- Michal Wolski's gloomy techno explorations have surfaced on Boddika's Nonplus label with The New World. While crisp drums and subtle details abound, hardly any light is found in this zone of deep space, but the color that makes it through helps elevate the record above the usual stark-and-dark fare. The title track sets what sounds like decaying radio transmissions aswirl in a thicket of textured 4/4 percussion. It uses a pretty conventional approach that may seem tired to some, but it's solid.
"Moment By Moment" and "Polar Day" more convincingly embrace an extra-terrestrial aesthetic. Both dial in monotone growls, with the latter, an ambitious ten-minute cut, morphing from a bare broken-beat rhythm into a straight-ahead thump. But the best is "No Beginning No End," where Wolski conjures a collage of softly cooing beeps and ethereal test tones, ending this cosmic 12-inch with a strange yet captivating sense of melancholy.
TracklistA1 The New World
A2 Moment By Moment
B1 Polar Day
B2 No Beginning No End