Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Polish artist Michal Turowski is involved with multiple projects. I mainly…
Genre/Influences:
Dark-ambient,
soundscape.
Background/Info:
Polish
artist Michal
Turowski is involved with multiple projects. I mainly know him for his work
with Mazut, but he’s also active under the Gazawat moniker and set up labels
such as Positive regression. This album is a conceptual one dealing with the
tragedy of Chernobyl and the impact on the citizens of Pripyat who had to evacuate
their houses.
Content:
“Wormwood
And Flame” is clearly inspired by the dark realms of ambient music, but also
sounds like a noisy soundscape constructed with industrial sounds. Repetitive
loops will get the listener into an imaginary state of terror, which perfectly
stands for the horror theme this work is dealing with. The tracks have been
accomplished with multiple, crispy noises, but I also noticed a few sequences
with icy, astral bleeps.
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+ + :
The album perfectly brings the torment of this event back to life. The
sound treatments are raw, unpolished creating a profound state of angst. I
especially enjoy the track “The Woodpecker” for the resonating bleeps emerging
at the surface. This track also injects diversity to the work.
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– – :
Some passages are definitely too repetitive becoming a bit monotonous
after a while.
Conclusion:
This
album is constantly switching from real great cuts towards less inspired
passages. It however has something poignant and creating a visual sensation.
Best
songs: “The Woodpecker”, “26th April 1986”, “Pripyat”.
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