Melbourne based live producer Monolith has brought to us a body of work that defies direct categorisation in any one genre of electronic music. This is why we love it and wanted to just release it as is without any further explanation!

Monolith (Louay Zoghaib) is a Techno/Ambient artist who combines contemporary electronic techniques with traditional music practices. Having a formal background in audio engineering, sound design and classical composition, Louay uses his experiences to create a unique tapestry of sonic textures that appeals both, on and off the dancefloor. This is achieved through Monolith’s improvisational live approach with modular synthesizers and other electronic instrumentation.

Influenced by the melodic sound of early Techno, through to Acid Techno and minimal electronica, Monolith continually pursues new ways technology and creativity can collide to evolve his performances, sound and music. Monolith is a road trip fuelled by the romanticism of Dub Techno, the brittle sparks of minimal electronica and greased with Detroit Techno’s futuristic and melodic anatomy.

In his own ambiguous way, Monolith articulates what he is trying to communicate with this album:

“The anatomy of what an individual sees and hears could lead to the ambiguous nature of our reality. Is a tree still a tree without its leaves or a bookshelf without books still considered a bookshelf? Although we consider aspects of our surroundings to be definitive, ambiguity would still play a role in what we perceive. ‘Ambiguous’ explores this aspect by blurring the lines of its compositional construct. Written in the formulaic stylings of techno and ambient, the album obscures the categorisation of its musical approach. The objective is left to the listener to determine as the clarification is perceived by the individual and not by the definition.” 

released August 20, 2021

Look A Crane

Wave At The Beach

Interlude - 2

Draw Them In

Its Springing Up

Me & Them Drove

Interlude - 1

New release from Monolith, A Leaky Pipe In An Alleyway Behind 143rd Street, places imagination with what reality might be. Monolith has never been to an alleyway where a pipe is leaking, let alone anywhere near 143rd Street. However, what would that be like? How would it sound? Why that specific street? Does it really matter these questions need to be answered?.. From words of Pablo Picasso everything you can imagine is real.

A Leaky Pipe In An Alleyway Behind 143rd Street

02/02/2024

A Leaky Pipe In An Alleyway Behind 143rd St

Factory - Noun:	1. A building or buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled.
2. A person, group, or institution that produces a great quantity of something: 
"a factory of bad English".

Sound - Noun:	1. Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard
when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
2. A long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end.
3. A narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of 
water such as two seas or a sea and a lake.

1.Lock the P (Original Mix)b yNapt
2.Dance Floor Devastate - Andy Faze Remix by Discosythetique
3.Moments Are Forever (Original Mix)by Ozgur Ozkan
4.Magnify (Quivver Remix)by Cid Inc
5.Dark Beat - Deadmau5 ReEdit by Kamisshake
6.Captain My Captain (Booka Shade Remix)by Pan-Pot
7.Bite Down (Compuphonic Remix)by Stelios Vassilouds
8.Mirrors (Original Mix)by Nathan Cole & David Coker
9.Murder In Miami - Original Mix by Motek
10.Nostromo (Original Mix)by Pleasurekraft
11.Deadlock Original Mix by Jaytech
12.The Difference (Nomad In The Dark Remix)by Trafik
13.1990's (Original Mix)by Phunk investigation
14.The Great Dog (David Granha Remix)by 16 bit lolitas
15.Slap (Original mix)by Umek
16.Taipei Pocok Salata - Quivver Remix b ySoliquid
17.Take Me Away (Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile Remix)by Fefo & Dario Arcas
18.Finished Symphony - Deadmau5 Remix by Hybrid
19.Obsessive Sound - Original Mix by Alex Dolby

Factory Sounds

man-kind: Noun: Human beings considered collectively; the human race

1.Pushin Too Hard (Nic Fanciulli Remix)by Saint & Sinners
2.Better And Sweet (Audiofly Remix)by H.o.s.h.
3.Soultech (Simon & Shaker Remix)by Simon & Shaker
4.Kinda High - Worthys Smokey Remix by CPM
5.Paradox (original mix)by Jaytech
6.Mind Bender (Original Mix)by 21 Street
7.One Funky Fresh Dj 2009 (Dj Hero Remix)by Huda Hudia
8.Wild Card (Original Mix)by Wolfgang Gartner
9.Belfast Kiss (Original Mix)by Jay Kay
10.Pranktech - Original Mix by Jaytech & Soundprank

Man Kind

Track from my first ep Under Flickering Lights

Under Flickering Lights (Original Mix)

