Iron Dog - Interactive Album Rock [Phase Frame Music]

Iron Dog:
Sarah Bernstein - processed violin and text
Stuart Popejoy - electric bass and synthesizer
Andrew Drury - drums and mayhem


Phase Frame Music 2012

Improvised music and poetry are a close relatives yet somehow they rarely work out together. "Interactive Album Rock" is a welcome exception to that rule. That being said the music on the album doesn't follow that much any rules or expectations you might have.

Kostcirkeln - Innehåll: Musik [ILK Nusic]

Kostcirkeln:

Qarin Wikström - Vocal
Anders Provis - Drums
Jakob Falgren - Bass
Stephan Sieben - Guitar
Simon Toldam - Piano

It's been long time since the last review, and there's  plenty of music to catch upon, let's start with something "for something completely different". 

Kostcirkeln    is a peculiar group who chose a peculiar medium for their music "Innehall : Musik" (Content: Music) is a 2nd volume of planned EP trilogy, released in a form of a download code inside a precious matchstick box. 

"Innehall : Musik" is five tracks of pure, unadolescent joy spiced with a bit of crazy. Kostcirkeln juggles with conventions with a circus-like artistry and panache. It's like a constant battle with your inner child. It's a collage of dream pop, children play songs, slice of punk, rock, circus. A music of intense colours and surreal shapes.

The Apples at Krakow Jewish Festival (28.06)

The Apples' concert opened this year Krakow Jewish Festival with a true funky blast. This definitely was not your typical klezmer music concert, a clear reminder that Jewish music can surprise you in many ways.

The Apples are: Arthur Krasnobaev (trumpet), Yaron Ouzana (trombone), Oleg Nayman (tenor and soprano sax), Yakir Sasson (baritone sax), Yonadav Halevy (drums), Alon Carmelly (bass), Erez Todres (turntable), Ofer "Schoolmaster" Tal (turntable), Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim (sound console & live effects). Oldschool funk is obviously a foundation of the group's music but it got spiced up with ingredients as diverse as big band swing, eastern folk flavour and modern club music appeal.

Mischief Theatre at ImproFest - One Wet Man (18.11)

And now for something completely different: a short post about improvisation that has nothing to do with the music, thus having very little to do with what's usually the subject and the goal of this blog.

Anyway the Mischief company created and ad hoc, improvised on the spot movie, a western filled with action, passion, drama, childhood trauma and absurd. The goodie-goodie hero Max J. (one name that sounds like two) fought through his fear of water and saved the beautifull Rosalie and the city of Moscow from the evil gang of bathroom invaders, proving in the course of the action that eating tons of sausage can be a bonding element to a romantic relation and drinking a glass of water can be an act of courage.

I have seen a lot of short form stage improvs, but never anything long-form guided with such a finesse and sense of structure. And the rules of a good improvisation are pretty much the same whether it's music or stage act. It all comes down to putting your skills and immagination to a test, being ready to act and react and co-create, building up an entire story from little more than a scratch.

The audience's suggestions in that case were: western, Moscow, "One Wet Man", bathroom and sausage. How they've managed to put that together escapes my understanding, but they've created an underrated classic of the genre.

If you get a chance to see them, do yourself a favour and don't miss it. As much fun you can fit into one hour without risking the implosion of the universe.

Jazz Alchemist radio archives : with Paul McCartney and for some things completely different

Summer's coming. and the level of activity on the blog will depend mostly on the weather, yet i'm  hoping to scrub off some time for writing more often. In the meantime enjoy this program that aired originally on 15.06.2009, it was done in the typically summer-break mood, with Beatles songs (Paul McCartney's birthday is coming| on June 18) and overally more leisure, chill-out set with some folk, rock, brass bands, pop tunes and and else for something completely different. Hope you'll like it.

