Artist |
Monolake |
Album Title: |
Archaeopteryx |
Album Cover: |
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Primary Genre |
Electronic |
Format |
FLAC 16.44 |
Released |
11/05/2020 |
Label |
Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music |
Catalog No |
ML 035 |
Bar Code No |
none |
Packaging |
Download |
Tracks |
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Gantt Exodus (6:59)
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2.
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Infernal Limit (8:36)
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3.
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Triode Univec (4:39)
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4.
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Transient Noire (3:16)
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5.
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Dirac Onyx (4:16)
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6.
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Pelton Rota (3:18)
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7.
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Clockwerk Fatigue (4:24)
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8.
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Phaenon Ono (4:05)
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9.
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Ircks Argle (5:13)
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10.
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Anamorph Iris (4:25)
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11.
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Espace Fourier (4:45)
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12.
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Sinc Response (4:38)
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Plateaux Orthogonal (7:25)
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14.
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Orbit Incomplete (6:26)
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15.
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Prime Declick (2:05)
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16.
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Delta Overload (3:52)
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17.
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Alu Minimum (6:08)
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18.
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Specimen Fractal (5:12)
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19.
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Allure Publison (5:54)
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Date Acquired |
12/13/2020 |
Personal Rating |
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Acquired from |
Qobuz |
Purchase Price |
13.50 |
Web Links |
Discogs entry: MusicBrainz entry: |
Notes |
The air is damp, pouring rain hits the melting rocks and vaporises in dramatic hisses. The colors are spectacular, orange-red fluids bubbling in slow motion, dark blue water filling deep caves, nearly black clouds tower at the horizon, sudden patches of bright blue sky open up high above, white fog everywhere, an expressionist painting emerges and reconfigures, long before painters do exist. Everything is constantly moving, breathing, transforming.
The big bird takes shelter under a fern, carefully navigating in unstable land. In the distance, another smaller creature tries to escape the water, but fails. Nearby, the probe is stuck in the mud, with its shiny surface and its perfect curvature. A masterpiece of engineering, unfortunately in this very moment becoming dysfunctional, one gamma ray too many, and a nanoscale structure located at a critical signal path forever unlearns how to do its job.
The bird is hungry.
Miller decides to skip his second coffee, he feels overly agitated these days anyway. Too many meetings, too much administrative work. Too many humans too far away from the station with too many opinions. He climbs up the metal ladder, tries to ignore the icy wind, stares at the camera and is waiting for the click. Someone has left a note on his desk, "had again hundreds of errors on A-78, replace?". He takes the paper, carefully reconfigures it into a tiny yellow ball and misses the trash by ten centimetres.
The big bird slowly unfolds her wings, looks down at her claws, and decides to get rid of the logging device. A few small stones are rolling down the rock, playing a beautiful and complex rhythmical motive but no one listens. Then she finally decides to ascend. The clouds are getting more dense, rapidly building up giant structures, ready for the next big thunderstorm to come, sending down ice cubes and fire all at once.
The data packet is short and seems insignificant, just one pulse too much on a green LED in a server room. It takes the first few hubs, until it finally gets corrected by a slightly too smart AI. The big bird glances one last time at the morning sun, satisfied, and ceases to exist.
credits
released November 6, 2020
Constructed in 2020 by Robert Henke
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Analyzed Folder: Monolake - ArchaeopteryxI_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -0.14 dB -13.80 dB 01 - Gantt Exodus.flac
DR08 -0.11 dB -11.88 dB 02 - Infernal Limit.flac
DR11 -0.10 dB -12.78 dB 03 - Triode Univec.flac
DR12 -0.14 dB -16.50 dB 04 - Transient Noire.flac
DR11 -0.10 dB -12.92 dB 05 - Dirac Onyx.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.42 dB 06 - Pelton Rota.flac
DR12 -0.14 dB -16.34 dB 07 - Clockwerk Fatigue.flac
DR07 -0.11 dB -9.68 dB 08 - Phaenon Ono.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -11.49 dB 09 - Ircks Argle.flac
DR09 -0.11 dB -11.55 dB 10 - Anamorph Iris.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.43 dB 11 - Espace Fourier.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -10.55 dB 12 - Sinc Response.flac
DR12 -0.12 dB -13.90 dB 13 - Plateaux Orthogonal.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -11.14 dB 14 - Orbit Incomplete.flac
DR10 -0.14 dB -14.16 dB 15 - Prime Declick.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -10.89 dB 16 - Delta Overload.flac
DR08 -0.11 dB -11.15 dB 17 - Alu Minimum.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -9.65 dB 18 - Specimen Fractal.flac
DR06 -0.10 dB -8.67 dB 19 - Allure Publison.flac
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Number of Files: 19
Official DR Value: DR9
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Reviews |
Ews Nsj
Streaming this album through my mind, i find myself suspended in an incredible world of possibility and invention. mechanical and algorithmic objects snap into being and fade or waver before my mind's eye. stationary i am not. i drift in/out of strange spaces from advanced realities. i am on an immersive stereoscopic journey through ingenious compositions of electroacoustic sound, where every waypoint presents a veritable grand gallery of fascinating complexity. superb and highly recommended
David Lee Myers
More Monolake brilliance, flowing from grooves to atmospheres effortlessly. Love it! Favorite track: Gantt Exodus.
Matthew Ward
Fantastic granular action amongst a myriad of technical and musical gems..... hooked me in from the off... Favorite track: Ircks Argle.
Andy Green
So many facets to this recording. Brilliant! Favorite track: Plateaux Orthogonal.
Matthieu Roche thumbnail
Matthieu Roche This album is wonderful, a world in itself. The sounds are careful tailored and assembled in larger pieces that take you from one place to another. This has been on repeat since it came out on my player! Favorite track: Ircks Argle.
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