Up coming remix set for release on For The Record (@for_the_record) on the 24th of August

Gabriele Brunno - Know Your Place (Louay Remix)

New Live Mix up for your enjoyment

1.Red Shuffle (dubspeeka Remix)by Wehbba
2.Past Juice by Da Fresh
3.Doiicie A by Minilogue
4.New Line (Hector Remix)by Jackethat
5.Hit The Lights by Stelios Vassiloudis
6.You I (Ugur Yurt Tofke Remix)by Dennis Caressa
7.Vision by Japanese PopStars
8.Whats That (Arjun Vagale & Ramiro Lopez Remix)by Stelios Vassiloudis
9.Sunny Intruder by Riccardo Ferri & Daniele Papini
10.House Music (Pig & Dan Moog Remix)by Eddie Amador

Merlange Seance Vol. 1

Live recoding from July 24th @darkbeat-1 presents @tiefschwarz, chilled out groves some nice house tunes. 
Track List below:

1. Jamie XX - Sleep Sound
2. Kiasmos - Held (Dauwd Remix)
3. AudioHell, Jose De Divina, Tania Vulcano - Massive
4. Tom Budden - On The Low Feat. Forrest
5. Onetram, Sasha - From Heaven to Hell (feat. Sasha) (Julien Sandre Remix)
6. Fabio Giannelli - A Walk On the Clouds
7. Deadbeat - Acid Dub Jack
8. Daniel Dubb - Pound for Pound
9.  Fatboy Slim - Love Life (Josh Butler Dub Mix)
10. David Kassi - Everybody
11. T&h - Came Back To Me feat. Lenell Brown (Dub Mix)
12. Djuma Soundsystem - Menage A Moi

Live Recording @ Tiefschwarz Album Launch

My live recording form melbourne gig Prognosis (@prog-nosis) which featured some of the best DJ's J_Slyde (@jslyde), Simone Murphy (@simon-murphy), Jesse Kuch (@open-records) and Dave Juric (@dave-juric)

Track List:
Cleave Martinez - Sampai (Original Mix)
Mastra - Sahara (Pawas Rework)
Nina Kinert, Tomas Barfod - Till We Die Feat. Nina Kinert (LOPAZZ Vs. Forever Jung Remix)
Marcelo Vasami - Animals (Rogier & Stage Van H Remix)
Fabio Giannelli - Maintain (Original Mix)
DJ T., James Teej - Sense Feat. James Teej (Tale Of Us Remix)
Sasha Kaktus - Dust Shadows (Original Mix)
Manuel Moreno - Under Your Skin (Original Mix)
Cecil - Right Now (Original Mix)
Beth Lydi - Kaminda (Original Mix)
Gwen Maze, Jef K - Boy Meets Girl (Original Mix)

Prognosis August 2015

A recording of a set I did at Doesn't Matter on the 2nd of October 2015 representing @prog-nosis and @for_the_record  at Kovora MilkBar

Track List:

1. Soulwerk - Genesis (Original Mix)
2. Bontan, The Angel, Yousef - Believe (ANNA Remix)
3. Scuba - Too Strong (Nicole Moudaber Remix)
4. DJ Fronter - Wanted (Original Mix)
5. Danny Tenaglia - Dibiza (Joseph Capriati Remix)
6. Martyn Hare - Hard Hitta (Steve Ward Manipulation)
7. Tom Hades - Jeannie (Original Mix)
8. Pig&Dan - The Filth (Alberto Ruiz Remix)
9. Smilla - Drehmoment (Boris Brejcha Remix)
10. ANNA - Where Are You Now (Original Mix)

Doesnt Matter 2nd October

Here is the recorded set at Darkbeat (@darkbeat-1) and Bush Records (@bush-records) presents Steve Mulder (@steve-mulder).

Track List:

Jacob Phono - Addiction feat. Kim Lyons (Original Mix)
Monojoke - A Better Place (Simos Tagias Remix)
Some Little Things - Perspectiva (Magnetic Brothers Remix)
Phable - L.A. Deep Funk (Original Mix)
Jacob Phono - Seduction (Original Mix)
Paul Ursin - Shadow (Original Mix)
Miki Leris - Test My Lemonade (Peter Makto & Gregory S Remix)
Philipp Lammers - Behind (Daniele Kama Remix)
Biologik - Infinite (Yuriy From Russia Swing Remix)
SEQU3L - Euriska (Original Mix)
Rocketpunk - Aetherophonia (Christian Hornbostel Remix)
Microtrauma, Ryan Davis - Calendula (Dubspeeka Remix)
Reset Robot - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Original Mix)

Recording @ Darkbeat and Bush Records Presents Steve Mulder

Here is my live set from the Max Cooper (@max-cooper) and Rick Wade (@rick-wade) gig, 5th of December 2015. I started off the set with a live intro I put together called three musicians, pretty much pays homage to Picasso's painting, which inspired the intro. Then I go on to a DJ/remix set with some of my personal favourite tracks, hope you enjoy.

