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Once upon a time (2003) in a far away land called Bosnia and Herzegovina, a group of friends decided to form a band. But this was no ordinary band, and they did not form under ordinary circumstances. True, along with local Balkan flavors, musical influences came from all over the world: ska, punk, reggae, electronic, hip-hop. Yet, there was no music industry, few concerts, no space for cultural or political expression among the new crop of plugged in youth. In fact, the entire region was reeling from deep moral and economic stagnation. It was from this environment that Dubioza Kolektiv...
Afro Kolektyw is a polish hip-hop/jazz/funk band that plays using live instruments. Conscious, ironic observations of polish reality are here combined with loads of humour.
The band was established circa 1996 in Warsaw.
The team are: Afrojax; Miłosz Wośko; Mariusz Chibowski; Michał Szturomski; Łukasz Poprawski; Artur Chaber. As guests appeared Lilu and Duże Pe.
Their albums are:
- Negatywne wibracje (1999)
- Płyta pilśniowa (2001)
- Czarno widzę (2006)
- Połącz kropki (2008)
- Piosenki po polsku (2012) .
Polish duo Mikrokolektyw explore regions of warped impressionist Don Cherryesque melodies like cartographers from some distant future. Their style is an outline of unexplored electronic hieroglyphs, an almost forgotten language shaped by moog, drums and trumpet. With this language they illustrate a map of vast sonic territories. Drummer Kuba Suchar and trumpeter Artur Majewski have collaborated with dozens of Chicago jazz greats as touring members of Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra and Sao Paolo Underground groups. Their electronic driven jazz stands out for its downtown sound, a new freedom of innovation burning with an idiosyncratic sense of expression. .
Apolinary Polek (born August 22, 1980) Singer-songwriter, translator and blues harp player from Poland. Performing as a solist (vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica) or with various enfriended musicians. Active since 1998.
His music contains poetry (his own lyrics as well as poems of famous Polish poets) and simple, sometimes sarcastic, comments about life on the road or in small, forgotten towns. He also plays Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen, translated into Polish by himself.
Free tracks can be downloaded at his offical website (in Polish), www.apolinary.pl. .
8rolek is the solo-project of Bartek Kujawski (born in 1978), Poland. .
