Hola One – Hygh
Hygh is a mini album / EP download from XS Records in Portugal. Hola One is the alias of a guy called Marek Ogorzalek. This is techno with an experimental bent. Four/four rhythms provide the basic structure around which whirl a host of odd clicks and crackles, machine like snaps and fizzes, and all underpinned by a rumbling, rubber bass. Sometimes this is mashed to distraction, as on the brief beat-anarchy of “Burek Po Torbie”. But throughout the album there is a sense of urgency, of fluid motion.
There are two stand out tracks. “Hygh” itself combines a motorik rhythm with microbeats and ends up sounding like a fantastic lost Underworld track. The epic “Puxx” has a muted metallic rhythm, like a pipe filled with sand, but it drives on relentlessly, surrounded by a blizzard of subterranean drones and awesome bass. “Szigi-Donga” is a bit annoying, to be honest, with backwards vocals and madcap laughter, but it’s the only bum note (and it’s not very long).
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