Akala is Lithuanian artist Rolandas Cikanavicius, who has also released a cd as "naj" on RRRecords and contributed to the dance performance "Extremum Mobile". Quite criptically, the back cover states that "this work is about the ever changing flow which re-incarnates the soul: transmigration. It is not just a sound, but also a state opposite to everything that can be reached through your senses". How this is related to the sounds presented I do not understand, but anyway. "The beginning" features distorted synth wooshes, equally distorted vocals, then - quite abruptly, and annoyingly - some seconds of muzak samples, and more industrial distortion. Old school industrial armageddon, but the sound is not that thick and distortion is about the only means used. "of" is a bit more ambient, with light drones, a repetitive beat and some backward sample. A Lithuanian vocal samples abruptly interrupts the more menacing final part. "The end" is the most interesting one, with bass-heavy drones, thundering feedbacks and distressed samples. I don't get the quiet piano samples, though. Akala's industrial noise/ambient is not bad per se, but lacks the crispness, power and ferocity that a good industrial record should have.