1. Bugs Bunny & Duffy Duck - Hello, Goodbye

2. Brad Mehldau - Blackbird

3. Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies - For No One

4. Varttina - Nahkarouska

5. Rao Trio - El Famoso Gruppo Italiano

6. Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy - Black or White

7. Mardi Grass Brass Band - Funkin' Up Your Mardi Grass

8. Sex Mob - Fernando

9. Monty Python's SPAMALOT - He Is Not Dead Yet  (playoff)    /   Laker Girls Cheer

10. Cowboy Bebop OST - What Planet Is This?

11. PINX - Why Did You Show Me This

12. Sex Mob - Live and Let Die

13. Danilo Rea & Roberto Gatto - With a Little Help From My Friends / Drop In

14. The Baby Loves Jazz Band - Ole' McDonald

15. Scott Henderson - I Hate You

16. Tuffts Belzebubs - I Am The Walrus

17. Millennial Territorial Orchestra - All You Need Is Love

18. Flight Of The Conchords - Leggy Blonde

Jazz Alchemist Radio Vaults 15.06.2009 with sir Paul McCartney and others by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

DVA in Alchemia (01.03); DVA - Hu

DVA is a duo band from czech. Just two persons but the way the play it seems there are at least three times these many people on stage, and possibly two different groups playing at the same time. With vocals, beatbox, guitars, saxophone and clarinet, variety of sound toys, voice and instrumental loops and samples they cross genres with careless grace. Immagined language, echoes of tango, child plays, folk, french cabaret, indie electro, scandinavian alternative rock (Sigur Ros, Mum) - absolutely captivating performance. In addition, for a couple of days before the concert I had listened continously to their latest release "Hu" and it's been an absolute pleasure - the band's songs are beautifully care-free, relaxing, joyfully childish, every one like a small box with full of surprises. Like small fairy tales. Stories of Neverland. Magically enchanting. So if you're looking for something completely different (not jazz) and especially if the aforementioned bands please your ears, I strongly recommend you give this band a listen. Give you inner child a treat (I did - got myself a vinyl :).

Jazz Alchemist is back on the radio!!!

Radio is back!!! :)

I invite you all with all might of my heart to join www.radiofrycz.pl this monday for the first program of this season. There will be a special guest and a special playlist. The main topic - humour. 

We'll listen to the music that should make us smile and laugh. Initially I had an ambition to make this a serious investigation of the subject in the improvised music (I mean, isn't laugh a most sincere reaction to a ducky sound of wah-wah mute on the trumpet, or buzzing, beeping etc. experimentalism, isn't this music as much about having fun as about anything else?). But than I selected a song, another one, a pastiche, a cover, a parody and somehow a playlist got filled up. 

So we'll have a session of things for something completely different, laid-back and fun. Hope you'll enjoy it 

This Monday (24.10) , 8 pm CET. www.radiofrycz.pl. 

Will be waiting for you to be on-line to chat via facebook. Non-polish listeners - I hope you won't mind the polish commentary. The detailed playlist will be published below during the airing and I plan to upload the thing to mixcloud the very next day :)

1. from Broadway Monty Python Musical - Tuning

2. Graal - Bum-Bum
3. Scianka - Sprawa 5-ciu...
4. Scianka - Skuter
5. Henrik Munkeby Norstebo - Solo 4 (from "Solo"; he played with a trio last Wednesday. More in this post)
6. Tfaruk Love Communication - Tinky Winky jest pedałem (from "Tfaruk Love Communication")
7. Profesjonalizm - Dlugi (from "Chopin Chopin Chopin")
8. Chlopcy Kontra Basia - Mam ja męża
9. Oscar Brown Jr. - Signifyin' Monkey
10. Ray Anderson - Don't Mow Your Lawn
11. Paristetris - BBQ
12. Profesjonalizm - Dety
13. Henrik Munkey Norstebo - Solo 6
14. The Second Approach Trio - The Burlesque Rag (from "Pandora's Pitcher")
15. Flight of the Conchords - Robots (live)
16.The Complainer & The Complainers - Metka
17. The Complainer & The Complainers - Substytuty
18. Miąższ - Łodondi
19. Sex Mob - Not Boweevil
20. Bugs Bunny & Donald Duck - Hello Goodbye

Jazz Alchemist (blog) radio 24.10.2011 - humour in music / guest co-host Dziuba by Jazzowy Alchemik on Mixcloud

Crank Sturgeon at Bomba (17.09)

If there's a method to madness Crank Sturgeon have found it. I admit I never heard of this artist prior to the yesterday's concert but I'm sure as heck never going to forget him ever since.

