Avtomat is one of the most important queer artists in Poland's nightlife - a producer, DJ and singer, who is also promoting and organising club nights such as Ciężki Brokat. The ex-Oramics member's "Gusła (Human Rites)" EP premiered on 6th November 2020 and inaugurated the Tańce label.

"Gusła (Human Rites)" was conceived during a turbulent time both for Avtomat and every other queer person in Poland. Partially shaped by the artistic residency at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Warsaw where Oramics performed a healing ritual, the EP is described by the artist as a "collective scream of a community put up against a wall". In August 2020, on the eve of the performance, Avtomat was arrested for protesting the unlawful arrest of Margot Szutowicz of the Stop Bzdurom collective and the intensifying oppression of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.

The EP features four aggressive club tracks informed by the polyrhythms and syncopation present in Polish folk dances such as oberek and chodzony, a knack for DIY drum production and vocal manipulations, turning songs of the past into vocal drones and desperate shrieks. Opening with metal pots and pans arranged in a swirling openwork structure, the title track leaves a lot of space in the mix for a tense, rubbery groove to ride on, while on "Szeptucha (Hex Therapy)" Avtomat turns openly confrontational, grinding together dramatic stabs, witchy howls and metallic sounds in a skittering curse cast on the perpetrators of anti-queer violence.

"Stop Bzdurom (The Bad Gays)" seems like the angriest cut on the record and is dedicated to the titular collective and their fight with pseudoreligious bullshit coming from shady pro-life organisations. Trucks plastered with homophobic slogans drive all over Poland under police protection, so it seems fitting that the track is built around revving engines, going all in your face with screams, clangs and the sounds of suka*, alluding to this uneven fight.

Finally, "Nieludzie (Ignorance Ha)" is an updated version of the 2019's track that featured on Oramics' Total Solidarity compilation. Now featuring Przemysław Czarnek's (the recently appointed minister of education) infamous dehumanising quote** about the LGBTQ+ community and human rights being drowned out by its doomy stabs. The track's distorted bass and slo-mo deconstruction of ballroom tropes sound even more ominous than ever.

*a Polish string instrument similar to viola, but also the slang term for a police van

** the full sampled quote goes: "Let's defend ourselves from the LGBT ideology. We have to stop listening to this nonsense about some human rights or some equality. These people are not equal to normal people. End of story." 

released November 6, 2020

Production, mix, vocals: Avtomat
Additional mix: Szymon Weiss
Mastering: Air Max '97
Artwork: Anna Kaźmierak

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Gusła (Human Rites)

💧 This is an album for crying. Crying because people are dying. Crying because you feel lonely, left out or pointless. Crying just for the sake of crying. 💧
I would like to dedicate 💧 'Lamenty' 💧 to everyone shedding tears in this shitty world, especially the people forced out of their homes and lives and out of touch with their loved ones by senseless, ego-fuelled vendettas of the establishment.
Come cry with me, let the wailing drown out their thoughts and cleanse their minds.

released April 1, 2022
Artwork: Avtomat Design
All tracks mixed by Avtomat
Track 1 mastered by Avtomat
Track 2 mastered by Rey Domurat at Uferlos Studios
Track 3 mastered by Paweł Bartnik at heavyweight.pro

Lamenty

A pack of honestly overdue edit releases - we've been having fun together for ages now, chances are you've heard them in my sets, but it's time to set them free. Use them well!

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stolen clout (edits)

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Avtomat 2025

A relentless mix from the Warsaw-based artist and Oramics member, who chooses to spotlight tracks from Polish and Eastern European artists.

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Crack Mix 402: Avtomat

Our Daily Dread by Avtomat (@avtomatmusic). Taken from Oramics (@oramicspl) V/A Cut The Wire.

Read: https://bit.ly/3mSAcWS
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"There is a humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border. Since early August hundreds of people seeking international protection, coming from the Middle East, South Asia, and northern and middle Africa are crossing the external European Union border. Polish border troops are facilitating a process which is both nationally and internationally recognized as illegal, the so-called pushbacks. This brutal practice pushes the refugees from Polish territory back under the gunpoint of Belarusian border patrol who then use the same tactic and push the people back onto the Polish side. Consequently, the exhausted migrants are repeatedly chased away from one side to the other. Polish border patrol keeps ignoring the refugees’ repeated declarations telling them that they want to seek international protection in Poland. It breaches the law, according to which the border patrol should accept the application for protection and start adequate procedures and not keep these people outdoors for weeks. The temperatures in Eastern Poland are dropping day by day, which will cause more deaths by hypothermia, starvation, and exhaustion. On 19th September Polish border troops found the bodies of three people who had died of hypothermia. On the same day, the Belarusian authorities informed about the death of a woman who died in the company of her three children. On 24 September Polish authorities informed about another death, of a man from Iraq.

Polish organizations supporting foreigners have been involved in aiding the people on the border from the very beginning of the current crisis. They were communicating with them over loudspeakers while the border troops were not allowing for any humanitarian or medical aid to reach the refugees, denying them even food or freshwater. On 3 September the Polish government decided to implement a state of emergency in the cross-border areas, which has not been done since 1981 when martial law was introduced in Poland. What it means in practice is a drastic clampdown on the aid organizations and their access to the cross-border areas as well as fewer journalists who could document the situation on-site. The people on the border have been left without any help from the outside. No one controls the actions of the authorities anymore.

