Berlin-based imprint Lightronics kick off their schedule with a full-length album of experimental club sounds and post-ambient textures from label boss Sasha Zakrevska aka Poly Chain.
Building on her rich history with Ukrainian label Mystictrax and The Very Polish Cut-Outs, alongside notable collaborations with the likes of Bartosz Kruczyński and Turkish producer Nene H, Zakrevska returns with a 15-track voyage that spans the full spectrum of machine-driven sound. ‘Nemesis‘ is a masterclass in post-industrial techno, where jagged, deconstructed club anthems collide with experimental modular bass, fevered ambient passages and a dystopian atmosphere that pulses with a thick energy.
Standout track, ‘Elisiv’, unfolds like a signal sent from a dark, concrete fuelled future. With ultra-filtered hi-hats slicing through a sea of warped arpeggios and fragmented bass, the track pulls the listener into an oppressive, sweat-soaked underworld. The echoes of a long-forgotten queen, Elisiv of Kiev, reverberate through the synths as the track morphs into an all-consuming ritual – twisting, morphing and spiralling through snare-less breakbeats and dissonant bass.
‘Nemesis’ LP is scheduled for release 25th April via Lightronics. Order a copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. Enhanced Comfort
2. Salt
3. Sunflower
4. Elisiv
5. Doomscroll Shame
6. Permanent Mutation
7. Caffa
8. Horses Ass
9. Lazy Eye
10. Hypercompensation
11. Global Village
12. Get Home Before Curfew
13. Agonist
14. Nemesis
15. Hyrax