Gandobendy by MACIEK SZYMCZUK
Inexhaustible Zoharum label who has its hands in many pods has released the newest cd by Maciek Szymczuk which is quite a treat, bearing in mind that it’s one of his first outings in the last 9 years. There isn’t any form of formula or a particular genre that you can assign to Maciek’s work too tightly so let me guide you through the tracks one by one. First track on the album ‘’Ompek’’ is a nice combination of some cinematic ambient pads with slowly elevating beat that is dissolved by dub delays and a bit of glitchy processing towards the end. You could probably risk calling it ‘’post-techno’’ which wouldn’t be that far from the actual truth. It’s a nice opening track. The atmosphere and the tension is slowly accumulating and rising up to the certain degree and then nicely breaks down. Second track is quite a surprise – in terms of arrangements it solidifies the contents of the album, and in terms of the actual sound – it has to do more with the classic synth sound –...
