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Polestar - Space Expanes (Boltfish)
I can vividly remember as a kid in the 80's, running down to my local record shop
to pick up the latest hip hop and electro compilations. Playing the
"latest" arcade games, Out Run, Golden Axe and Dungeons and Dragons.
The excitement of going to the swimming baths for the arcade games and
afterwards, eating chips with lashings of salt and vinegar and having
an overall feeling of things being electronically exciting. Despite the buzz of a change in the world, there
was also a dark robotic cloud that hung over that time.
"We" were told robots "are taking over the world" and with a mind that could only
interpret this as meaning that robots were about to murder and pillage
the whole planet or at worst, make my parents jobless and I couldn't
fight back on my Atari and I did try, honestly. Music was my only saviour
and Polestar have re-ignited those memories…
The
above nostalgic musings are what came to mind whilst listening to
Polestar's first release on Boltfish Recordings, "Space Expanses."
Dreamy sci - fi lullabies, awakening senses that seemed retrospective are
awakened and given new light and darkness and my, it's self gratifying
to reminiscence about "the good days."
Complex beat patterns,
twinkling sytnhs, meteor showers of crackling effects - jumping from
electro break-dance beats to glitch modernity make this an album that
travels cosmoses, galaxies and brings you softly back down to earth.
The
production is outstanding here. Rather than sticking to retro analogue
techniques, Polestar's use of warm string pads and glitchy modern blip
switches, bridge the gap between the early electro stabbings of
Hashim's - Al-Naayfish and the current electronic shockwaves of Isan
and Boards of Canada.
One for the old school electro heads and modern electronica lovers alike.
Polestar's
electronic sound manipulations are fresh yet familiar and are on course
to become another Boltfish Recordings classic.
8/10
http://www.myspace.com/polestarmusic
Nicky
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