Track List:

Louay - Three Musicians (Intro)
Luca Doobie and Thomas A.S. - Closed Door
Sebastian Davidson, Sydney and Miki Leris - Test My Lemonade
Architectural - Delicatezza (Original Mix)
Jelly For The Babies, Danzoo Shem and Gaol - We Are
Jacobo Padilla, Jose del Amor and Manel Sanmartin - The Dogs
Villette - Fall (Christian Löffler Remix) (Original Mix)
Recondite - Nifty
Ariane Blank and Mikrohouse.net - Tulla
Tale Of Us and Kiasmos - Swept

Live @ Max Cooper & Rick Wade

This was another biggy, got to hang out with another ultimate hero of mine @hernancattaneo. Was such an honour to play along side and hang out with him, an ultimate gentleman and cant wait to do it all over again. 

Track List:

Floyd Lavine - Sleeper (Original Mix)
Daniel Meister - Daylight (Original Mix)
Darlyn Vlys, Ramiro Lopez - Sparks (Original Mix)
Josel - 3 Bridges (Jelly for the Babies Remix)
Guy J - Sleep In My Arms (Original Mix)
AudioHell - Speeches (Original Mix)
Anek, Chicks Luv Us, Medeew - Shake (Original Mix)
Anton MAKe - Porto (Robert R. Hardy Remix)
Blusoul - Modular Memories (Guy Mantzur Remix)
Benn Finn - La Sueno (Basti Grub Remix)
Robert Babicz - All The Things Around (Dub Recycle Re-everything Mix) 
Jos & Eli - Unlimited Options (Original Mix)
Klartraum - Diving Dancer (Ian Pooley Remix)
Dave Seaman - Flatter to Deceive (Seff Remix)

Louay @ An Evening With Hernan Cattaneo

A mix I put together for a new podcast series called OKIDISCO, hope you enjoy.

TrackList:
1) Ben Lukas Boysen – Keep watch
2) Esteble – The walk
3) Cucumbers – I need you
4) Gigi Masin & Tempelhof – Labyrinth
5) Mononoid & Navar – Ad litem (YokoO remix)
6) David August – You got to love me
7) 16 Bit Lolitas – Fat fly
8) Sam Scheme – Cyber birds (Jiminy Hop remix)
9) Mahalo & Cat Lewis – Enjoy the ride
10) Pablo Einzig – Coins & paper
11) Jelly For The Babies – Boo
12) Armen Miran & Hraach – Lullaby
13) Beckers & D-Nox – 114 Miles to go
15) Ghostlike & Kimono – The shadow gallery

OKIDISCO Podcast Episode 7 Mixed By Louay

#3daystill2017

Paul Moore - Hollow Inside (Feat. Little Mouse)
Navar & Sahar Z - Breathe Deep 
Alex Niggemann - Materium (Ripperton Remix)
Pan-Pot - Sleepless (Stephan Bodzin Remix)
Kosmas - Expanding Consciousness 
Arnas D & Kastis Torrau - Eye (Robert R Hardy Remix)
Gregory S & Peter Makto - Venera 
Jamie Stevens - Out of Hiding (Slow Hearts Remix)
MUUI - Iusa 
Quivver - Wait For You (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
Mathias Ache, Mule - Mooov 
Di Rugerio & Jelly For The Babies - Moonlight 
Alice Rose & Malbetrieb - Creatures of the Night (Quivver Vocal)
Jaap Ligthart - Miau (rAin Remix)
Robert R & Hardy - Sensus (Matter Rmx)
Knowkontrol & Ramiro Lopez - My Cause Feat. KnowKontrol

Change My Cause Mix

monolith - Change My Cause Mix

#2daytill2017

ANNA - Redemption
Frank Beat & Sergio Pardo - Play Again
Tiger Stripes - Ego Express
Following Light - Flutter (Subconscious Tales Remix)
Diego Aquino - Crushed Strawberries (Luca Doobie Dub Remix)
Blunted Dummies - House for All (DJ T.'s Bompty Chicago Remix)
Super Flu - Do Ex
Bowyer Hawks - Rare Experience
Sebastian Albrecht - Dim 
Guy Mantzur - Blooming Fields 
Darin Epsilon - Jungle Experience (Quivver Remix)
Joal, Piermaria Chapus - The Magician (Several Defiinitions Remix)

Louay - Allude To Path Mix

Monolith - Allude To Path Mix

What I played at Stable Music Present Traumer, fun times and great people. Much love to the peeps that came and checked out my set.

