Fractal – Equilibrium (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Cinematographic.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Tomasz Lukowicz has released three albums in 2021. The prolific Polish producer already revealed great things with “Human Error” and now strikes back with his third work featuring ten new songs.
Content: “Equilibrium” moves on where previous work(s) stopped; it’s a sophisticated composition, exploring more explicit IDM fields. there still is a dense and overwhelming Cinematographic style, which is constantly driven by rhythms, but the work is clearly evolving.
+ + + : “Equilibrium” is a great piece of music; it’s an intelligent composition built up with great sound treatments like subtle bleeps, heavy blasts and solid bass lines. The mix between IDM and Cinematographic passages sounds in perfect balance. This is without a shadow of a doubt the most accomplished Fractal-opus to date.
– – – : It would be interesting to hear some passages with vocals and/or chants.
Conclusion: Fractal has evolved in a rather fast way, but this album clearly sounds like a strong basis and even a reference to move on with.
Best songs: “Microsphere”, “Hacked Mind”, “Equilibrium”, “Hologram”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/tomasz.lukowicz.1
Label: www.label.aliens.sk / www.facebook.com/pages/Aliens-production-label/200028820052578
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 mainly through the Slovak label Aliens Production.
Fractal debuted in mid-2021 with the albums “Human Error” and “A Unique Hybrid”. “Equilibrium” followed on 1 October 2021, and “Access Denied” collected earlier material written and recorded in 2015.
The 14-track album “Hologram” arrived on 21 March 2022, with artwork by Ryby and mastering by Anatoly “TOKEE” Grinberg. “Last Day On Earth” and “Solar System” followed in 2023, along with the limited digipack CD “Antidote” on 9 June 2023 and the four-track “Network” EP. “Overload” arrived on 18 April 2024, and the album “Hide in the Light” in January 2026.
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