Aches is twenty-four year old producer and visual artist from Sheffield, currently based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Recently released debut single Bullet Sleep (free download via Exitab) shows much of his love for abstract beats, simple but precisely arranged guitars and field recordings.   

Oneothrix Point Never, Pantha du Prince, Aphex, Cocteau Twins and Emeralds with whom he has recently shared the stage; These are just a few influences you can find, bubbling in small doses here and also on the soon to be released album.   LP, due to be released in December (via Exitab) promises suggestive dreamy textures and complex sound collages inside erupting compositions. Exitab9/2011

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Liminal Zones is by young Bratislava based ear scratcher Jonatán Pastirčák. Marking a significant paradigm shift in Proto Sites' sonic geography Pastirčák pushes things into territories of hi­res electroacoustic energy, contextualizing neo­futuristic aesthetics into vast textured landscapes of distorted cello, synthetic wines and organic crunching paths. At its core, Liminal Zones floats through recognisable sonic objects; acoustic voices mimic electronic processing and vice versa, creating a fragile simulacra in constant flux. Some elements, like recordings of airflow through huge Organ pipes were picked up during an artist residency in Stavanger, Norway in 2015.

Up until the closing track 'Illulisa', the EP moves in rather entropic fashion, It’s a work of high dynamic and visceral contrast. The opener 'Train Fuck Koto' starts with ambient hum quickly masked by what seems to be a binaural recording of metallic origin. Koto strings with glimpses of harmony surface and are cut by layers of textured hiss, pounding bass and heavy tonalities. With 'VVR Asylum' the sonic topography of Liminal Zones gradually cracks and opens towards higher level of sparseness and abstraction leaving behind visions of spaces fluctuating to the vibrating heavily distorted subs and dripping synths. A staccato beat ruptures the atmosphere, caustic and raw.

Eerie synth lines crawling around, striped down nonlinear beats and off­ kilter high­-hats then dissolve into ‘Maranat’ a six minute deep dive into the abyss. Rapid screeches slice the thick air. Sharp sonic attacks are scattered around the spectrum. As everything is about to peak over the edges when we are then dissolved into the final fully acoustic chapter of 'Illulisa'. It is an act of freeing these elements from their fundamental environment and placing them in a breathable, sparse, new space.

Track List
A1 - Train F*&k Koto
A2 - VVR Asylum
B1 - Maranat
B2 - Illulisa

Artist: @Pjoni
Title: Liminal Zones
Label: Proto Sites
Cat no: PS007
Format: 12” black vinyl, full colour jacket 
Length: 23:64
Graphic design: Matúš Hnát
Mastering and cutting: Christoph at D&M Berlin
Distributor: Lobster Distribution
Suggested genre tags: Electroacoustic, Noise, Avantgarde

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