Every producer of electronic music has at one time or another meditated on the medium and tools of the trade (computers, synthesizer, mixers, etc) necessary for making sounds, and how their manipulation by the inspired controller (you) creates, as if almost by magic, music. Exploring this question, perhaps further than most, is Robert Henke and Torsten Pröfrock, also known as
Monolake. Monolake's minimal, dub-inflected techno has helped establish the sound of Berlin's Chain Reaction label as well support the productions of artists like
Ricardo Villalobos. Originally consisting of only Henke and Gerhard Behles, Behle has since decided to focus on running his software music company Ableton.