The situation at the Polish border breaks our hearts. We strongly disagree with the racist politics of the Polish government which leads to the deaths of innocent people, who are seeking refuge and a chance for a better life in the European Union. As Oramics, we want to support Fundacja Ocalenie (Rescue Foundation) who has been helping the migrants on the front line since day one and they facilitate easier access to a new life in an unknown country.

We have collected music from Polish and international artists and all the proceeds from the sales of the tracks will be given to Rescue Foundation." 

Oramics

Rescue Foundation: en.ocalenie.org.pl
BBC about the situation at the border: www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-58671941  

This track was created by Avtomat especially for the compilation. Its lyrics reference the "Our father" prayer ("our daily bread") and the religious hypocrisy of the Polish government, who are ostentatiously Catholic, but fail to help starving and freezing people on the border and even actively bar anyone from helping them, engaging in illegal pushbacks.

Lyrics

A time will come when
you'll be the mouse, scurrying in dread
you'll be the bone, cracking in the snare
you'll be the human, as good as dead
It'll be your daily bread

A time will come when
you'll be the mouse, scurrying in dread
you'll be the bone, cracking in the snare
you'll be the human, as good as dead
It'll be your daily dread

Cover art by Tissue Hunter
www.instagram.com/tissue_hunter/

Mastering by Piotr Figiel 

Released by Oramics

Premiere: Avtomat - Our Daily Dread [Oramics]

BIO
Pleśni to nowy projekt i nadchodzący album muzyka, wokalisty i producenta Kajetana Łukomskiego, grającego pod nazwą Avtomat. Do współpracy przy najnowszym albumie zaprosił wokalistki śpiewające białym głosem (m.in. wokalistkę śpiewającą od dwudziestu lat w zespole Werchowyna). Pleśni łączą ukraińskie, rosyjskie, syberyjskie i gruzińskie pieśni wielogłosowe z nowoczesnymi, basowymi podkładami elektronicznymi, które wprowadzają te, często zapomniane, ludowe kompozycje w obszar zainteresowań młodych ludzi.
Projekt przypomina człowiekowi, skąd się wywodzi – nie z geometrii, symetrii i matematyki, a z pleśni, prehistorycznej zupy, chaosu i biologicznej gęstwiny. Dzięki niemu bardziej możliwe wydaje się połączenie dzisiejszego, technologicznego życia rodem z miastosfery z bardzo pierwotnymi środkami wyrazu, które grają gdzieś głęboko w każdym z nas.
Koncerty projektu Pleśni składają się zarówno ze śpiewów a capella jak i elektronicznych rytmów inspirowanych IDM, UK-dubstepem, future bass, itp.
SKŁAD PROJEKTU PLEŚNI:
Kajetan Łukomski – wokal, elektronika
Ewa Karasińska-Gajo – wokal
Weronika Regosz – wokal
Anna Jacobson – wokal
Sonia Łukomska – wokal
Anuszka Jakimiuk – wokal

TELEDYSK
Teledysk do opartego na ukraińskiej pieśni ludowej utworu Iszoł Brat został stworzony głównie dzięki crowdsourcingowi i chęci grupy ludzi do zrobienia czegoś wyjątkowego. Jego produkcji podjęła się niezależna grupa Black Oak Studio, przewodzona przez Aleksandrę Dermont i Martę Behling, która wraz z Kajetanem reżyserowała klip. Za niesamowite, pokazujące naturę często z niespodziewanej perspektywy zdjęcia odpowiedzialni są Tomasz Cedro (TMS Studio) i Rafał Smykowski (Essential Film), a montażem zajęła się Anna Jacobson (Black Oak Studio). Za zaskakujące kostiumy własnego projektu odpowiedzialna była Katarzyna Sikora. Klip został sfinansowany tylko i wyłącznie przez członków zespołu produkcyjnego.
Obraz do Iszoł Brat opowiada historię, która ma swoje korzenie w oryginalnym ukraińskim tekście piosenki. Dwójka zamaskowanych, uprawiających leśną mimikrę wędrowców, brat i siostra, przemierza organiczną gęstwinę w nieznanym celu. Podczas gdy on jest siłą napędową ich wędrówki, ona jest zdecydowanie bardziej wyczulona na podszepty intuicji i otaczającej ich biologicznej kipieli, która w pewnym momencie upomni się o nich ożywającymi prosto z mchu, ziemi i roślin postaciami. Gdy brat w końcu dostrzeże, że postawił przed siostrą zbyt trudne zadanie, może okazać się już za późno. 

