The former music allied him with fellow Eastern European modernists Ligeti and Lutoslawski, appeared in the visionary films of Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch, and no doubt led to his recent interview in techno website Resident Advisor. Later works reject the overt political stance and explosive sound worlds in favour of tonal simplicity, no doubt leading to wider popular appeal but losing the excitement and violence of those earlier pieces. However as this disc demonstrates, the two worlds aren’t as distinct as they may at first seem.