Bisengalieva, Galya - Polygon Reflections

A collaborative reimagining of the original with artists The Bug, Hatis Noit, KMRU, Balkhash Dreaming, Lucy Liyou, Aïsha Devi, Hinako Omori and Alva Noto. The release date is the anniversary of the first Soviet nuclear weapon test in Kazakhstan.

Each track on ‘Polygon’ referenced locations within this haunting region; villages, landmarks and natural features. Now, with ‘Polygon Reflections’, Bisengalieva has turned her work over to a consortium of her closest contemporaries, to ask for their reflections.

The collaborative album reads even closer to a soundtrack with unique scenes, from The Bug’s ferocious mechanical machinations, to Hatis Noit’s incantations, KMRU’s multitextured digital vistas, Lucy Liyou electro-acoustic piano study, Aïsha Devi’s dissociated cyber-electronica, Hinako Omori’s arpeggiated mediations, Balkhash Dreaming’s poetry intertwined with sampling archival recording from the 1930s, performed by Amre Kashaubayev, a musician who lived in the Semipalatinsk region (1888-1934), to Alva Noto’s microsampled click soundworld meeting Galya’s multifaceted compositions.