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ENGLISH:

BIO
Pleśni (a Polish pun – pieśni is traditional songs, pleśni means molds) is the new project and an upcoming album from Kajetan Łukomski – a musician, vocalist and producer, whi has been playing for eight years under the moniker Avtomat. He has invited vocalists singing in the traditional white voice (open-throat singing) to work on the next release. Pleśni connects Ukrainian, Russian, Siberian and Georgian traditional singing with modern, sub-bass-driven electronic rhythms, which make this old, primal music that has been forgotten by many more accessible to young people and takes it into the future.
The project is devised to remind the humans where they come from – not from geometry, symmetry and mathematics, but from mold, prehistoric soup, chaos and biological thicket. Thanks to the unexpected clash of styles it seems to be able to connect the contemporary technological lifestyle born out of metropolitan areas with the more primal expressions, which dwell somewhere deep inside us.
The gigs of project Pleśni include both traditional, a capella singing and electronic rhythms inspired by IDM, UK-dubstep, future bass, etc.
THE BAND:
Kajetan Łukomski – wokal, elektronika
Ewa Karasińska-Gajo – wokal
Weronika Regosz – wokal
Anna Jacobson – wokal
Sonia Łukomska – wokal
Anuszka Jakimiuk – wokal

THE VIDEOCLIP
The videoclip to Iszoł Brat, which is based on a traditional Ukrainian song, has been created mainly thatnks to crowdsourcing and the will to make something extraordinary. It’s production was coordinated and carried out by an independent film group Black Oak Studio, led by Aleksandra Dermont and Marta Behling, who also co-directed the video with Kajetan. The fantastic cinematography, frequently showing nature from unexpected points of view is the work of Tomasz Cedro (TMS Studio) and Rafał Smykowski (Essential Film), whereas it was edited together by Anna Jacobson (Black Oak Studio). The surprising and unreal costumes were designed especially for the video by Katarzyna Sikora. The videoclip has been financed independently.
It tells a story which has its roots in the original Ukrainian lyrics for Iszoł Brat. Two masked travellers, a brother and a sister, are traversing the forest’s deepest nooks in search of a destination unknown to s, exercising some sort of mimicry to blend in. While he is the driving force behind their journey, it is her, who is a lot more sensitive to the whispers of her own intuition and the surrounding biological mass. A mass, which will eventually come for them in the form of mysterious creatures rising directly from the moss, the soil and the plants. When the brother finally sees that the task he’d laid out in front of his sister is too much for her, it might already be too late.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat

Maxi-singiel „Iszoł Brat” to pierwsze oficjalne wydawnictwo projektu Pleśni, które zapowiada długogrający album. Materia ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Fonografika (we współpracy z Pink Kong Records). Premiera zaplanowana jest na 16 marca 2014, kiedy to singiel ukaże się we wszystkich cyfrowych sklepach z muzyką (iTunes, Amazon, itp.) oraz serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Deezer, Wimp, itp.).Słuchacze po raz pierwszy dostają oryginalną wersję utworu, która zdążyła już zdobyć uznanie w połączeniu ze znakomicie przyjętym teledyskiem. Dalej singiel oferuje bogactwo remiksów od śmietanki najtęższych umysłów polskiej muzyki elektronicznej.

Ostatni, zamykający wydawnictwo remiks wyszedł spod palców pochodzącego z Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego DreamChach’a. Jego podniosła, wręcz symfoniczna aranżacja głównego motywu “Iszoł Brat” przywodzi na myśl bombastyczną atmosferę kompozycji Woodkida, a przerywniki elektroniczne przypominają, czym zajmuje się na co dzień ten utalentowany producent.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat (DreamChach Remix)

Maxi-singiel „Iszoł Brat” to pierwsze oficjalne wydawnictwo projektu Pleśni, które zapowiada długogrający album. Materia ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Fonografika (we współpracy z Pink Kong Records). Premiera zaplanowana jest na 16 marca 2014, kiedy to singiel ukaże się we wszystkich cyfrowych sklepach z muzyką (iTunes, Amazon, itp.) oraz serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Deezer, Wimp, itp.).Słuchacze po raz pierwszy dostają oryginalną wersję utworu, która zdążyła już zdobyć uznanie w połączeniu ze znakomicie przyjętym teledyskiem. Dalej singiel oferuje bogactwo remiksów od śmietanki najtęższych umysłów polskiej muzyki elektronicznej.

Premiera jednego z remiksów zbiega się również z nowym materiałem jego autora. Kolejny znajomy Avtomat z czasów Pink Kong Records, Elektrische.TV, zmienił ludowe śpiewy projektu Pleśni nie do poznania, okraszając je agresywnym, parkietowym brzmieniem. Właśnie ukazał się jego nowy singiel i teledysk, „Transsiberian”.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat (Elektrische.TV Remix)

Maxi-singiel „Iszoł Brat” to pierwsze oficjalne wydawnictwo projektu Pleśni, które zapowiada długogrający album. Materia ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Fonografika (we współpracy z Pink Kong Records). Premiera zaplanowana jest na 16 marca 2014, kiedy to singiel ukaże się we wszystkich cyfrowych sklepach z muzyką (iTunes, Amazon, itp.) oraz serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Deezer, Wimp, itp.).Słuchacze po raz pierwszy dostają oryginalną wersję utworu, która zdążyła już zdobyć uznanie w połączeniu ze znakomicie przyjętym teledyskiem. Dalej singiel oferuje bogactwo remiksów od śmietanki najtęższych umysłów polskiej muzyki elektronicznej.