You wouldn't believe how loud can a scotch tape be, or how deep a bass sound can a cotton string produce, or the sound marker makes when used to draw faces on the newspaper, or this very newspaper being torn apart.

With a contact mike used as a magnifying glass Crank Sturgeon multiplies all the small, inaudible noises that surround us and turns it into an ongoing feast of ear-piercing cascades of noises and cracks. You know the feeling of a really bad hangover? Or immagine yourself wearing the doctor's stethoscope and being able to listen to what's happening inside the matter of things. 

Konrade Gęca / DM&P Trio / Fuka Laka at Alchemia (01.06) last concert of this Muzykoterapia season

The last concert of this season of Muzykoterapia series that promotes experimental music of any kind, co-hosted by the AudioTong, a small but active label in the field of undergournd, experimental and uncommon (check out their website http://www.audiotong.net/ for more informations, also much of the catalogue is available for free download)

1. Konrad Gęca 

is not only the instigator and main behind-the-scene making force of the Muzykoterapia concerts but is also an active improviser in the field of electronics, mixing tape field recordings and electronically generated sounds. His performance is very introvertic and thoughtful. Kind of a music where duplicated errors in the transmission become a rule, assimilated mutation, glitch becomes the structure. Endless static noises give the illusion of endless spaces. The latter half incorporates more clearly field recordings - silence that through the imperfection of the recording device and amplification becomes hushed noise. This music is accompanied by the series of pictures of the city, mountains, ocean (or is it the other way?) creating a sort of sonicscape. Really hard for me to give any kind of evaluation as, nonetheless the live presence behind all the devices, I find that any kind of structure, narration, meaning or value is not inner to this kind of performance but comes only from its perception. As such I'd say that in musical terms the concert didn't have enough variety and lacked emotional impact, in terms of a multimedia performance though it was  in fact very poetic - which brings me to the conclusion that sounds were secondary to pictures. And the other conclusion is that any kind of reading and interpretation would be valid in its own rights - which probably makes this performance a success.

You can find more information about Konrad Geca (including some of the video footage used during the concert as well as presentation of musical forms he's interested in - field recordings, electro-improvisation, noise, dub influences ecc) on his website http://dropr.com/konradgeca#/

Konrad Geca - electronics, tapes, visualization

2. DM&P Trio

This Krakow based trio celebrated with this concert the release of their first cd and it does indeed make proud to see that the there's so much happening in Krakow. That being said I never really could get through the invasive electronics use in this project. There's a great and subtle interplay between the two sax players, beginning with focused search for harmony then moving towards balancing between Slawomir (abstract lines yet phrasing clearly influenced by jazz tradition) and Philip (extrovertic madness of free-improv, shouts, screams, overtone blows). Occasional live filtering and processing of the instruments provided Pawel Dziadur (echoe, distortion, loop) give the music an extra dimension, so do the occasional quieter passages of unidentified scratches and drones. But every time Pawel Dziadur pushes it more into the noise regions I have the impression that he overshadows the saxophones instead of complementing them. While I definitely appreciate this trio's passion and dedication, I find it hard to like their music, I've never been a fan of hard electronics and can't really find a key to crack this open.

a selection of videos featuring other performances can be found here : http://www.sonicart.republika.pl/

Paweł Dziadur - electronics

Sławomir Maler - alto saxophone

Philip Palmer - alto saxophone

3. Fuka Lata

A duo from Warsaw wchich also celebrated its first release*. It's a highly hypnotic and dreamingly surreal mixture of electronic landscapes, occasional dance beat, endless guitar delays and vocal that achieves shamanic effects through modern electronic filters (echo, harmonizer, delay). The trans thus achieved is quite tantalizing, with simple yet effective lightning and mysterious dancer-performer accompanying the duo, the effect is quite compelling and as such it was one of the most complete stage performances I've ecently seen (understandable since you don't see too often any lightning or extra-musical elements of concert performance when attending mostly free jazz events).

