Starting about a month ago, The Polish Ambassador began to slowly release his latest album ‘Ecozoic’ track-by-track on his Facebook and Soundcloud. With each new track, fans were greeted with a variety of songs that pulled from multiple genres. The Polish Ambassador effortlessly mixes his signature glitch style with hip-hop, reggae, and even post-rock. This is an album that offers a refreshing breath of air for electronic music, which may seem at times stale.
To top it off, his full release revealed that ‘Ecozoic’ was a double-album, containing 12 extra tracks that he hadn’t released up to that point. We decided to highlight some of our favorite tracks from the full release.
The opening track to ‘Ecozoic’, ‘New Funk Millennium’ welcomes the listener into the strange yet marvelous world that is to come within this album. The track has a very relaxed vibe to it, featuring some deep synths that accompany it very well. As the title suggests, the track epitomizes a feeling of new funk; a mix of the old foundations of funk while incorporating new elements of electronic music today.
‘Rootshine Revival’ presents a different side of TPA, rich with a hip-hop beat and beautifully accompanied strings. The track almost sounds like a classic Pretty Lights or RJD2 song. However, TPA’s flair shines through, bringing in a signature funk and middle-eastern vibe.
My personal favorite off the album, ‘Heartbeat Amplifier’ uses Explosions in the Sky’s ‘Your Hand In Mine‘ perfectly for a mix of glitch and post-rock. Who ever knew these two genres could be combined? The Ambassador brings the two genres together flawlessly, keeping the deep, ethereal feeling of EITS’s original while incorporating keys and samples that fit in impeccably.
‘Soul Trap’ takes us to a bit of a harder side of TPA, while still not being too much. The song contains elements of hip-hop, glitch, and even dubstep, culminating in a great dancehall track. It breaks down in the middle for an otherworldly breakdown, which makes you feel as if the heavens are shining down upon you for about 30 seconds before it enters you back into the fray of synths.
Showing off a great sense of style, TPA’s ‘Dready Monk’ is electronic reggae in its purest sense. Using synths and keys to his advantage, he creates a jam that puts the listener in Jamaica itself. Aptly added chimes and piano keys add a perfect minimalist addition.
Featuring the lucid vocals of Ayla Nereo, a perfect choice for this track, the TPA rounds out his album with a simple yet effective use of glitch and female vocals on ‘Conversations Between‘. The track features and slow and relaxed beat, with Nereo’s vocals perfectly accompanying the piano keys that play behind it.
You can download the entire ‘Ecozoic’ album as “Name-Your-Price” on The Polish Ambassador’s bandcamp.
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