Znajomy z Avtomat z czasów netlabelu Pink Kong Records poszedł muzycznie w zupełnie inną stronę. Polirytmiczna struktura remiksu, który wysmażył Stendek sprawia, że w oryginalnej ścieżce wokali pojawia się niesamowita transakcentacja, podkreślająca pełen grozy charakter całego utworu. Więcej takich zabaw można znaleźć na jego znakomitym albumie „Touch”.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat (Stendek Remix)

Maxi-singiel „Iszoł Brat” to pierwsze oficjalne wydawnictwo projektu Pleśni, które zapowiada długogrający album. Materia ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Fonografika (we współpracy z Pink Kong Records). Premiera zaplanowana jest na 16 marca 2014, kiedy to singiel ukaże się we wszystkich cyfrowych sklepach z muzyką (iTunes, Amazon, itp.) oraz serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Deezer, Wimp, itp.).Słuchacze po raz pierwszy dostają oryginalną wersję utworu, która zdążyła już zdobyć uznanie w połączeniu ze znakomicie przyjętym teledyskiem. Dalej singiel oferuje bogactwo remiksów od śmietanki najtęższych umysłów polskiej muzyki elektronicznej.

Remiks, za który odpowiedzialny jest weteran polskiej sceny deep house, Pysh, odchodzi nieco od bezpiecznej strefy producenta, który tym razem postawił na gorące rytmy inspirowane afrobeatem i porywające do tańca przeszkadzajki. Sam Pysh wydał właśnie w wytwórni legendarnego niemieckiego producenta Einmusik niesamowity długogrający album.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat (Pysh Remix)

Maxi-singiel „Iszoł Brat” to pierwsze oficjalne wydawnictwo projektu Pleśni, które zapowiada długogrający album. Materia ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Fonografika (we współpracy z Pink Kong Records). Premiera zaplanowana jest na 16 marca 2014, kiedy to singiel ukaże się we wszystkich cyfrowych sklepach z muzyką (iTunes, Amazon, itp.) oraz serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Deezer, Wimp, itp.).Słuchacze po raz pierwszy dostają oryginalną wersję utworu, która zdążyła już zdobyć uznanie w połączeniu ze znakomicie przyjętym teledyskiem. Dalej singiel oferuje bogactwo remiksów od śmietanki najtęższych umysłów polskiej muzyki elektronicznej.

Ociekająca płynącymi w pogłosach wokalami wersja „Iszoł Brat” to pierwszy remiks w muzycznej historii Baascha, którego EP-ka, najnowszy singiel i muzyka skomponowana na potrzeby filmu „Płynące Wieżowce” Tomasza Wasilewskiego zostały docenione zarówno przez prasę, jak i słuchaczy.

Avtomat - Iszoł Brat (Baasch Remix)

We're not in the habit of quoting press materials all the time, but in Kajetan Łukomski's case, it feels appropriate. The first sentence of his bio is "Avtomat is a person with way too many interests." If you know any artists from Poland's wide-ranging, always-growing electronic music scene, chances are he's one of them. He's a DJ, producer, organizer and activist, once a member of the queer feminist collective Oramics, and is endlessly passionate about supporting, spreading and playing music from the Central European and Eastern European regions.

With roots in metal, goth and electroclash, there's a certain spikiness to Łukomski's style, but also a polyglot knowledge and a hunger for new sounds. Lately he's been trying to mix club music with Polish folk traditions, which is the mission of Łukomski's RA Podcast, but it's also just the jumping off point. In these almost four hours of expert blending, genre-jumping and incredible pacing, Łukomski touches on almost every style of dance music you could think of, with aplomb and occasionally surprise (like that irresistible Bloc Party edit). If you can, it's worth digesting all in one sitting, so you can truly appreciate the ground he covers.

@avtomatmusic

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/869

RA podcast

RA.869 Avtomat

A fixture in Poland’s underground club scene, DJ, producer, vocalist and graphic designer @avtomatmusic brings an anarchic industrial edge to their wildly varied and intricate DJ sets

Alongside a blazing mix for the Recognise series, Ben Murphy talks to him about activism, Polish folk music and playing Berghain

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-avtomat-interview

Recognise: Avtomat

Free download

Avtomat x Smitmeister - Brit & JT Reunited in Amapiano (We're Grown Now)

STOP THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE!

Tracklist:
Yasmine Hamdan - Hal (Kwaidan)
Damna - Get Up To Be Shy (self-released)
Reni Jusis - Kiedyś Cię Znajdę (Avtomat Remix) (upcoming)
Ship Sket - CONCUSSION (self-released)
RAVL - Fausse Monnaie (JEROME)
Ida Dillan - Project Nu (Knightwerk / Afterlife+)
Slick Shoota - Dragonfly (self-released)
Avtomat - ID (upcoming)
Liar - Mutagen (Infinite Machine)
Avtomat - Black Lotus, White Lotus (upcoming)
Caroline Polachek - Sunset (acapella) (Perpetual Novice)
Avtomat - Tatuś Hula (Unholy Ukrainian) (upcoming via Zejście)
Avtomat - ID (upcoming)
Some Guest - Wine Yuh (self-released)
Yasmine Hamdan - Hal (Kwaidan)
Prodigy - Break & Enter (XL Recordings)
Dadan Karambolo - Turnicki (Ciarki)
T’ien Lai - HoL (Brutality Garden)
Gora & Eloy - Terremoto (Hitec_Condo)
T.Raumschmiere & Sandra Nasic - A Very Loud Lullaby (Apparat Remix)
cadeu - LANGUAGE (Hyperboloid)
Maribou State - Bricks (Fat! Records)

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Avtomat - HÖR (9 Jan 2024)

Out now via Pets Recordings! A club anthem celebrating queer identities and the abandoning of ego for togetherness on the dancefloor.

