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Crack Mix 402: Avtomat

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

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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

Cet épisode est l'occasion revée pour inviter 2 artistes que l'on adore et qui collaborent egalement avec un autre label (SVBKVLT) j'ai nommé Nahash & Swimful

POLAAR avec Nahash & Swimful - 24 Septembre 2023

Parisian & New York City based DJ, label owner of 99CTS RECORDS, @mil3-3ri-vs was born from the link between her two worlds : electronic & the punk scene. Through her sharp selections, she creates this universe of her own, chaining relentless sets that mingle bass, breaks, drum'n'bass and more, putting her as one of the residents of the infamous Killekill Berlin and Rex Club.

Rinse France Podcast

Miley Serious invite Sloucho - 16 Octobre 2023

Rinse FM Podcast

Jensen Interceptor with AMANTRA - 17 October 2023

"A mix and event series focused on showcasing the spicy mix of ghetto house, electro & everything in between."

Wolfs is characterized by her playful nature and joy in music. Her sets consist of a mix of genres, including electro, ghetto, breakbeat, and percussion. Her danceable and energetic music keeps the audience curious and engaged.

As a member of the Rooibosch collective, she regularly organizes party’s. Wolfs has performed at various venues throughout the Netherlands. You may know her from her performances at Ploegendienst, Rararadio, Operator, and Club Smederij and more.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/elke-wolfs
IG: https://www.instagram.com/elkewolfs/

BUMBU MIXTAPE #34 - Wolfs

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)

Mensonges is very pleased to welcome B E N N, Taipei based producer & DJ, founder of avant garde club label Over my Body, for a percussive and futuristic aesthetics infused mix.

Mensonges invite B E N N - 23 Janvier 2024

Rinse FM Podcasts

CLASICO with ELEANOR & Everson  - 22 January 2024

Here we go again with a new episode of our Soundcloud Audio Series!

Today, we're delighted to (re)introduce you to @Tinatornade aka the queen of bewitching, percussive rhythms, who once again takes us on a baffling afrofuturistic journey.

On the menu: captivating, mental techno just the way we like it, to get your heart beating and your hips swaying.

Audio Series 07 | Tina Tornade

 Rinse France Podcast

Regal86 invites DJ ANGELDU$t - 06 février 2024

tracklist:

LIL UGLY MANE - PSYCHO SHIT 
Powell - Wharton Tiers On Drums
Wydma - OKRUCHA (Unreleased)
DJ Kolt - Bubadagash
Zelooperz - Whitney Hueston
Red Snapper - The Last One
Lukid - Belly 2
DJ bwin - Cell Phone (ELLLL’s Gone To Voicemail Remix)
Polygonia - Otro Mundo 
TBH - premium trak
Icky Reels - Chunky Gloss 
Bukkha & DPRTNDRP - The Time Is Now 
CALCIFER - Take My Love
DELEK - Excessive Thinking 
Brbko - BONSAM B3SU (FT. JAWNINO)
Kobermann - Gorillazähe (Tolouse Low Trax Gorilla Heartbeat Remix)
Dub Syndicate- Barking Mad 
Digital & Response - Broken Dub 
GoodMostlyBad - Cunnilingus
Computer man - Guts theme (CAKEDOG REWORK)
Slauson Malone 1 - Love Letter Zzz 
Brodinski - XXE
Armand Hammer - The Key Is Under The Mat

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PSYCHOMACHIA "DESILLUSIONS POST CLUB" - 130E0A (Mars 2024)

Hailing from Warsaw, producer, DJ and vocalist Avtomat is a core part of Oramics and Ciężki Brokat, two collectives that focus on supporting women and LGBTQ artists from Central and Eastern Europe and creating safe spaces for queer ravers, respectively. 

Collectives like these have always been important in Poland, but now more so than ever. A recent statement from Poland's far right President Andrzej Duda laid bear his views towards the LGBTQIA+ community, fostering an even more hateful and violent environment than before for those living in the country.

This is nothing new though, these sentiments have been shamelessly echoed through the government for several years now, demonstrating how instrumental Ciężki Brokat and Oramics' work is. As well as championing these communities on the ground, last year in a bid to support queer Polish organisations and fracture these degrading far right ideals, Oramics released Total Solidarity, a mammoth compilation to raise money for Miłość Nie Wyklucza and Kampania Przeciw Homofobii.

As well as providing platforms and spaces for these communities, Avtomat has his fingers in many other pies. As a composer and producer he leads folktronica project Pleśni, matching traditional Slavic polyphonic singing with electronica, while on a weekly basis he teaches production and DJing at Instytut Dźwięku in the capital.

For this week's Wednesday Alternative mix he takes us on a full throttle ride through abrasive, vibrant and energetic electronics, from jungle to ghetto tech and deconstructed rhythms, and shines a light on several Polish and Eastern European producers. If you didn't already miss the club, now you most definitely will...

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Avtomat: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Monday 25 January 20201
CTM 2021 – Transformation
Online

Avtomat, Dogheadsurigeri, Mala Herba, and Monster of Oramics collective in conversation with Ewa Majewska

Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgoXCWlvxc

Poland is experiencing a political shift returning to the times of fascist state doctrines and Carl Schmitt et al, while its government, politicians, and right-wing media feed the public with an overdose of scandalous misinformation and power-grabbing decisions. Critical citizens as much as artists and activists have been very affected by this daily environment of polarisation since the PiS »Law and Justice« party took power in 2015. In this discussion, scholar Ewa Majewska and Polish music collective Oramics discuss the affective »sturm und drang« projected by Polish authorities, looking one-by-one at their tactics while also discussing how artists can resist these every step of the way.

CTM 2021: Affective States Of Exception

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), ex-Oramics member (2019-2022), 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.

Berlin’s CTM Festival supports an open, networked, mutually-collaborative, global music culture through its yearly 10-day festival as well as countless collaborative and research initiatives, co-commissions, concerts, and other constantly-evolving formats. The 2 decades old festival stands out for its conscious pairing of daring artistic content and adventurous club experiences with an in-depth discourse programme, framing today’s sounds and music cultures within a shifting, hybrid global society.

CTM 2021: Affective States Of Exception

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