The line between hypnotic and monotonous or transcendental and tiresome is very thin and I felt that the music was for some passages too close to crossing this one. On the other hand the way they manage to blur the line between dream and reality was quite captivating. But from under all those layers of guitar echoes, vocal delays and electronic landscapes occasionaly a catchy song tries to emerge and I must say (surprised myself to write it) I was waiting the entire concert for this more avant-pop aspect of their playing, something I had been able to see during the rehearsal. Still, it was something visually and audibly intriguing.

* The music was released under the Creative Commons License and is available for free download at http://fukalata.com/ (it focuses on electronics and guitar, with very little vocal compared to the live performance)

Fuku Lata duo
-vocal, electronics
-guitar, electronics, vocal
-dance/performance

Alchemia. Krakow. 01.06.2011

Free Jazz Alchemist Radio with archival birthday playlist for something completely different

Today, at the usual time (8pm CET) and the usual place (www.radiofrycz.pl) a bit unusual playlist. Found deep hidden in my vaults a program that was originally aired on 20.04.2009. Which was close to a date that the program was born, there was a special guest in the studio to chat and sing 'happy birthday' with, lot of unusual songs (blues, latino, mainstream, some alternative rock music too). In short - a lot to enjoy!

As I hope you will. Though I will be stuck elsewhere (which is the reason a live program with a new songs can't be done) I will be available on the facebook chat which is where I hope to catch you all.


1. Ella Fitzgerald - Slap that bass (birthday on 25.04)
2. Charles Mingus - Better Get Hit In Your Soul (birthday 22.04)
3. Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio - Caravan (he was about to play in Krakow)
4. Tito Puente & India - Fever (Tito's birthday on (birthday on 20.04)
5. The Complainer & The Complainers -  (alternative band that just had played a concert during the OFF OFF Festival, I was literally addicted to their cd after that concert)
6. The Complainer ft. Urkuma & Usonia - Animulae
7. Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues
8. Tito Puente & India - Love for Sale
9. Charles Mingus - The Clown
10. Tiziano Tononi - Ecclesiastics
11. The Complainer & The Complainers - Substytuty
12. The Complainer & The Complainers - Pasja i Uraz
13. The Complainer & The Complainers - Metka            (you see what I meant? :) )
14. Maceo Parker - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (was about to play in Warsaw)
15.

John Wolf Brennan - Triangulation : Whirligigs [Leo]

Bruno Amstad - voice, subcontrabass voice, loops
Christy Doran - electric & acoustic guitars, loops & fx
John Wolf Brennan - piano, organ, e-piano, clavinet, melodica, accordion & indian harmonium
Patrice Heral - percussion, loops, voice

Leo Records 2010

After a series of reviews concerning very serious music, big orchestras, whole sections of strings, modern chamber sensibiltiy etc. this one serves as a great antidote.

Call it a mash-up, call it eclectic, call it whatever you like, this is one of the strangest mix I've heard in a while.

Chlopcy Kontra Basia Trio at Lokator (12.02)

I wrote recently about this group here (although the previous performance was done in a duo setting) so just a quick resume.

Jazzed up and hip and modern take on folk tradition with voice / bit of clarinet, bass, percussion. Groovy and catchy bass lines, witty and sexy folk-culture-inspired lyrics (surprising how the 'folk' and 'sexy' can be used in the same sentence). Compared to a duo performance, this did have more kick, more drive to it, very high foot-tapping factor. It is after all, in the essence, drum & bass music and drum&bass drumming is sped up funk rhythm.  The repertoire essentially the same as on the last concert so no point in repeating myself about it, just check the other post. Folk can be fun folks. And it is quite refreshing.