Track List:

Scuba - Black On Black (Len Faki Goes Black Remix) 124
663Degree - City the Size of Houston
Dubfire, Oliver Huntemann - Terra (Joseph Capriati Remix)
Mattew Jay - Leon 
Pig&Dan - Chemistry 
Patrik Berg, Rob Hes - My Moog 
Harvey McKay - Terma 
Axan, Digital Primate, Reinier Zonneveld - Solid Block 
D-Deck - Cobalto

Louay DJ'd @ Stable Music Presents Traumer

Monolith DJ'd @ Stable Music Presents Traumer

The opportunity I got to open for the legends @d-nox_beckers at Stable Music capacity, one of my most favorite shows to go to, 900. What an honour and privileged it was. Dont remember what I played so sorry no track list

Capacity 900

Monolith DJing @ Capacity 900

Here is the recording from Node 13.02.17 show with Me! as their guest, got to play @nila1 original mix for SubBeats and also @stevebleas Annex which has been sitting on my play list for a very long time and I finally get to add it to a recorded mix. Hope you enjoy :)

Guest Mix At Node

Node - 13.02.17 - Louay

A mix of some of my fav techno tunes at the moment, enjoy

Track List:
William Kiss - Twilight
Luna City Express - Motherland (DJ T. Remix)
Alberto Ruiz - Contrast
Len Faki - My Black Sheep (Cleric Y Remix)
Bodyscrub - Sinister Drone (Manic Brothers Remix)
SLV - Planetary
Benjamin Damage - Drum Computer
LSD - Process 1
Below Surface, Tension - Intrusion
LSD - Process 3
Oscar Mulero - Texture (Cassegrain Remix)
Vegim - Repair
Charles Fenckler - Raven
SNTS - ES19.3 (Blue Hour Remix)

#001

Monolith - #001

A mix of tracks that I just absolutely love and admire

Track List:
DJ Fronter - Gunna Make It (Fabian Argomedo Remix)
Stefan Obermaier, Wally Lopez - Spirit
Mihalis Safras, Nikky - Krisna Feat. Nikky
ANNA - Ambiences
Kintar, Who Else - Sick Society
Leftwing & Kody - Touch Me
Wade - Take It Easy
Harvey McKay - Something Good
ME & her - Soldier Fly (Stefano Noferini Remix)
John Digweed, Nick Muir - Aquatonic (Alberto Ruiz Remix)
Jamie Stevens - Solemn Pride (Dale Middleton Remix)
JSPR - Another Day
Channel X - Lift Off
Devid Dega, Julian Ess - Meteora (Christian Hornbostel Remix)

Louay - #002

Monolith - #002

New mix that features some of the best produced techno tunes from legends in the game

Alex Raider - Cyborg Setup
Christian Cambas - The Outsiders (T78 Remix)
Jewel Kid - Selection Radar
Who & Who - Supreme
[ Wex 10 ] - Carolo
Pig&Dan - Take Me
Pascal FEOS - Dual Structure
The YellowHeads - 8 Bits
Ellen Allien - Call Me (Gerd Janson Remix)
ANNA - Escapism
Cleric - Silent Kingdom
Phase Fatale - Reverse Fall
Setaoc Mass - Always Falling, Never Declining
Pig&Dan - Cryptic

Louay - #003

Monolith - #003

Here is the mix I did for the Just Great Tracks crew here in Melbourne

Track List:
Stelio Vassiloudis - Green In Blue (Satoshi Tomiie Remix)
Donnwell - So Much Music (Christian Hornbostel Remix)
Kid Bliss - Discoshit
Rodriguez Jr - Kenopsia
German Brigante-  Unconscoius State Feat. Sutja Gutierrez
Unknown - Bad trip
Jacobo Padilla, Jose del Amor and Manel Sanmartin - The Dogs
Fabio Giannelli - A Walk On the Clouds 
Lois Of Norway - It's You (Just Emma Remix)
Oscar Gaitero - Music Is the Way
Klartraum - Diving Dancer (Ian Pooley Remix)

