Galya Bisengalieva – Polygon (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:42 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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Kazakh-British artist Galya Bisengalieva returns this October with her second studio album for One Little Independent, Polygon. 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.
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Galya Bisengalieva – Aralkum Aralas (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:46 minutes | 278 MB | Genre: Electronic
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When composer and violinist Galya Bisengalieva first conceived her 2020 album Aralkum, it was to be a meditation on ecological loss and grief, both metaphorically and literally through the shrinking of the Aral Sea, one of the worst man-made environmental disasters on the planet. Water dried up, fish disappeared and the surrounding communities collapsed; Bisengalieva’s sombre, mournful drones sound a furious death knell not only of the natural world, but humanity’s connection to it, now seemingly severed for good.
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Galya Bisengalieva – Aralkum (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 33:34 minutes | 558 MB | Genre: Electronic, Drone
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © One Little Independent Records
The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. Situated in Central Asia, it was once the fourth largest lake in the world. But the rivers that fed the Aral were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects from the 1960s. It has been disappearing ever since.
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Galya Bisengalieva – Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:00 minutes | 435 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Following the release of Netflix’s inspiring documentary short ‘Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive’, Galya Bisengalieva presents her official soundtrack, out on July 22nd.
To accompany the gruelling journey of freediver Johanna Nordblad as she tries to break the world record for distance travelled under ice with one breath, Galya has crafted an expert ambient narration that highlights the rising intensity toward the films looming climax. She uses warped solo violin techniques and electronically manipulated strings to produce compelling and emotive compositions that induce complete submersion. Aiding in the use of the dive to make comment on both global warming and the pandemic, the soundtrack commands attention while giving the characters their own space to breathe.
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