Plastochron EP

by Plastochron

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Purchasable with gift card

     

1.
Passiflora 04:41
buy track
2.
London Fog 07:27
buy track
3.
Drifter 03:13
buy track
4.
Home; Porch; Rain 04:35
buy track

about

Over time, Plastochron became sort of a throwaway alias for me, in the sense that I mostly used it to conceive and explore disparate ideas that I didn't want to associate with my main Van Jack alias.

However, there was a time when I wanted Plastochron to be a full-on side project. I wasn't quite sure of the direction I wanted it to take, but this EP was to be the foundation stone of whatever I wanted to achieve.

Composed throughout several months around 2019, the EP ended up shelved on my computer for an array of reasons, including, but not limited to doubts on its sound and mixing. Hearing it again in 2021 made me contemplate just putting it out to the world as it was: after all, this new listen gave me a sense, not of brilliance or skill, but at least of fullness. There is a certain fulfilled quality to the project.

Originally, it's a conceptual record about a young man nicknamed "London Fog", a middle-class wannabe-drifter who runs through the streets commiting small-time crimes and challenging the authority he perceives around him: either the cops, the school, his family... The only person he truly counts on and understands him is his girlfriend Flora, aka "Passiflora" – a quiet, unphased girl who doens't see any joy in being a teenager. After every night running away from their respective daily lives, they return to home and listen to the morning rain, and look to the cloudy sky, wondering if life will ever be more than this...

A full-fledged short story remains in development (in my head), to be written (in Portuguese) sometime in the future. This is probably the first step to make it happen.

credits

released February 5, 2021

Cover art by Isabella D. L. Mouzinho
isabellamouzinho.pixieset.com

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Gabriel George Martins, 2019

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Van Jack image

Van Jack São Paulo, Brazil

mainly Van Jack

also released stuff as:

Plastochron
Nacional Erudita
forever years old in a day
Seamless

contact / help

Contact Van Jack

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Plastochron EP, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now