{"id":206059,"date":"2022-06-17T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/?p=206059"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:52:01","slug":"monolink-mastering-the-no-mans-land-between-an-intimate-house-party-and-a-full-on-rave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/monolink-mastering-the-no-mans-land-between-an-intimate-house-party-and-a-full-on-rave","title":{"rendered":"Monolink \u2013 Mastering the No-Man\u2019s Land Between an Intimate House Party and a Full-On Rave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perpetually hidden under an iconic hat is the head containing the mind of one of the most thoughtful electronic music creators of our age. Ask any contemporary musician about their influences, and they\u2019ll most likely tell you about club nights and days, parties, or an almost scientific examination of rhythm and melody in a high-brow music school. Ask Monolink<\/strong><\/a>, and he\u2019ll say he was most influenced by singer-songwriters like Dylan<\/strong> or Cohen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some say there\u2019s a massive difference between what we listen to at home, relaxing or covering up the noises of everyday life, and what we listen to in the club, looking to dance and party. However, those people clearly have not heard the music created by Monolink because he occupies precisely that no-man\u2019s land between the home and the club, managing somehow to cover both ends of the spectrum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He is a multi-instrumentalist<\/strong> who combines the energy of dark Berlin clubs with emotional vocals and a guitar sound that equally fits fast party tracks and ambient, meditative ones. His guitar chords meld with synthetic sounds, hypnotic bass vibrations meet refrains and melodies, and people in the crowd merge into one at his shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmniotic<\/strong><\/a>, \u201chis album from 2018, positioned him as a melodic techno hot prospect who was here to stay<\/strong>. Birth, home, and warmth are just a few concepts that go through our heads while listening to this album. However, the difficult last few years have presented Stefan with a new challenge \u2014 finding a glimmer of hope and optimism in hard times. We got his answer to that challenge in his second album, \u201cUnder Darkening Skies<\/strong><\/a>,\u201c released last year. In this release, Monolink takes a look at the world around him and uses his beats and melodies to offer a solution to all problems and conflicts.<\/p>\n