Fractal – Overload (Album – Digital/CD – Aliens Production)
Polish artist Tomasz Lukowicz remains highly prolific. He has released several releases as Fractal in recent years and is now back in action with this new 10-song album. The sound and influences once again take us back to old-school EBM with intelligent sound treatments and an exceptional sound canvas. Deep bass lines, subtle arrangements and a dark atmosphere are supported by slow, danceable rhythms. The ghostly voice does the rest. “Overload” will appeal to fans of Vomito Negro, Mortal Constraint and FLA. (Rate:8)
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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.
Fractal’s collaboration with Aliens Production intensified in the following years. The 2021 album “Access Denied” collected earlier material originally written and recorded in 2015, and appeared as another digital release on the label. On 21 March 2022, Fractal issued the long-form album “Hologram”, a 14-track CD and digital release that further developed the project’s hybrid of industrial, IDM and electro, again with artwork by Ryby and mastering by Anatoly “TOKEE” Grinberg.
In 2023 Lukowicz released the albums “Last Day On Earth” and “Solar System” followed by the CD “Antidote”, released on 9 June 2023 as a limited digipack edition of 100 copies. Later that year the four-track “Network” EP arrived as a digital release.
On 18 April 2024 Fractal released “Overload”, a digital and CD album which continued the project’s move toward denser, beat-focused material while retaining the minimal production approach heard on earlier records. The album was mastered by Anatoly “TOKEE” Grinberg and packaged as a limited 4-page digipack CD with design by Ryby.
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