"It always makes sense to follow the light, even if it is far away across the oceans, steppes and wastelands of life itself, even if it will be difficult, painful and maybe even full of tears, gloom and doubts. Sometimes you can't just flow, just be and watch. Such a life would be a mere illusion, at least if you believe that you have your place in this world, a space in which you should leave something. And you realize that everything is not a matter of course, that even ordinary life itself is not taken for granted. And you know that best when something knocks you to your knees on the way to the imaginary light. But how to overcome all this and move on, in this world, where some have their ego, their business, their appearance and are in a spiral of consumer life formed by contemporary society? Aren't we all alone in the end? Luckily no... and this realization is euphorically liberating.

With the raw poetics of a wistful and almost soundtrack-like ambient I'm looking for how we can overcome the various obstacles on this path as easily as possible. How we can get out of the rut and look positively even on the most challenging days, when we have the impression that something like goodness is disappearing.

And maybe only at this point will we know that charm, that feeling that even on the hardest days we can find calmness, determination, and the strength to definitively fight the feelings of failure that wanted to destroy us. All this and many other thoughts are expressed in my album 'Hard Days in Goodness Spent', created in the heart of Europe, in my native Czech Republic."

Umé Records presents the album "Hard Days in Goodness Spent" from the Czech Republic's Martin Kuška.

https://soundcloud.com/goodbyemirage

Hard Days in Goodness Spent

PREMIERE⚡Martin Kuška - Stigma is a Particular Circumstance [梅レコード]

Music is the cure

Premiere requests - shapes.electric@gmail.com

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umerecords@hotmail.com

There is an old primal feeling which seems to emanate from Aleksandr L. As a youngster he used to love sharing tapes amongst his friends and family: sharing is caring… Maybe music served as some form of escapism to the cold and grey Lithuanian weather?

His next step and natural evolution from analog to digital gave place to a podcast series: Electric Shapes. Another remedy in the form of music which eventually turned into the label of the same name, thanks to his partner in crime Jokios Kulturos’s prolific contributions. The sound of Electric Shapes is clearly aimed at an open minded dancefloor bridging the long gone days of alternative raves with the clubs of today. Amongst a continuous (broken) beat the catalogue is also peppered with some more downtempo and relaxed tunes which are a perfect partner to the end of the night or the start of a new day. The main purpose being to spread the love and bring peace through sound: Music is the cure.
04.04 w/ Dazion, Jokios Kultūros, Cosmo Opeartor @ SODAS2123
09.14 w/ Tadan, Justautas @opiumclub
08.24 w/Tadan, Drawbridge LIVE @ SODAS2123
08.23 w/Tadan, Drawbridge LIVE @ TEMA, Klaipėda
05.03 w/Sabla LIVE, XIII LIVE, Jans Spatz, Hìldå @ SODAS2123 
04.27 w/Tadan, STL-P, Drawbridge LIVE @ Point Ephémère, Paris
02.09 w/DJ Normal 4, Kalocain, Patricia Kokett LIVE, Jokios Kultūros @opiumclub
07.20 w/Monika Seta @ Ant Bangos, Nida
07.14-16 w/Tassilo Vanhöfen @yagathering
04.22 w/Annaconda, Rheeno @ O Kodėl Ne?
03.18 w/Tadan, V, SHN, Kotryna Briedytė, Karolis Urbonas, Jokios Kultūros @opiumclub
02.24 w/Lola Fat, Desirée Falessi @linternational_paris
02.11 w/Marie Pravda, Senkala, Monika Seta, Alfas @lizdasclub
12.02 w/Heap, Monika Seta, Senkala @lizdasclub
11.26 w/Dazion, Legowelt, V, Pletnev, Ugne Sync @ gallery1986
10.15 w/Monika Seta, Senkala, Alfas @lizdasclub
09.03 w/Clint, Donatas Chipak @opiumclub



Electric swimmer

shapes.electric@gmail.com

FUNNUVOJERE / ELECTRIC SHAPES / KRMELEC
------ ORIGIN PEOPLES / COLUMBO -------

Straight edge dreamy progressive and vintage synth ambient project from Czech Republic, formerly known as "Troniq" curated by Martin Kuška, a man dazed in soundscapes, gorgeous 80s and 90s independent sounds, early rare trance and progressive music and individualistic DIY approach to life and music production. Nothing is more boring than trying to make perfect music according to the principles and efforts to please the current standard. 

No more anotations, just heaviness of the world and sound...
XXX

NEW EP OUT NOW: https://diffusereality.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-mirage-thrills-and-maybe-ecstasy

Releases:
"Thrills and Maybe Ecstasy" EP [@diffusereality, 2025]
"On A Lost Ark" split EP [@anskrmelec, 2024]
"Hard Days In Goodness Spent" LP [@ume-records, 2024]
"Goodbye Mirage - Turning Point Observer" EP [@electric_shapes, 2023] 
"Assembly Plant For Human Priorities" LP [@electric_shapes, 2021]
“Troniq - Never Say The Last One“ EP [@columborecords, 2021]
“Banned From Highbrow Planet“ EP [@vivacity_music, 2021]
“Minority Resist” EP [@funnuvojererecords, 2020]
“No Need To Hurry, But No Time To Waste” LP  [@origin-peoples, 2018]
“Migrating Birds Afterhours” EP  [@anskrmelec, 2018]
“When You Realize What's The Real Paradise” LP [@sacredphrases, 2015] 
“Helpless Fools” EP [@anskrmelec, 2014]

contact: martinkuskacz@gmail.com

Martin Kuška/CZECH REPUBLIC