"ABOUT US" is the latest project from one of the most recognizable producer-DJ duos, Catz 'n Dogz.
The artists have invited collaborators from Poland's electronic music scene, associated with the LGBTQ+ community.
Much like their previous projects, this one by Catz 'n Dogz is anchored in similar values: equality, unity, and the embrace of community. The culmination of this broad collaboration will manifest in a compilation of twelve tracks tailored for this occasion, complemented by a film featuring prominent figures from the scene who are instrumental in invigorating cultural life across numerous Polish cities and engaging in activism. The project has joined forces with the "Love Does Not Exclude Association", an NGO dedicated to advancing marriage equality in Poland.
The compilation will be released by Pets Recordings, with cover art created by acclaimed polish illustrator and graphic designer Ola Jasionowska.
"ABOUT US." originates from a longing to showcase Poland's vibrancy and joy to a wider global audience, offering a refreshing contrast to media narratives primarily fixated on political matters. Catz 'n Dogz have been steadfast supporters of the LGBTQ+ community and have thrived within the club scene, benefiting greatly from the reciprocal support of this community.
Therefore, the project is a tribute to those who have experienced social exclusion in recent years, for whom the music environment has always been a powerful source of support. It celebrates new communities centered around personalities such as BOŻNA, LAVAXXX, Twoja Stara, and the increasingly popular duo IKARVS. We will also hear from An On Bast, Baasch and Avtomat. This creative ensemble is complemented by Kitty Sarcasm, Cougar, Iwona Skv, GIGEE, and Max Skiba. Additionally, besides Catz 'n Dogz, the compilation will feature Wojtek's solo project—Ketiov—which he has been developing in Madrid over recent years.
The “ABOUT US.” project embodies a socially conscious campaign promoting a more positive image. This is the Poland we celebrate through dance!


Entire proceeds from the album sales will support the statutory activities of Love Does Not Exclude Association - working towards achieving marriage equality in Poland. 
credits
released May 10, 2024
Written, produced, mixed by Avtomat
Additional mix: Weiss
Mastering: Pets Rec.
Artwork: Ola Jasionowska

ABOUT US

ID ID ID

The track, co-written by Avtomat and Hungarian-Dutch vocalist and composer Kristóf Hajós, is a light-hearted quirky avant-pop cut about a summer crush that goes beyond the binary. Infused with Avtomat's specific brand of sound design, it also features the vocal talents of Dutch drag performer, Hamish Hunkydory.

released May 16, 2024
Written by Kristóf Hajós and Avtomat
Lyrics by Kristóf Hajos
Produced by Avtomat
Vocals by Kristóf Hajós and Hamish Hunkydory
Mix and master by Avtomat
Artwork by Laurence Stevens for LSD Studio London

Lyrics:

This is gonna be a summer like we've never-ever had

Femme - masc - femme - masc, STOP

They were basking in the sunlight, catching every single ray
It has been a long winter, but the sun is here to stay
They were sitting on a bench
And they looked at me and said:
This is gonna be a summer like we've never ever had

I love them
Mama, I love them
Love them
Mama, I love them

Femme - masc - femme - masc, STOP

Is it their quiet disposition or their human kind of vibe
or how they seem to come a long way to find their own tribe
Is it their sparkling eyes that get me
or their sweet self-confidence
I don't need your approval, cause they make a lot of sense

I love them
Mama, I love them
Love them
Mama, I love them

Femme - masc - femme - masc, STOP

I love them
Mama, I love them
Love them
Mama, I love them

LOVETHEM

LOVETHEM (with Kristóf Hajós feat. Hamish Hunkydory)

Vocalist, producer, DJ and former Oramics member Avtomat brings a sprawling mix of textured techno and warped electro. They had the following to say on the inspiration behind the mix: 

“After a couple of months of playing mostly for audiences on the dancefloor I wanted to bring back the more experimental side of my mixes. It's still very much danceable, but I didn't hold back on weirder, mutated rhythms and textures. While recording it, I had visions of advanced choreography by some talented artists in my mind. It also contains a fair amount of Polish, Eastern-European and generally non-Western music, as per usual.”

