We return to Ukraine once again, this time to release the debut album by Oleksii Podat (ex-CHSZM).
According to the artist the album is mostly influenced by Mark Zuckerberg’s last year’s congress testimony, where the definition of social media privacy was challenged a lot. It showed just how ridiculous it can get, when you’re trying to demand some kind of responsibility from the person, who’s the head of a social media platform which makes its profit through exploitation – be it people’s natural need for attention or their depressed state after their ego is not fulfilled with an appropriate social media feedback (the number of likes, comments, etc.).
“In this case, I see social media platforms as machines that develop the feeling of inferiority in their users. People are constantly made to develop their image as the most-likable and the most complying with modern societal norms. Personally, I feel depressed myself from time to time, because of the lack of attention on social media. It makes me feel little and miserable and I'm not alone in this. This how this system works: make a person feel miserable. Make them think they can change this state of depression by posting, liking, replying, sharing content + they watch ads while they do all this stuff = make a profit. That sucks and that's what this album’s about,” says Podat.
released April 21, 2019
Produced, mixed and mastered by Oleksii Podat
Designed by Daniel Vojtisek and Jiri Macku