Gusła (Human Rites) EP

bang the infinite drums again and again and again and again and again

SPEED MERCURY (ORIGINAL MIX)

From album jablkagruszki - "Sea life"
releases April 20, 2022
pre-order: https://pointless-geometry.bandcamp.com

Music and mix by Joanna Szczęsnowicz / @jablkagruszki
Recorded in Łódź, 2021
Mastered by Nagy Roland / @fausto_mercier
Artwork and design by Piotr Szczęsnowicz / www.instagram.com/trszcz

Limited edition of 60 copies / C-29 cassette
POINTLESS GEOMETRY 2022 / POINT#46

jablkagruszki - Dm2 / POINT#46

卂尺ㄒ丨丂ㄒ
Leipzig-based artist and DJ Valeska’s sets and mixes are driven by an enthusiasm for ever-changing rhythmic structures, unheard sounds, vigorous stabs and kicks, and uneasy moods. On stage, Valeska’s sets quickly shift from soft embraces to heavy hits. Her musical excursions she undertook on tapes for the local Prepaid Records label as well as part of the Pracht e.V. and in numerous other contexts. Other than that, she’s part of the DJ collective L1CK, which traces modern currents of club music.
ig: natvalska
sc: @va-les-ka

爪丨乂
In my mixes I put a focus on uncomfortable sounds that challenge the listening habits and the expectations of the (Leipzig) club scene, and choose tracks which require getting involved. I like music that crosses genres, music that can’t be put in fixed categories and which brings together different and diverse approaches. I’m also fascinated by the musical translation of contemporary discourses and emotions.

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CVN – Akasha
Fausto Mercier – Overcorp
Matthiew Laundro – Forced Hand (Interlude)
H+ Ricky – Tainted Sun
700 Bliss – Cosmic Slop
Lugh – Braises
Torus – Chroniko
Kahter – Jigger
M.E.S.H. - Methy Imbiß
Cop Envy & DJ Plead – Hinged
KABLAM – I Am Baby
Sense Fracture – Abhor
Cha Hyun - Prayer 發願文
SENYAWA vs BLACK TO COMM - Irama Cair
Seven Orbits – Monolite
Gooooose & DJ Scotch Egg – JAC
33EMYBW - Frankenstein

00001 Valeska | porzellan

..broken field recordings, naked sound, embrace sliced noise, together they lie in a bed of nails that stab them in the back like the transients of what is yet to come. will you lie down with them?

..they cover themselves with dust of digital ash, hiding and waiting to be pushed aside by the up and down beats of a future music, music composed for dark spaces and sweating bodies, resistant like sand in the wheels of a patriarchal and colonial environment - queer music of übermorgen. 

all tracks written and produced/improvised by Lua Jungck

© all rights reserved

Lua Jungck live at Schoen, Zurich 25.02.2023

NO WAVE w/ Kerozn invites anarch4ngel - 15/11/2023

War  [185BPM]

Taken from SBKT026: Various Artists - Cache 01

Release date: April 26th 2019

Mastered by Raphael Valensi
Artwork by Kim Laughton

Cache 01

33EMYBW - Natus

@netgalaforinternetlosers

CREDITS

Produced by NET GALA
Mixed by NET GALA
Mastered By Kim Kate @ Mad Flux Audio
Artwork by Bakya & NET GALA
 
NBDKNW all rights reserved.

re:FLEX*ion

NET GALA - KIKI

Copies are available here: 
https://honestjons.com/shop/label/Berceuse_Heroique

Digital: https://berceuseheroique.bandcamp.com

Logos - Ghosting

Following her breakout EP, SiS, Jasmine Infiniti returns with thirteen disruptive club tracks fit for the The Infernal Ballroom. On her meticulously-crafted debut LP, she conjures occult rave incantations with sub-tectonic bass and spectral, seductive harmonies. Audaciously championing R&B, vogue and hip-hop sounds, Jasmine Infiniti’s latest collection of techno-hybrid dance tunes is bound to be the new soundtrack of NYC’s queer underground nightlife. 

Where SiS was an ode to queer solidarity, community and sisterhood, BXTCH SLÄP is as much about personal myth-building as it is about claiming individual space as a queer person. 

BXTCH SLÄP is cunt, unflinching and uncompromising, but it also boasts surprising range—moving briskly between ethereal hardcore house (“HOTT”), the anxious pounding of dark electro (“SPOOKED”), and certifiable techno bangers (“YES, SIR”, “WELLFAIR”). Meanwhile album standout “<3” hovers just above 100 BPM, a defiant statement of sensuality, calmness, and euphoria that’s no less gripping for its dramatic deceleration. Closing number “SHONUFF” clocks in at ten and half minutes; not a second of this adrenaline-rush of an acid techno tune feels wasted. BXTCH SLÄP might be most appropriate for the club, played at dangerously high volumes, but this music certainly takes on a new life after hours, in the moments we spend between the parties, alone and full of desire. 

The Queen of Hell is back and her powers are stronger than ever. 
All hail The Queen!


(Photo IG @shotbyguerilla)

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11 - Jasmine Infiniti -  <3 (HEART)

"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.

Gusła (Human Rites)

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]

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.

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

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