VVV018 / Qetsy ✮ Makhnovia

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.

✮ Qetsy (Pohañaná Records / Antistandard) soundcloud.com/qetsyqetsy

remix1 >>> Gyro - soundcloud.com/gyro84 remix2 >>> FPOM - soundcloud.com/user-242122975

pic >>> Matteo Bellomo - www.matteobellomo.com master >>> Think'd - soundcloud.com/ilthinkd