Ghosts is an Electronic album by Monolake, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
About
The deconstruction of techno has never sounded more decrepit and decayed than on Monolake’s haunting eighth studio album, <i>Ghosts</i>. The title track opens with a murky fidelity and gurgling keyboard tones, immediately nodding to Los Angeles’ witch house sound before a crisp cymbal plays against a muted beat. On closer listen, a sublime bass buried under the layers holds everything together with the sporadic pulses of chirping swamp frogs. The following “Taku” starts with various spooky-sounding ambiences overlapped and reverberated under the chilling trill of what sounds like a theremin. Some stuttered beats and distorted static keep “Afterglow” rhythmic in its austere bleakness. Recordings of running water play against a ticking clock, and a distant church bell chimes to give “Hitting the Surface” a dark woodsy feel (recalling <i>The Blair Witch Project</i>) before beats and keyboard tones finally surface. Deeply undulating bass tones, bent windchimes, and general things-that-go-bump-in-the-night ambiance make “Unstable Matter” the most delightfully unsettling track here.
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Tracklist
- 1Ghosts5:03
- 2Toku5:42
- 3Afterglow5:14
- 4Hitting the Surface7:42
- 5Discontinuity4:49
- 6The Existence of Time5:09
- 7Phenomenon5:59
- 8Unstable Matter5:42
- 9Lilith5:07
- 10Aligning the Daemon4:51
- 11Foreign Object5:19
Sound DNA
- Electronic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Released in a four-panel Digipak with clear tray. Barcode was in the form of a sticker affixed to the shrinkwrap - it does not appear on the Digipak artwork itself. Cat# ML 026CD appears on this sticker.
CD contains a CD-Text. First trackname is displayed as "|:", while all other tracks have exact names.
Credits
The people behind it.
Songwriting
- Robert Henke
3 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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