Tracklist:
The Unthanks - Magpie
Arca - Knot
Iglooghost - Collision Data (feat. Marina Herlop)	     
Judeline - Canijo (Fearz Bootleg)	
Bicep - CHROMA 004 ROLA
Young Gho$t & Unwell - Jamma
Young Gho$t & Unwell - Jamma (Young Gho$t's Vocal Version)
Rhyw - Engine Track
Galtier - Purging
Rizla Ops - Apparatus
La Boum Fatale - When We Fall (VIP)
MOSCOW LEGEND - BACK 2 U
Neida - Dirty
An Avrin - Conduit	
Joy Orbison - flight fm
canary yellow - Breathe You In
So Solid Crew - Ride Wid Us (Ac's Dark Dub Edit)
Circuit 900 - Altitude (Decompression)
Pearson Sound & Clara! - Mi Cuerpo
Ice Wing - HyperCubed
WRACK - Ryoya
WOST - Azaroso
SEMPREY - Nosa
HI ROSIE - 100 Fantasia
Oddkut - Bongo
larissa - brukievv
T'ien Lai - HoL	     
Damna - Get up to be shy
Reni Jusis - Kiedyś Cię Znajdę (Avtomat Remix)
RAVL - Archives
Korma - ZGMF-X19A
Evita Manji - Body/Prison
Mutual Friend - Perfection (Liar Optimix)
Ikävä Pii - East Wing Oslo House
Stolen Velour - Onyx
Avtomat - Elektryczny Węgorz 
aya - Lip Flip (ft. LOFT)
Krenz - STOPAROBA
Elheist - Demguys
Lanark Artefax - Meszthread
Charli xcx - Sympathy is a Knife (Avtomat Remix)
A. G. Cook - Heartache
Moderat - MORE LOVE (Sylvere Remix)
KhalilH2OP - Shatter

TANK Mix: Avtomat

A pack of honestly overdue edits - we've been having fun together for ages now, chances are you've heard them in my sets, but it's time to release them to the wild. Use them well!

apathy is a knife (Charli xcx)

znajdę cię (Reni Jusis)

black lotus, white lotus (Cristóbal Tapia De Veer)

Prod:
1, 5, 8 - Erva.
2, 4 - Ostrowski.
3 - twe.exe.
6 - IFS
7 - Maciej Maciągowski
9 - Avtomat
10 - paszka

Blaq Bandana - Swear (Avtomat remix)

What's good everybody! This set is part of a special series recorded during our anniversary party — 49 hours non-stop with 47 DJs on the lineup. Pure energy, pure rush, nothing but love with our bassfriends. Live set is waiting for you on YouTube.

On the decks:
Avtomat - https://www.instagram.com/avtomatmusic/

YouTube: 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bassota_2.0/

AVTOMAT | Bassota x 11th Anniversary

The Fruitbody genome keeps shifting with a new album featuring altered, spliced, re-grown material by Avtomat, larissa, bakblivv, k.i.o.s.k and evo_haven. Each artist injects their own DNA into the last month's release, reshaping the original material into something hybrid, unbound, and out of classification.  🧬🍄🧬🫀🧬🦠

Fruitbody: Mutations

no money (Avtomat Remix)

SOPHIE x TSVI x Megatron x Avtomat x EVERYTHING
Created because of my love for @miragal 's voice and the need to play this awesome @tsvisions track in a club setting : )
#wigsnatched #sophie #vogue #bootleg #pcmusic #tsvi #avtomat #bass #synth #grime #electro #ciezkibrokat #wmocynocy #russia #poland #polska #wixapol #downtempo #percussive #harddrum #hard-drum #harddrum #postclub #hybrid #oramics #safi #arabic #worldmusic

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SOPHIE x TSVI - Safiboy (Avtomat Bootleg)

Full radio show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/NoodsRadio/boys-club-w-little-bill-avtomat-15th-february-19/

Thanks to Amii and Bill from Boys Club (@noodsradio) for the invitation. Inside you'll find an assortment of amazing experimental club music by Polish artists, some premiere material (from @foql and @liarinth) and a couple of my own originals/remixes.

Contents: @widt @teyas @linnea-palmest-l @slodkie-nadzienie @tsvisions @baaschmusic @copout @wushanmin @renick @dehousy @brokenhaze @utahmusic @lysadasilva @korma-0 @batuuk @mystxrivl @sokos @origamigirl @canblaster @panteros666 @msmsmsm @oscar-karateclub

#wigsnatched #avtomat #bass #synth #grime #electro #ciezkibrokat #wmocynocy #russia #poland #polska #bootleg #pcmusic #wixapol #downtempo #percussive #harddrum #hard-drum #sophie #vogue  #harddrum #postclub #hybrid #oramics

Avtomat - Noods Radio (Boys Club) Podcast

Kamp! - Cosmological (Avtomat Remix)

The Grids compilation opens up a new chapter in @outlineslabel activity. After a series of cassettes dedicated to a specific idea, the grids aims at presenting some potential directions that outlines could take. By emphasizing this artistic diversity, we constantly strive to keep it in the spirit of aesthetics developed in the groove series. As the title of the compilation indicates, it is all about creating a wide panorama of the possibilities for the label. 

Avtomat is one of the representatives of the Polish @oramicspl crew, which promotes women, LGBTQ+ and non-binary artists moving beyond heteronormative ideology. His A Mess is a grainy and vibrating construction surrounded by a layer of coldness.

#footwork #juke #experimental #avtomat #bass #synth #grime #electro #ciezkibrokat #wmocynocy #outlines #poland #polska #wixapol #uptempo #percussive #harddrum #hard-drum #postclub #hybrid #oramics #industrial #sub #moody #dark #choir

Grids 1

Avtomat - A Mess

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Here's a ballroom track for the hard times for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland, featuring a conservative Polish MP, Krystyna Pawłowicz, commenting on how LGBT relationships are unproductive and the state cannot sanction them. LET'S VOGUE THROUGH IT TOGETHER!

