FOLLAKZOID
V

The Föllakzoid are a rare, perhaps unique on a global scale, example of rock inspired by space rock in the style of Hawkwind, and the krautrock of the NEU! or Can area.

After the departure of ¾ of the members of the original project and after releasing several albums, the band has changed their sonic style, transforming it into a unique flow, with beats that ride and swerve with a dizzying effect, along with patterns that repeat and chase each other in circles, and strings that sizzle and creep in countless directions.

A ritual, indeed, more than listening in the canonical sense of the term, moreover highly personal in its development, focused on psychedelia of fragmentation, experimentation, and above all, repetition.

This work has become a Chilean project by Domingæ, for a techno-kraut minimalism with infinite possibilities.

The final form of the album was crafted by Atom TM, a German producer and number two of the project, who based it by mixing synthesizers, guitars, bass, drums, and vocal tracks.

The number five seems to symbolize the awareness of the existence of all previous albums.

The whole thing decisively turns towards techno minimalism, with clearly audible guitar echoes and rock influences. Compared to the previous album, "V" is certainly less minimalist and not 100% dominated by rhythm, although this is associated with both monotonous techno loops and Krautrock motorik.

These two elements still play a primary role, albeit with different weights than before.

The album is composed of four long songs and starts with the longest Föllakzoid piece to date, V - I, almost eighteen minutes long.

It's like a motorized version of NEU!'s Hallogallo, adapted to a current sound, based on hypnotic engines, integrated with guitar inserts and various types of electronic impulses, glitches, and noises.

The subsequent recordings sound like different variants of the first, which in turn recalls the NEU! 2 album.

Then there's a more compact, intense, even sonically aggressive version of "V - II," and a minimalist, atmospheric version of "V - III," almost danceable in the rhythmic layer, and a cold and hostile V - IIII.

This solution works excellently in this case, giving coherence to the whole, emphasizing the trance atmosphere, but also introducing a certain variety.

And all this mix of techno and krautrock sounds very natural, which should not be surprising: without the experiments of German groups fifty years ago, today's electronics would probably have a completely different form.

The atmosphere is tense, populated with futuristic characters inserted in an orderly delirium made up of a prominent rhythmic base.

The prevailing feeling is that each song gives us the same effect, with a sense of déjà vu as if the same song seems to repeat itself over and over.

There are several introductions and some vocal samples to mix things up, but they are short and have a minimal effect.

But here, the hypnotic quality of the music is sought despite the lack of marked variations.

And the music shakes, vibrating strongly.