Antistandard Recs present their 18th release, this time coming straight outta Paraguay. Qetsy is at the controls, and he delivers pure fire on Makhnovia, following his appearance on our AntiWorld A compilation.
Makhnovia, also known as Free Territory, was a temporary stateless state that aimed at an anarchist utopian society during the Ukrainian Revolution between 1918 and 1921. It carries a strong evocative imagery, and each track of the EP is named after a concept that has directly resonated with Qetsy’s life experience throughout 2020: resistance, pandemic, violence, judgement. Such words are vividly and aptly transposed into sounds: starting with a surprising spoken word in Italian, its core is footwork/juke mixed with a milkshake of techno, breaks, vocal samples, hoover bass and eski grime.
To complete the journey, two wonderful remixes: an even deadlier bass affair by Gyro (Main Course / RVBRA), and a balearic downtempo vision by FPOM.
Bienvenido. Or better.. Добро пожаловать.
✮ Alejandro Silvero Viedma a.k.a. Qetsy, a.k.a. DJ CHEESEBREAD is an electronic musician, music producer, DJ and teacher from Encarnación, Paraguay. He founded Pohañaná Records in 2015.
Active with 10 EPs, 7 albums and compilation releases on labels such as Mega.rec (Barcelona), spinneret (New York), District160 (Minneapolis), Abyss (Buenos Aires), Antistandard Recs (Milan), Juke Bounce Werk (Los Angeles), Footwork Reddit (Poland) and Adaadat (UK).
He’s also been involved in other sorts of artistic projects within literature, visual arts, graphic design, and film; constantly looking to make new connections that can encourage artistic collaborations. He also hosted ‘(one hundred [and] sixty)’, an open format bi-weekly show where he played eclectic mixes keeping the bpm at 160, having guest mixes on most shows, and ‘The Lazy Anarchist Show’, a weekly show focused on discussing Anarchism and sharing music along the lines of indie rock, math-rock, post-rock, midwest-emo and other styles of rock music. During the same year he started an on-line festival called ‘FTWRK, ETC. FEST’ (currently 3 events have been made), where many DJs and Producers from the footwork community around the globe shared their love for the frenetic musical style originated in Chicago.
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