The track is part of Total Solidarity, a charity compilation we've released with @oramicspl in cooperation with @psychicwarfare and Berlin's Uferlos Studios(mastering). I was also responsible for the artwork. Proceeds from the compilation go straight to LGBTQ organisations in smaller Polish cities, where homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are the hardest to endure. Please, buy the whole compilation if you can.

#charity #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #ballroom #experimental #avtomat #bass #synth #grime #electro #ciezkibrokat #wmocynocy #outlines #poland #polska #wixapol #uptempo #percussive #harddrum #hard-drum #postclub #hybrid #oramics #industrial #sub #moody #dark #feat #politics #newyorkhaunted #totalsolidarity

Total Solidarity

Avtomat - Ignorance Ha

Avtomat - Rojava Lament from SONIC RESISTANCE benefit compilation for Rojava.
@avtomatmusic

This compilation of 90 tracks was put together to support the feminist movement in the autonomous area of Northern Syria. All proceeds from the digital sales will be sent directly to the ‘Foundation of the Free Woman in Rojava‘ (Weqfa Jina Azad A Rojava) which is one of the last women’s organization in the area.

Support by buying the tracks here -> https://kashevtapes.bandcamp.com/

releases February 10, 2020

compilation: @kashev-tapes in cooperation with @oramicspl
artwork: @derzeitung
mastering: Rey KM Domurat / Uferlos Studios

Avtomat - Rojava Lament [KSH03]

My track from 𝓈𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒶²²⁰⁵, a charity compilation for Maciek by @xxxglamourxxx

Avtomat - Child Of Chernobyl

"Nieludzie (Ignorance Ha)" is an updated version of the 2019's track that featured on Oramics' Total Solidarity compilation. Now featuring Przemysław Czarnek's (the recently appointed minister of education) infamous dehumanising quote* about the LGBTQ+ community and human rights being drowned out by its doomy stabs. The track's distorted bass and slo-mo deconstruction of ballroom tropes sound even more ominous than ever.

the full sampled quote goes: "Let's defend ourselves from the LGBT ideology. We have to stop listening to this nonsense about some human rights or some equality. These people are not equal to normal people. End of story." 

Production: Avtomat
Additional mix: Szymon Weiss
Mastering: Air Max '97
Artwork: Anna Kaźmierak

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Zrealizowano w ramach programu stypendialnego Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego – Kultura w sieci.

Avtomat - Nieludzie (Ignorance Ha)

Avtomat jest jednym z najważniejszych artystów queerowych w Polsce, producentem, DJ-em i wokalistą. Organizuje cykle imprez (m.in. Ciężki Brokat), należy też do prężnego kolektywu Oramics. „Gusła (Human Rites)” to jego pierwsze wydawnictwo od siedmiu lat. Premiera EP-ki 6 listopada nakładem Tańców.

EP-ka „Gusła (Human Rites)” powstała w okresie trudnym zarówno dla Avtomata, jak i każdej innej osoby queerowej w Polsce. Muzyka po części narodziła się w trakcie artystycznej rezydencji w Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej w Warszawie, gdzie kolektyw Oramics odprawił queerowy rytuał uzdrowienia. Artysta opisuje ją jako „kolektywny krzyk społeczności postawionej pod ścianą”. W czerwcu 2020, w przeddzień performansu, Avtomat został aresztowany protestując przeciwko bezprawnemu zatrzymaniu Margot Szutowicz z kolektywu Stop Bzdurom oraz narastającej opresji wobec społeczności LGBTQ+ w Polsce. 

Materiał składa się z czterech agresywnych, klubowych utworów. Ich korzeni można szukać m.in. w polirytmii i synkopach tańców takich jak oberek czy chodzony. Avtomat ma również smykałkę do domowych perkusjonaliów oraz przerabiania starych pieśni na wokalne drony i desperackie wrzaski. EP-kę otwiera tytułowy numer, w którym łoskot garnków i patelni ułożony jest w wirującą, ażurową strukturę. Pozwala to na pozostawienie przestrzeni w miksie dla wprowadzającego napięcie, gumowego groove'u, który ciągnie kawałek do przodu. Z kolei „Szeptucha (Hex Therapy)” to Avtomat gotowy do konfrontacji. Producent ściera ze sobą pełne dramaturgii dźgnięcia akordów, wycie wiedźm i metaliczne dźwięki, rzucając klątwę na osoby odpowiedzialne za codzienną przemoc wobec osób queer.

„Stop Bzdurom (The Bad Gays)” wydaje się być najbardziej wściekłym utworem na płycie. Kawałek dedykowany jest tytułowemu kolektywowi i jego walce z pseudoreligijnymi bzdurami głoszonymi przez podejrzane organizacje pro-life. Ciężarówki oklejone homofobicznymi hasłami jeżdżą po całej Polsce w obstawie policji, nie dziwi więc, że numer oparty jest na dźwięku rzężącego silnika. Inwazja dźwięków, krzyków, uderzeń i brzmień suki biłgorajskiej nawiązuje otwarcie do tej nierównej batalii.

