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Folkworld, CD Review >>
Fresh young folk music from Poland is up to now not too often heard in the more western parts of Europe. Maybe this will change with the time. The band from the village of Warsaw (that is the translation of Kapela ze wsi Warszawa) has now produced their second album "People's spring" (Wiosna Ludu) - a very mature work with lots of energy. Another proof that we should have a closer look towards the polish scene... (Btw., FolkWorld features in this issue also an introduction to the Polish scene.)
The kapela has a unique form of presenting ancient music - it presents three young powerful female voices called 'white voices' (going at times towards screaming) together with ancient melodic instruments such as the old polish fiddle Skrzypice and the fiddle and a acoustic percussion rhythm section, played by three young men. They have developed their own destinctive sound.
Their first CD was produced on their own label in 1998, since then they moved on to a bigger label, and Orangeworld did a good job for them. It is nice that on this album some of the information is also in English language - this makes it a lot easier for Western Europeans to find out about the background of the music.
Additionally to the 13 original Kapela ze wsi Warszawa tunes, there are two additional remixes of the producing DJs Piotr Pucylo & Mario Dziurex - this is interesting stuff, showing what can happen if old Polsih music comes into the hands of club DJs...
If you are into strong female voices, or into Eastern European music - this band is surely worth to discover!
Homepage of the artist: www.terra.pl/kzww contact to artist: kapelazewsi@poczta.onet.pl
Christian Moll
12/01/02 >> go there
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