[atlantaprog] Fwd: Polish art music at Eyedrum

Not exactly "prog" but interesting nonetheless...

>Euphonic Productions & Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta
>   present
>MOLR DRAMMAZ (from Poland)
>9pm, Sat, March 22
>$7 at the door
>Eyedrum
>290 MLK Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 8
>Atlanta, GA 30312
>404-522-0655
>
>http://www.eyedrum.org
>http://tk-jk.net/euphonic/
>http://www.theEAAA.org
>
>Molr Drammaz was started in Poland in the mid 1990s by siblings Wojt3k and
>Asia Kucharczyk (now Bronislawska), who had been playing together in one
>form or another since childhood. They incorporated drums, voice,
>electronics, and "found objects" to produce a unique soundscape. Their music
>at once reflects the environment of Silesia, the southern region of Poland
>that became a sprawling industrial capital during communist control, and
>invokes a sympathy for the music and cultures of the world, from a
>deceptively naive perspective.
>
>In 1998 Wojt3k started the label mik.musik.!.(recently highlighted in the
>British music magazine The Wire), which has released a series of successful
>underground and "overground" CDs, vinyl, and specialty items. The latest
>Molr Drammaz CD, "Boazeria", is also released worldwide by a-music, the
>label of German experimentalists Mouse on Mars.
>
>Molr Drammaz, as we know, probably, is one of the most important groups in
>the Polish so-called experimental scene. To see is to believe. Pure energy
>becomes the musiK, musiK becomes the thought, thought becomes the vibration,
>vibration becomes the feeling, feeling becomes the musik. Why not?
>Exceptional siblings Asia and Wojt3k with their friends invite the listener
>to take a journey into all sounds. Their favorite state of being is being on
>stage.
>
>For their performance at Eyedrum, Molr Drammaz will bring their intense live
>show to the United States for the first time. For the moment, Asia appears
>virtually from a prerecorded background or screen projection, and Wojt3k
>plays live with Macio Moretti: almost-standard drum kit, old electronic
>instruments, vocals, no midi, improvisation, with pop-skeleton and post
>plunder blueprint outline. Wide dynamics, quite original technique -
>virtuosity without virtuosity.
>
>Wojt3k Kucharczyk is primarily known as the co-leader of Molr Drammaz and
>founder and chief of of the mik.musik.!. Record label. He is also actively
>involved in other music groups such as *retro*sex*galaxy* and pAthMAN. He
>studied professionally as a graphic designer (and still teaches at the
>Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice), but quickly moved into the areas of music
>and sound design, his true love(s). Both as a member of Molr Drammaz and as
>a solo artist, he has given concerts and exhibitions all over Europe,
>including Moscow and Paris in 2002 and the World Expo in Hannover, Germany
>in 2000. A drummer, keyboardist, electronicist, computerer, and sometimes
>singer, Wojt3k is still working to find the best solution to his question,
>"is it possible to make music as dense as nature itself?". In addition to
>his musical activities, Wojt3k is exploring new media possibilities,
>combining his expertise in visual and aural design to keep moving in fresh
>directions.
>
>Macio Moretti is a musician and multi-media artist from Warsaw. His original
>instrument was the bass, but he slowly changed to drums. He has been a
>member of many musical groups, including the Starzy Singers, Baaba, and Maly
>Szu. He has also guested with Pavel Fajet, Jerzy Mazzoll, Kuba Kossak,
>Homosapiens, Paraphrenia, and Arkona, among others. He has performed
>throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, and the
>Netherlands. He's also founder of of the "Turn it off Please" festival and
>greatly involved with the New Warsaw Improvisation scene with such projects
>as Galimadjaz and Djazzpora. He has collaborated with the kino.lab and
>Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw by creating music for silent films and
>contemporary Polish cinema. He's a member of the film duo "Monte Video" with
>Igor Krenz, and serves as musical director for the Raster Gallery in Warsaw.
>In addition to music, he's also involved in graphic design.
>
>Asia Bronislawska (formerly Kucharczyk) is co-founder of Molr Drammaz.
>Although she studied classical guitar, her main focus is as a writer and
>vocalist, and she currently teaches music to children. In 1999 she produced
>(along with Wojt3k) the wonderful "to.je.take.co.take.to" album, recorded
>with her students. Asia's most recent creation, son Kajetan, will keep her
>occupied at home (and possibly awake at night) during the U.S. tour, but she
>plans to participate in the shows with her special cross-continental
>abilities (and a bit of help from modern technology).
>
>Molr Drammaz' CD "Boazeria" is reviewed in this week's edition of Creative
>Loafing. http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/vibes_recrev3.html
>
>For further info:  http://molr.terra.pl

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