phone speaker, and a maximized symphony does not sound convincing at all.”

More on mastering by Robert Henke, here

Posted in de-dans, download on December 8th, 2009 by de-dans |