taken from 'Break-in'

Often mislabelled with the rather shallow ‘post-club’ hashtag, Strachkvas has been patiently alienating himself from the scene’s status quo. His sounds grew into the claustrophobic and grotesque realms of his debut release - Hedonic Treadmill (G&P003). More than two years has passed by with the treadmill rolling on non-stop - as Strachkvas reshapes his live performance with constant updates of new material, and occupies himself by mastering the arts of fine dining. Now, the producer, visual artist, and importantly our beloved friend with whom we have partied through countless nights, is finally back after the long hiatus from officially releasing music, bringing not one but two fresh releases for 2020. Gin&Platonic are pleased to continue the mutual collaboration by putting out one of the two upcoming EPs - ‘Break-in’.

Regardless of the past years, the Ostrava born-and-raised Strachkvas re-visits his primal environment - the club, and he does so with precision and a recognisable amount of contempt. The dancefloor-ready triptych ‘Break-in’ invades the innocent listeners with a mesmerising eponymous first track, holding them hostage until the abrasive lead single. ‘Fake’ may liberate them temporarily, thanks to seductive (yet menacing) vocals by M - a ‘Sound in New Media’ masters student minoring in neuroscience, interested in ending class war, becoming a pop star, the icey-sea, and hot sauce on popcorn. According to M, ’Fake’ is meant to become the next queer dancefloor anthem, and it is all about being seen. M’s lyrics here are taken from a tweet they wrote in response to having a difficult time dating as a non-binary person, when everyone treated them like their gender was fake. The third and final track, named after an infamous chemical tanker ‘Cumbrian Fisher’, eventually devours the listener into gloomy streams of contaminated waters, transforming the dancefloor into a polluted ocean-bottom, poorly lit by glimpses of sunrays that dimly pass through the aquatic surfaces covered with large oil spills and goo lumps.

Produced by Strachkvas
soundcloud.com/strachkvas

Vocals on 'Fake' by M
soundcloud.com/m-wingren

Mastered by Wim Dehaen
soundcloud.com/wimdehaen

Artwork by Jiri Macku & Matyas Malac
jirimacku.tumblr.com
matyasmalac.com

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Break-in

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~ press ~

Gin&Platonic: Sounds plucked off the floor after dripping through a black hole (Easterndaze)
https://easterndaze.net/ginplatonic-sounds-seemingly-plucked-off-the-floor-after-dripping-through-a-black-hole/

Unlimited Editions: Gin&Platonic (The Wire)
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/unlimited-editions-gin-platonic

nesso premiere on IA:
https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-nesso-bouncer-toss/

sorbitol drops' Remízek Music on Foxy Digitalis:
https://foxydigitalis.zone/2024/08/23/the-capsule-garden-vol-3-17-august-23-2024/

Remízek Music on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2024/09/10/sorbitol-drops/

sorbitol drops video premiere on Swine Daily:
https://swinedaily.com/swine-premiere-sorbitol-drops/

Racine interviewed for Full Moon Magazine:
https://www.fullmoonzine.cz/julien-racine-hudba-vznika-skoro-vzdycky-v-izolaci-music-is-created-almost-always-in-isolation

Racine's Boue on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2024/05/15/racine/

Racine premiere on IA:
https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-racine-boue-iv/

aircode's Surface Tension among the best albums of 2023 on ATTN:
https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/feature-review-of-2023/

Surface Tension on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/33450-tenniscoats-ryosuke-kiyasu-spykidelic-aircode-cassette-high-bias

Surface Tension on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2023/10/26/aircode/

aircode on Crucial Listening podcast:
https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/crucial-listening-141-aircode/

SINERAW's MIMETIC FAUNA on SilenceAndSound:
https://silenceandsound.me/2023/08/28/sineraw/

paszka's lapton on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/33125-the-quietus-best-albums-of-2023-so-far

Somaticae's Kleis among the best albums of 2022 on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/32400-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2022-norman-records

Oroboro's SPIKYMEMORY video on If-Only:
https://ifonlyuk.com/video-premiere-oroboro-spikymemory/

Ursula Sereghy on SHAPE:
https://shapeplatform.eu/2023/ursula-sereghy-i-cant-hear-myself-in-a-city

Ursula Sereghy interviewed for The Wire Magazine: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/thinking-outside-the-box-milos-hroch-interviews-ursula-sereghy

Ursula Sereghy's OK Box among the best albums of 2021 on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/30903-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2021

hmurd's Flower Knight reviewed on RA:
https://ra.co/reviews/34044

toiret status' liquid house on The Quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/30921-best-tapes-of-2021

liquid house on Juno:
https://www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/2021/02/19/this-weeks-best-new-albums-7/

liquid house on Paynomindtous:
https://paynomindtous.it/toiretstatus-sabiwa-gnp/

Kindohm's Deserted / Reclaimed on Boomkat:
https://boomkat.com/products/deserted-reclaimed

Forces' Epoch on SBVRSV.press:
http://sbvrsv.press/premiere-forces-world-is-going-to-burn-gp012/

julek ploski's śpie on toneshift.net:
https://toneshift.net/2019/11/25/spie-by-julek-ploski/

śpie on nowamuzyka.pl:
https://www.nowamuzyka.pl/2019/11/13/julek-ploski-spie/

Queimada's Eremocene on Paynomindtous:
https://www.paynomindtous.it/ginplatonic-queimada-eremocene/

trngs' RLLY INTENSE .WAV FILES on Threshold:
https://www.thresholdmagazine.pt/2019/07/a-tecnologia-experimental-de-trngs-e.html

HIMERA featured on Ersa Magazine: http://ersamagazine.com/popnotes-penpals-three/

Strachkvas‘ mix of the month on A2larm: a2larm.cz/2018/11/mix-mesice-strachkvas/  

Kagami Smile’s Four Selves reviewed on RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23134