Q.Please tell me the equipment you are currently using.

I use ableton Live, with an RME connected to Dynaudio DBM50 speakers. I am not religious about which gear I use, creativity does not care about price tags or fidelity.

I have quite a collection of Synths too many to mention here, so my favourite would be a Korg DV-800 from 1977. I loved to process it with Amp simulators, I am currently using the Diesel emulator from UAD which adds a nice paper ripping distortion. And there is the monolog bass sound :)

Q.You use a guitar in a Monolog song,Are you playing? Or programming?

Yes, a lot. I also have a midi interface on my guitar so at times I am also playing synth sounds using only midi signals.

And I play it.. no programming.

Q.The Monolog sound has a feeling of air and depth. How do you make this unique sound?

I work a lot with the mixes. Where you have to consider panorama for each sound, EQ setting for each sound, and depth effects like reverb. This way, all the sounds get their own space and identity.

Recently I am also working a lot with convolutions, where you record the impulse of a certain space and can render sounds with it. For instance - I record an impulse inside my mouth, then I can render a bass sound with this impulse so the sounds like it is convoluted in my mouth. This might be what you hear.

I am using a large collection of field recordings for this.

Q.How much personality is reflected in Monolog's music? Is your thought and politics reflected in the music?

Everything I am and believe in is reflected in the music I do. This is not visible to the listener as decidable statements, but I suppose the listener can sense that there is thought behind the music.

I also am of the opinion, if you do not have anything to say with your music, be silent.

When asked - I also have many political convictions to share that I also write about in my music. For instance the decay of our environment, invasion of stupidity in our political sphere, the level of corruption in our souls due to religious views - there is so much shit to comment on that I can not ignore it. I grew up with art being commentary - a way for society to reflect.

However - I don’t want to smear my views in the face of poeple, but I do tend to hint at what I thought and felt through the title of track.

Q.You make dance music and non-beats like Droon and Ambient at the same time.
How do you change your mind when making dance music / non-beats?

I sit down with an empty project, then I watch my hands as they composes and construct like watching dogs run around on a field. I have no bias in terms of how it should sound when I sit down. I only have emotion when I sit down. SO the music writes itself as it strikes chords in my emotions and I take little intellectual control over it.

So I don’t sit down and think - lets write a banger.. or lets do an ambient track.

Emotions don’t care about style or genre, so I have to keep my roads wide, open and with as few blockades as possible. This is why it finds many forms and genres

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