Czernie means "blackness" in Polish, so this aptly named audial project of a musician known only as M. from Poland is his self-titled debut project, on cassette no less, and we don't get a whole lot of those to review. (Good thing I still have a couple of cassette players.) This is noise with a capital "N" and as Czernie puts it, "...tracks are ALL my sonic influences chewed, digested, filtered and put on tape." Sort of all at once I might add. These five tracks clock in at 23 minutes total, with the same tracks on both sides. These are largely static environments; in other words, constant and consistent throughout with very little variation. The opener, "Korony," sounds like a tape recording of a helicopter where it was recorded too close to the whirling blades and distorted. It is punctuated at several points with squealing feedback. "Kalabas" utilizes a deeper wall of noise with what sounds like the crumpling of cellophane bleeding through and the occasional feedback squall. My favorite track, "Raka," sounds like barrels being rolled or tumbled on some kind of wooden platform, or down endless wooden planks. There is also some crackling distortion in there. "Jadowe" at first seems to sound like massive amounts of water falling close up (say, the thunderous effect of Niagara Falls at full capacity) but there are other semi-subtle noises at work here as well giving it a more sinister ambiance. "Semuta" seems to be the most sonically varied piece having the atmosphere of a factory or manufacturing plant, but what's being made there I couldn't tell you. It is a richly textured piece though, and towards the end sounds like a swarm of electronic bees. Although this album is a lo-fi effort, it should be of interest to noise enthusiasts, but likely not so much to others. I would have like to have heard more variation within the individual compositions but it is what it is. If power noise is your thing, you really ought to visit the artist's website where you can play all the tracks and buy the download for only $2.00 or the cassette (hand-numbered, limited to 50) for $4.00.