Polygonia has spent the past few years reimagining club music in thoroughly modern terms. Operating from Munich, she works where techno and dance music lose interest in borders – blending everything that moves bodies into motion. Her multifaceted approach is once again on full display on her new album Dream Horizons, released via Dutch label Dekmantel. The record showcases her talent for breathing life into even the most meticulous machine music through rich, organic textures.
»Gate to Amygdala«, for instance, plays like a precise yet menacing mathematical formula turned into a track. »Hidden Blue« is a jittery, bouncing techno-bass hybrid that always feels on the verge of collapsing – and taking the sweaty dancefloor down with it. Every now and then, she hides her voice in the mix like an Easter egg – heard one moment, gone the next, as if she’s commenting on her own tracks from somewhere just out of sight (»Set Me Free«).
Whenever it feels like you’ve figured her tracks out – when you think you know what’s coming next – she pulls the rug from under you. That surprise-bag quality comes through especially well on »Twisted Colours«. The stuttering beat starts out tentative, cautious – but just when you’ve settled into its rhythm, it bursts open and flickers around you like a swarm of summer insects.
Dream Horizons
