Background/Info:
Last
year I discovered the Polish duo Mazut by their excellent “Atlas”-album, which
sounds like a fusion between techno, IDM and industrial music. Michał
Turowski and Paweł Starzec have already been active for a couple of years now
and are progressively gaining some recognition leading them to perform in
different European cities. This new opus has been released on their own label
Positive Regression.
Content:
The
work is somewhat different from the “Atlas”-album. You still easily recognize
the mix between different influences but “Promien” definitely became more
experimental and even abstract. There is still a solid techno and even groovy
flavor running through the songs, which has been merged with intelligent sound
treatments, but it sometimes becomes a little bit chaotic.
+
+ + :
One thing is for sure, Mazut is a project with a very own approach where
techno music only seems a little element that has been joined by darker and
more experimental influences. I’m more into the sophistication of cuts such as
“New Primitivism” and “Eternal Caretaker”, but I also like the dark, groovy
“Punishment”. The opening cuts are also interesting for the sampled vocal
effects transposed into sequences.
–
– – : I’m less fascinated by the few repetitive loops without a real climax.
Conclusion:
I
personally preferred the “Atlas”-album, but Mazut remains an interesting
discovery and an antidote to average techno music!
Best
songs: “Eternal Caretaker”, “New Primitivism”, “Punishment”, “Good Grief”.
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