Ales Tsurko shares brand new album

Hailing from Kraków in Poland, composer and producer Ales Tsurko has earned a stellar reputation as an artist who stands at the crossroads of music, technology and visual art. His journey into the world of sound began at the age of eight when he began exploring the accordion before expanding his skills to guitar and drums. These early forays from a curious young musician would later lead him to become a respected figure in modern composition and experimental sound design.

In the 2000s, Ales transitioned from analogue output with tape recorders to digital creations on a computer, marking the beginning of his voyage into the possibilities of music technology. Over the years, he’s embraced algorithmic composition, using programming languages to construct intricate works that blur the lines between art and science.

Sharing his original sonic vision for over a decade, in 2013 he released his debut EP, Theranges of Time: Space, which he’s since followed up with multiple well-received records. His latest project, a seven-track record titled Before the Void, showcases Ales’s ability to infuse emotion into his ambient soundscape compositions.

The album is a heartfelt reflection on simpler times, distilling moments of beauty and joy before the world was irrevocably changed into seven pieces which offer a chance to rediscover light in the darkness. Started off with the gradual swell of hushed textures on “No. 9,” the track flows with softly shimmering ambient tones and the subtly brightness of airy chimes. As the layers coalesce into a silky musical fabric, it wraps around you to form a soporific listening experience as glimmers of uplifting aesthetic shine throughout.

With “No. 12,” Ales injects energy with the rumbling patter of synths, modulating with rattling timbre as the piece gently builds with fluttering pips and the wash of atmospheric tones. It’s an exceptional display of deconstructed electronic minimalism, showcasing the artist’s knack for instilling motion and urgency in an arrangement that’s equally simple and complex.

Tracks like “Metallic” pairs a deft balance of ominous sonic texture with mesmeric melodic touches to craft a wholly immersive sound brimming with sweeping tones and slowly washing pulsing. The expansive twelve and a half minute outing called “No. 6” delivers a truly cinematic musical odyssey of soothing, drifting tones and contrasting instrumental plucks with whispers of grittiness and echoes of dreaminess throughout. The final piece, “No. 11” presents a hazy soundscape where subtly dark bass tones and hints of intensity intertwine to form an engrossing sound of experimental ambient music, offering an arresting finale to Ales Tsurko’s incredible new record.

Listen to Before the Void below