Galya Bisengalieva - Polygon [Indies LP]

Format: LP, Dusk
Catalogue No.: TPLP1812LTD
Barcode: 5016958103187
Release Date: 20 Oct 2023
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

Dusk Coloured Vinyl

Kazakh-British artist Galya Bisengalieva returns this October with her second studio album for One Little Independent, Polygon. Today she shares the second single from the record, titled Alash-Kala. Like Galya’s 2020 debut album Aralkum the composer, producer and musician returns to stories from her home country of Kazakhstan.
While Aralkum was about the shrinking of the Aral Sea, Polygon tells the tale of one of the darkest episodes in Kazakh history. Though it created more nuclear fallout than Chernobyl, the story of the Semipalatinsk Test Site located on the steppe in north east Kazakhstan (known as The Polygon) is little known internationally even though it was the Soviet Union’s primary testing zone for nuclear weapons.

“The elemental talents of LCO violinist and composer Galya Bisengalieva flourish on a 2nd album of avant classical explorations inspired by Kazakh folklore, ecology and history” boomkat

“A star violinist…and… a producing force to be reckoned with.” The Guardian

“creates teeming and imagistic environments with four strings and electronics” Pitchfork

“Galya…a powerful force in new and primordial music” The Quietus

“Technical versatility combined with an inquisitive temperament make Galya Bisengalieva a truly exciting violinist.” The Wire

Track listing
Alash-Kala
Saryzhal
Polygon
Sary-Uzen
Chagan
Balapan
Degelen

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