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Monolake is an electronic music act based in Berlin. Originally consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton. In fall 2004, Torsten Pröfrock became a member of Monolake.

Monolake's minimal, dub-influenced techno music helped establish the sound of the Chain Reaction label, also located in Berlin, subsequently using their own [ml/i] (Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music) label for the group's output. Both current members have solo projects, with Henke releasing under his own name and Pröfrock as T++ and Various Artists.

In 2008 T++ followed Ricardo Villalobos in bridging the gap between minimal techno and dubstep, by remixing Shackleton's Death Is Not Final for the Skull Disco label.

Henke sometimes plays performances over the Internet with Deadbeat, using a custom software application called Atlantic Waves, and also works as a developer for Ableton.

Monolake is named after Mono Lake, which is east of the Sierra Nevada in California.

Discography

Monolake

Cyan (1995, 12")
Magenta (1996, 12")
Lantau/Macao (1997, 12")
Occam/Arte (1997, 12"; re-released 2001)
Hongkong (1997, CD)
Tangent (1998, 12")
Interstate (1999, CD; re-released 2007 in a remastered edition)
Gobi: The Desert EP (1999, CD)
Fragile/Static (1999, 12")
Stratosphere/Ice (2000, 12")
Gravity (2001, CD)
Ionized/Ping/Frost (2001, 12")
Polaroid/Polaroid Remix (2001, 12")
Cinemascope (2001, CD)
Bicom/Remoteable Cut (2001, 12")
Linear/Atomium/Reminiscense (2003, 12")
Momentum (2003, CD)
Cern/White_II (2003, 12")
Invisible/Force (2005, 12")
Axis/Carbon (2005, 12")
Polygon Cities (2005, CD)
Digitalis/Plumbicon (2005, 12")
Plumbicon Versions I (2005, 12")
Plumbicon Versions II (2005, 12")
Plumbicon Versions (2006, CD)
Alaska/Melting (2006, 12")
Alaska Remixes (2006, 12")

Robert Henke

Piercing Music (1994, CD; re-released 2003)
Floating Point (1997, CD)
Signal to Noise (2004, CD)
Layering Buddha (2006, CD and 5 x 7")

Helical Scan

Index (1996, 12")

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-| Current_members     = [[Robert Henke]]
+| Current_members     = Robert Henke, Torsten Pröfrock
-| Past_members        = [[Gerhard Behles]]
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-'''Monolake''' is an [[electronic music]] act based in [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]].  Originally consisting of members [[Gerhard Behles]] and [[Robert Henke]], Monolake is now perpetuated by Robert while Gerhard focuses on running [[Ableton Live|Ableton]]. In fall 2004, Torsten "T++" Pröfrock became a member of Monolake.
+'''Monolake''' is an [[electronic music]] act based in [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]].  Originally consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running [[music software]] company [[Ableton Live|Ableton]]. In fall 2004, Torsten Pröfrock became a member of Monolake.
-Monolake's minimal, [[Dub music|dub]]-influenced [[techno]] music helped establish the sound of the [[Chain Reaction (record label)|Chain Reaction]] label, also located in [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]].  Robert runs the '''[ml/i]''' ''Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music'' label and is releasing Monolake's recordings through it.
+Monolake's minimal, [[Dub music|dub]]-influenced [[techno]] music helped establish the sound of the [[Basic Channel|Chain Reaction]] label, also located in Berlin, subsequently using their own [ml/i] (''Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music'') label for the group's output. Both current members have solo projects, with Henke releasing under his own name and Pröfrock as T++ and Various Artists.
+In 2008 T++ followed [[Ricardo Villalobos]] in bridging the gap between [[minimal techno]] and [[dubstep]], by [[remix|remixing]] [[Skull Disco|Shackleton]]'s ''Death Is Not Final'' for the Skull Disco label.
-Robert sometimes plays performances over the Internet with [[Deadbeat]], using a custom software application called Atlantic Waves.
+Henke sometimes plays performances over the Internet with [[Deadbeat]], using a custom software application called Atlantic Waves, and also works as a developer for Ableton.
 Monolake is named after [[Mono Lake]], which is east of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] in [[California]].