PÁSMO
"Pásmo", meaning "Zone" in Czech, or a place of rigorous uniqueness sculpted into its form by decades of crumbling geopolitical and industrial power, wild nature reclaiming its place, and ancient local culture and lore. The name chosen for their band by Czech multi-instrumentalists Jan Sludged Pospíšil and Piotr “Ježura“ Beskyd, is a homage to and celebration of their place and roots, narrated through the eyes of two self-described "backwoods stalkers" who are one with their culture, origins, and place, or what they call the "Zone", the Moravian-Silesian region, one of the poorest regions in Czechia, immersed in majestic mountains and valleys with beautiful nature and folk culture contrasted by the vestiges of Gottwald's soviet industrialization of the region. "Nature, punk, and Metal" as the duo summarizes their music. Their own heritage and culture woven into both western dark punk (Amebix, Killing Joke), and eastern darkwave and post-punk (VHK/Galloping Coroner, Molchat Doma, Kino) influences to create the ultimate musical journey through their own origins and those of their ancestors. This mystical and profound connection to both their origins and influences sanctioned the birth of Pásmo around 2023, with music entirely composed, arranged and self-recorded within the beloved enclosure of the Moravian-Silesian hills and mountains, and first seeing the light as the self-titled debut album, released in spring 2024 on cassette by the Czech label Vřesová Studánka, and now finding its first ever vinyl release via Sentient Ruin to be discovered and appreciated far outside and beyond the confines of the unique place and history it was birthed from.