Zamykający EP-kę kawałek „Nieludzie (Ignorance Ha)” jest zaktualizowaną wersją utworu ze składanki „Total Solidarity” wydanej przez Oramics w 2019 roku. Tym razem to nowy minister edukacji Przemysław Czarnek i jego dehumanizujący społeczność LGBTQ+ cytat zostają zagłuszone dźwiękami nadchodzącej zguby. Zniekształcony bas i powolna dekonstrukcja ballroomowej stylistyki brzmią teraz bardziej złowieszczo niż kiedykolwiek.

Zrealizowano w ramach programu stypendialnego Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego – Kultura w sieci.

Avtomat - Gusła (Human Rites)

https://tance.bandcamp.com/album/gus-a-human-rites

Stop Bzdurom (The Bad Gays) is dedicated to all the queer people fighting for their rights in Poland. The titulary collective, Stop Bzdurom, became known for their vivid reaction to the homophobic trucks roaming Polish cities (hence the roaring engines in the track). As far as I know just two days ago (on Halloween) they did a Samhain ritual to the sounds of this track. The Bad Gays is a humorous name I came up with sitting in a jail cell after my arrest in August to lift up the spirits of my cellmates, it refers to the fake Polish stereotype of a radical, gay hit squad financed by "the West".

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Premiere: Avtomat 'Stop Bzdurom (The Bad Gays)'

For miles and miles the streets were filled with people, the roar of the crowd ringing loudly through the city. In their swathes they'd come together to fight for basic human rights; no matter the outcome their voices would be heard. Regardless of the obstacles they would have to contest with, they would never give up the fight.

Polish DJ, producer, activist and Ciężki Brokat and Oramics Member Avtomat inaugurates Polish label Tańce with Gusła (Human Rites), his first full release in seven years. An important figure in the country's queer scene, Avtomat cites the EP as a "scream of a community put up against the wall" with the four tracks representing a sonic response to the Polish government's inhumane views toward LGBTQIA+ people. Written during a turbulent time this year for both Avtomat and the queer scene, the abrasive tracks are informed by Polish folk polyrhythms and peppered with droning vocal manipulations.

PREMIERE: Avtomat - Szeptucha (Hex Therapy) [Tańce]

A set played at Czwórka (Polskie Radio), containing mostly Polish electronic/club music.
Inside: @isnt / @metamorphnyc, @sieraque / @regime-brigade, @semprey / @tancetancetance, @kukumuzik / @bas-kolektyw, @motywmotywmotyw / @allhailtheomnipotent, @haera_bas / @bas-kolektyw

Avtomat @ Czwórka (BEATmaszyna)

Madonna x Happa - Frozen & Clipped (Avtomat Bootleg)

A mix for the Club Selectors series in Swiss radio Couleur3, full to the brim with electro, breaks, ghetto vibes and pop a capellas.

Tracklist:
@a_jae - Titan
@m1ssjay - Vocal Experimentation (@ashidapark)
Heritage - The Revelation
@avtomatmusic - Gusła (Human Rites) (@tancetancetance)
Sui Generis Umbra - Heta Rae
@lockedclub - Nega Arashi (feat. RLGN)
Escaflowne - Drifter
@le_dom - Hornet Express
Intern Hook-up - Do It Now (@scuffedrecs)
@monotronique - Fly Like That
CDBL - Pulse (She's Drunk Remix)
Doctor Jeep - Aztec
@giuliatess - Cattiva II
Mainphase - Sonique 2019
@jass-29 - Turbo Ole
Madonna - Frozen

Avtomat for Couleur3 (Swiss public radio)

Not your run-of-the-mill working-class Eastern European non-binary DJ. The producer, vocalist, but also visual and digital artist strives for innovative sound design and visceral body response, despite (or maybe coupled with) raw emotion that permeates their musical output. They’re a proud member of the Ciężki Brokat crew (with whom they run the annual Warsaw Pride official afterparty), co-creator of Radio Kapitał, Polish ambassador for Keychange and SHAPE Platform 2021 resident.

Their own music has morphed several times throughout the last 15 years – from industrial or purely synthetic timbres, through polyphonic singing with Pleśni to a perplexing fusion of rhythmically and sonically jagged compositions, bass-heavy club tracks on their EPs, 'Gusła (Human Rites)' on Tańce, a limited vinyl release on London-based 51-53 Records, 'Doolska' and the latest, more experimental 'Lamenty' EP.

They presented their music during numerous festivals (Unsound, CTM, Schiev, Up To Date, Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Les Siestes Electroniques, Audioriver) and an assortment of clubs (including the legendary Berghain) in Poland and abroad (Berlin, London, Prague, Oslo, Copenhagen, Ljubljana). They remixed tracks by Kamp and Baasch, recorded mixes for Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, HӦR and CRACK, composed and created impromptu live music for interactive theatre plays: Method of National Constellations, quadraphonic sound for Jawić się, music for a Women’s Strike street theatre Manifesta and original score for Ideologix, a US-written and directed queer opera.

In the club their seventeen-year experience of supporting queer, anti-fascist and underground scenes results in an almost annoyingly disparate selection of the most forward-thinking sound offered by today’s scene. In their series of DJ-sets and club nights they blend unusual rhythmic patterns kicked up a notch with their improvised vocals.

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