Biography

Avtomat is a man with way too many interests – an openly queer composer, producer, DJ and vocalist, proud member of the Oramics and Ciężki Brokat crews, co-creator of Radio Kapitał, Polish ambassador for Keychange. His own music has morphed several times throughout the last 10 years – from purely synthetic timbres, through emotive polyphonic vocal compositions with band Pleśni, to a perplexing fusion of melodic, rhythmically and sonically jagged, bass-heavy club tracks on his 2020 EP, 'Gusła (Human Rites)' and his first vinyl release, 'Doolska' on London-based 51-53 Records. He created music for theatre - an interactive theatre play Method of National Constellations (i.e. during Modern Art Days in Białystok), quadraphonic sound and music for Jawić się and feminist street theatre connected to pro-choice protests in Poland, 'Manifesta'. The sensation of a never ending musical split has led him towards the more hybrid areas of electronic music, which he also dabbles in during his DJ-sets. In the club his thirteen-year experience of supporting queer, anti-fascist and underground scene, spinning records and CDJs alike results in an almost annoyingly disparate selection of the most forward-thinking sound offered by today’s scene. In his series of DJ-sets and club nights (Oramics, Ciężki Brokat) he blends unusual rhythmic patterns and futuristic sounds without forgetting the more humane qualities like melody and harmony, all kicked up a notch with his improvised vocals.