Monotonous Landscapes, by Volker Lankow

Monotonous Landscapes

by Volker Lankow

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	1.	A Cool Breeze In An Endless Plain 05:28
	2.	The Beauty Of Monotonous Landscapes 06:25
	3.	Villages And Never-Ending Roads 10:04
	4.	The Long Walk Through A Monotonous Scenery 07:31
	5.	The Monotony Of Distance 07:03
	6.	Thoughts Of Monotony 08:07
	7.	Nebular Landscapes From Above 06:44
	8.	Approaching Monotonous Cities 08:58

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When I was working on the music for this album, I had to think of many trips that took me to different monotonous landscapes. Be it long car rides in Sudan, Afghanistan and other countries. The monotony of my thoughts and mind which adapted to these landscapes has remained in my memory.I remember driving on endless roads less travelled through monotonous landscapes that changed only gradually and slowly.

"Monotony is more a state of mind, more a state of discomfort than a state of place. To call an empty, dry desert, dotted with shrubs and stretching to the horizon, 'monotonous' is an emotional and even poetic response to a landscape that is not monotonous in itself, but has become so through thought." (Paul Miller)

Such an experience became most apparent to me when I set out over 22 years ago to cross the Chalbi Desert in Northern Kenya on an 85 km hike from North Horr, a godforsaken place in the desert, to Lake Turkana. On this hike under the blazing sun through an inhospitable salt desert, I felt the monotony of a landscape that was actually not so monotonous.... A walk for the sake of walking... My thoughts became monotonous, and so did the landscape around me.

There have been many journeys in my life through various monotonous landscapes that are at the same time indescribably beautiful. also on these journeys I felt: in the monotonous experience the mind is forced to adapt to the landscape.

Ambient and drone music accompanies my memories of moving through monotonous landscapes in so many places around the world.
Maybe I can get some of you to close your eyes and enjoy this wonderful monotony beyond the horizon. My music should serve as a means of transportation for this.

There is a longer bonus track in which you can recognize some typical sounds of my ambient music now and then.

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released November 8, 2022

All Sounds and drones played and produced by Volker Lankow

Bonus tracks recorded live in one go at Volker's World Ambient Studio.

Cover Image by Volker Lankow

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Volker Lankow Berlin, Germany

Percussionist since the late seventies, Volker Lankow lives in Berlin, plays and collaborates in many diverse projects, such as together with Bernhard Wöstheinrich, David Rothenberg, to name a few.
Volker works on many Solo projects, using mainly electronics and as well percussions, to develop his own vison of experimental sounds, drones and as well world music. ... more

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