Mazut – Dirt Collector (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm / Positive Regression)
The Polish band Mazut already has several albums to its name. After six years, Paweł Starzec and Michał Turowski return with a new full-length. In the meantime, they’ve remained active, performing and releasing several EPs.
This new work is quite diverse, oscillating between their characteristic danceable tracks—driven by intelligent Electro structures and sounds—and more relaxed, sometimes Experimental pieces built around repetitive loops. At times, they seem to drift a little too far into their Experimental side. Mazut has always embraced variety, but their greatest strength remains the way they merge IDM and Techno with dark, often hostile Electro atmospheres. The result can at times create a true Trance-like experience, enriched with Industrial textures.
In my view, this may not be their strongest album, but it is still a compelling listen and certainly recommended. (Rating:7½).
Listen to “Force And Form”:
About Mazut
Mazut is a Polish electronic project of Paweł Starzec and Michał Turowski, mixing IDM, Techno and dark Electro with Industrial textures. Their album chronology includes “#1” in 2015, “Eichwald” in 2016, “Atlas” in 2018, and “Promień” in 2019 on Positive Regression, alongside several EPs and singles. The duo now returns with the album “Dirt Collector”, released on Rope Worm and Positive Regression.
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