Just Great Tracks Podcast (0000020) Louay

New mix just in time for the australian spring season, nice little selection of great tracks I am enjoying at the moment,

Tracklist:
Austen-Scott - Space Taxi (Len Faki Hardspace Mix)
Black Shade - Pitch Black (Steve Mulder Remix)
Sara Simonit - Medusa
Patrick Mason, Radio Slave, SRVD - Elevate
Tom Hutt - Obey
Spartaque - Now You Feel
uhnknwn - Alpha in the Warm (Alan Fitzpatrick's FAT Aciid Remix)
Fabiann - Acid Theory (Sisko Electrofanatik "Journey" Remix)
Simone Tavazzi - Ploy
Drumcomplex - Atomic
T78 - Rotar
Halicon - Chinatown (Phunk Investigation, Jean Aita Remix)
Rob Hes - State Of Mind (Ron Costa Remix)

#004

Monolith - #004

Its been awhile but I’ve gone back to revisit the genre that started it all for me, PROG!!! this was one hard mix as I’ve been out of loop for a little while, but oh golly did I find some gems. 

Track List:

Birds of Paradise - Wild Growth
Darlyn Vlys - Colours (Tim Engelhardt Remix)
Eddy Romero - Overgrounds (Klartraum Live Remix)
Ilya Gerus - Splashes (Alex Vidal Remix)
Jiggler - Serenity 
Toni Rios - Play It for Me (Fran&co and Tino Priolo Replaymix)
Chicola, Sahar Z - It Is What It Is
Stage Van H - Basso Profundo (Ewan Rill Remix)
Beatamines, David Keno - Omega (Quivver Remix) 
Carlos Perez, Kostha - New Life
La Fleur, Sasha - Forbindelse
Nick Curly - Faustino

Louay - #006

Monolith - #006

Going back to techno with a solid track list of the artists I enjoy listening and play to.

Tack List:

Optimuss - Synchro
A.Paul, Matt Mus - DRNK 
Marla Singer - Transient (Coyu Raw Mix)
Oscar Mulero - Vesta 
Kalden Bess, Kalden Bess, Moog Conspiracy, Moog Conspiracy - Oblivion
Roman Poncet - Turn Down
ROBPM - Take Control 
Pig&Dan - Modular Baptism (M.I.T.A. Remix) 130
David Bau - Powerful People 
Mike Gervais - Resonate (Ben Sims Remix 1)
A.Paul, Matt Mus - DRNK 
Cleric - Sangha 
Kwartz - Contortion 
Ben Long, Tom Hades - The Knight Rider

Louay - #007

Monolith - #007

That night at Xe54 was AMAZING! all the DJ's were on point and @dr-rubinstein was spectacular. Here is the live recording of my DJ set from 11/03/19 at Xe54

Louay @ Xe54

Monolith @ Xe54

Here is number #008, so close to #010!!! This was recorded live from a gig I had the pleasure of playing at. A new night in Belgrave Victoria called iN hosted by the Melbourne legend @aaron-smiles.

Hope you guys enjoy :)

Louay - #008

Monolith - #008 (Live Recording From iN @ Sooki Lounge)

Here is my recorded set from Stable Music and Cat Present Cleric

Louay DJ Set @ Cleric

Monolith DJ Set @ Cleric

I am happy to introduce a new persona I’d be using for my ambient projects; Monolith.
Monolith was created just over a year ago with good friend Chiara Kickdrum for our live performance at Melbourne Music Week featuring Jeff Mills. It is a ambient project where we explored different electronic sounds and the use of traditional musical techniques.
Monolith would purely feature ambient music and also comprise with other artist ranging from electronic to instrumentalists. This is mix features music that best describes Monolith.

Track List:

Nāda Mushin - Wabi​-​Sabi 侘寂
Resection - II
Prins Thomas - Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
Orgone Donor - Dronningen
Demonome - Angel of Revisions
Bendik Giske - Hole
Ossia - Slow Dance
Resection - I
Demonome - Resolve
Nāda Mushin - 間
oqbqbo - Temple Tree
Asmus Tietchens - Ultima Tundra
Demonome - Enoch
VOIDPILOT - News
Kazuma Okabayashi - Beautiful mind
Blank Embrace - конфетти и фейерверки
Concalc - passana_1
Marie Davidson - Day Dreaming (Afrodeutsche Beat Free Remix)
Deena Abdelwahed - Saratan 
oqbqbo - The Way of Tea

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