Robert Henke

The Studio Paradox: When did it become too much? A short essay about the role of tools and the struggles of being creative.

Let's celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Operator synthesizer for Ableton Live!

The new Monolake album is out now.
CBM 8032 AV

CBM 8032 AV
Audiovisual concert for five iconic personal computers from the early 1980’s.
Monolake 8bit

Monolake 8bit
Bass music with historic computers
Monolake Modena 20232024

Monolake Modena 20232024
Site-specific laser performance
Site-specific performance on December 31, 2023 in Modena, Italy, celebrating the last hour of the year. A free-of-charge, open-air event with sound and laser graphics, projecting on the 90m long and 17m high wall of the former Sant’Agostino hospital, commissioned by NODE Festival.
Lumière III

Lumière III
Audiovisual laser performance series
Lumière merges rapid successions of abstract laser drawings and music into a unified immersive experience. It is based on a dedicated vector graphics and sound synthesis engine, which the artist has been developing for this project. Lumière III is the third major revision.
Fragile Territories

Fragile Territories
Audiovisual laser installation
What defines a territory? Who occupies which space and when? Fragile Territories is about negotiation of space, using four lasers to paint a complex evolving structure made of light.
The story of Ableton

The story of Ableton
One adds and the other subtracts.
An interview with Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke about the genesis of music software company Ableton.