Fractal – Hologram (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Cinematic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Polish solo-project Fractal is driven by Tomasz Łukowicz. Last year he released four (!) full length albums by Aliens Production. “Hologram” is the first physical release by this artist featuring fourteen songs. We get a mix of new- and previously released material.
Content: The sound universe of this composer is clearly based upon complex, but minimal Electronics. The songs are carried by deep, resonating, bass lines and mixed with crystalline bleeps and space atmospheres. Most of the tracks are driven by slow rhythms and broken beats. It remains an instrumental composition.
+ + + : Fractal already took me by surprise last year releasing some exciting productions. We now get some of the best cuts from previous albums mixed with new tracks. It’s an intelligent composition which is diversified. Now driven by down tempo cadence and next by dynamic, broken beats. It also is a subtle composition characterized by crystalline bleeps and space atmospheres. Some cuts remind me a bit of the modern approach of Lassigue Bendthaus.
– – – : This work is not the most accessible Electro format and is probably suited for a very restricted and fine tasted number of music lovers.
Conclusion: Fractal is a great new ambassador of Aliens Production; pure Electro-intelligence!
Best songs: “A.I.”, “Sinchronized Clics”, “Gravity Is The Problem”, “Existence”, “Neuron”, “Nest”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/tomasz.lukowicz.1
Label: www.label.aliens.sk / www.facebook.com/pages/Aliens-production-label/200028820052578
“Hologram” was issued on 21 March 2022 as a fourteen-track CD and digital album, with artwork by Ryby and mastering by Anatoly “TOKEE” Grinberg.
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About Fractal
Fractal is the dark electronic project of Polish-born musician Tomasz Lukowicz, who has been based in Chester, England, since 2004 and releases his work primarily through the Slovak label Aliens Production.
In mid-2021 Fractal debuted with the Aliens Production released albums “Human Error” and “A Unique Hybrid”, followed later that year by the ambient- and IDM-driven album “Equilibrium”, released on 1 October 2021. The 2021 album “Access Denied” collected earlier material originally written and recorded in 2015 and appeared as another digital release on the label.
“Hologram” followed on 21 March 2022 and is the first Fractal title pressed to CD. The fourteen-track set carries artwork by Ryby and mastering by Anatoly “TOKEE” Grinberg, both of whom stayed with the project on later records including the 2023 CD “Antidote” and the 2026 album “Hide in the light”.
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