ast#0076 Plata rasa by Heathertoes
My new ep 'Plata Rasa' a listening companion to my previous album is out now! Glitchy marriage of IDM, noir jazz trip hop, hypnagogic haunted ambiences soaked in plunderphonic outbursts of tape experiments with dub post techno edge to it. https://astypalaiarecords.bandcamp.com/.../ast-0076-plata... As all my previous albums - this one is based on linguistic concepts Plata rasa is a neologism defined as the lulling sound of a running dishwasher, which evokes a sense of maternal comfort and peace regarding one's unaccomplished life. The term combines the Latin plata (plate) and rasa (scraped clean or blank), playing on the phonetic similarity to the philosophical concept tabula rasa. While tabula rasa is the established Latin phrase for a "blank slate" or the mind in its original uninformed state, plata rasa is a modern, humorous invention rather than a classical term. It is distinct from the Spanish word plata (silver or money) and has no connection to Ayurvedic...
