Monolink Releases Third Studio Album ‘The Beauty Of It All’
The Beauty Of It All – the eagerly anticipated third studio album from German producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Monolink – is out now Embassy One. Across ten sublime originals, the Berlin-based artist offers a deeply personal journey shaped by introspection, texture and restraint. Pulling you inward, unfolding slowly with emotional honesty and melodic finesse, the LP marks a return to the core of what makes Monolink’s work resonate; emotional clarity, melodic warmth and a perfect symbiosis of the organic and the electronic.
Some records don’t chase attention – they quietly draw you in, one layer at a time. The Beauty Of It All is exactly that kind of release: subtle in its delivery, rich in feeling and confidently introspective. Written largely in retreat from the world, The Beauty Of It All isn’t interested in spectacle. Instead, it explores the push and pull of joy and pain, memory and motion, stillness and change. Across its runtime, Monolink crafts something that feels deeply lived-in; less a concept album and more a series of inner monologues, framed through sound.
It begins in quiet devastation. “Call of the Void”, a spacious and sorrowful opener, paints the emotional wreckage of a love lost, leaning into restraint instead of release. Rich vocals and expansive synths create the space for grief to both breathe and transform. From there, the record pivots into a different kind of tension with “Perfect World”, where broken rhythms and glitchy percussion mirror the detachment of modern life. Co-written with Severin Kantereit, the track feels observational and detached, like a slow zoom-out on a city waking up.
As the album deepens, familiar pieces of Monolink’s sound begin to surface in unexpected forms. “Powerful Play” reconnects with his roots, blending acoustic guitar with rhythmic electronics in a nod to the hybrid energy that defined his early days, when he was still busking on Berlin’s streets by day and discovering its clubs by night.
There are moments of near-total surrender to sonic exploration. “Avalanche”, partly written in the Swiss Alps and partly born in a jam session with collaborator Toby Siebert, is a patient build of vintage synths and quiet emotional turbulence. The same chemistry is captured in “In My Place”, a one-take recording that wears its imperfections like texture, alive with the kind of spontaneous energy you can’t manufacture.
The contrast continues on “Mesmerized”, a standout track where analog drum pulses form the foundation for something far more introspective: swirling textures, spiralling melodies and one of the strongest toplines of his career.
If The Beauty Of It All is about embracing the full spectrum of feeling, “Promised Land” dives headfirst into the unknown. Influenced by the freeform experimentation of Pink Floyd, the track unfolds slowly, layers of hand-played percussion and spacious chords giving it the feel of a lucid dream or a long night’s drive. Later, “Beacon” brings things back to earth. Written on piano and rooted in folk sensibilities, it’s one of the most hopeful moments on the record – reflective, light-filled and quietly uplifting.
There’s a sense of rediscovery in the LP’s next offering, “Phoenix”, which originated years ago on a synth brought to Portugal and later reworked into its final analog form. It’s a track about creative sparks that refuse to die, even after time and distance. The record closes with “Once I Understood”, a song that begins like a Beatles ballad and morphs into something uniquely Monolink: part lullaby, part existential reflection, part release.
The Beauty Of It All is a record that doesn’t just document where Monolink is now – it maps out where he’s come from. Over the past decade, Steffen Linck has carved a singular path as a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and live performer. His ability to merge traditional storytelling with modern sound design has earned him a rare position at the intersection of club culture and concert stages, with a global following that spans both.
While his debut Amniotic (2018) introduced a genre-fluid fusion of organic and electronic elements and Under Darkening Skies (2021) expanded that vision with darker, more cinematic tones, The Beauty Of It All feels like a distillation and a moment of clarity. It’s less concerned with scale, more focused on resonance. More than anything, it feels true.
Monolink – The Beauty Of It All (Album) is out now via Embassy One on vinyl, CD and digital formats: https://lnk.to/TheBeautyOfItAll