Basia Derlak - voice, clarinet

Marcin Nenko - double bass

Tomasz Waldowski - percussion set, piano

Lokator, Krakow; 12.02.

Kayo Dot / Jeremiah Cymerman (interview) at Klub Re (29.01.2011)

Saturday at Klub Re, rounding up a small, three concerts tour in Poland, played Kayo Dot (a band I've never heard about before) with Jeremiah Cymerman (whose "Under a Blue Grey Sky" I recently reviewed).

The music was weird, anything from orchestrated ambient (two saxes, trumpet, clarinet and electronics) up to heavy high-screaming metal (with two guitars and a keyboard). First set mixed idyllic passages with mellow and moody songs (enormous delay on the mic makes the voice sound unhuman, uneasy), played almost entirely without the drums, it finishes with a thunderous drums solo (which reminds me immediately about the difference about jazz and rock drumming - it's all power and speed and the kicking bass drum is massaging my stomach). With Jeremiah adding his touch (extended techniques and lo-fi static noises). He sits out for the second set.

Once again I have to say it -weird music. With metal and ambient, and nicely arranged horns section, strange vocal. A music that is full of contrasts and torn apart between high-pitched singing and heavy bass. You can hear there darkness, heavy, jazz-rock (little jazz in it), ambient, echoes of grunge. Kayo Dot does to metal what Zappa did to rock, but with Dead Can Dance sense of humour (meaning none of it) - as the delayed vocal resonates like we were in an empty church, adding extra-temporal dimension to the music. Kinda freaky and quite disturbing, definitely very interesting, although not exactly my cup of coffee.

Stiil the main reason for me to be there was a chance to meet Jeremiah Cymerman and I did a short interview with him - here's what I asked about and what he said:

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1. First thing that came up (before the interview actually started) were Jeremiah's polish roots so I asked him to tell more about it:

2. I asked also about the origins of "Under a Blue Grey Sky" - a piece originally commissioned by Roulette, the release that got me introduced to his music.

3. With a lot of electro-acoustic improvisation, a classical string-quartet composition and collaboration with bands like Kayo Dot under his belt Jeremiah is crossing a lot of boundaries. The question was - are there any musical barriers left in New York music scene?

4. New York, New York. About its influence on Jeremiah - both on personal and artistic levels. Does the city create more opportunities or competition?

5. About how do the electro- and -acoutic elements relate to each other in his work

and a follow up to the question - whether electronic enhancement is Jeremiah's way of finding a personal voice on the instrument.

6. A performing improviser, but also a composer. How does the composing and improvising elements relate?

7. About his influences on clarinet.

8. About the music he listens to.

and whether it is mainly what would commonly be called 'sad' music (both "Under a Blue Grey Sky" and the music played by Kayo Dot are not particularly joyful) [although my theory was just disproven earlier with the mention of Beach Boys]

when I asked whether it could be about discharging those emotions, Jeremiah continues:

and that's all folks :)

many thanks to Jeremiah for the interview (hope I did ok for the first time) and to Luke Mosling from Porter Records who put me in touch with him.

Jeremiah Cymerman - Under a Blue Grey Sky [Porter]

Under a Blue Grey Sky

Olivia De Prato - violin

Jessica Pavone - viola

Christpher Hoffman - cello

Tom Blancaforte - bass

Jeremiah Cymerman - composition, electronics

Porter Records 2010

With a couple concerts of Jeremiah Cymerman coming this week I decided to gave this one a few closer listenings, never mind it doesn't exactly fit the blog's profile (meaning it's most definitely not jazz). And I can definitely say that this is a very rewarding record, even if it takes some time getting into it. With string quartet and electronic treatments (subtle ones) this one takes You into a sonic world that is rich and deep, both classical and forward-thinking. 

for something a bit different - Chlopcy Kontra Basia duo - Eszeweria 20.01.11

Chlopcy Kontra Basia (duo)

Only the oldest readers will remember the last 'about a concert' post - it's been long time indeed (40 days), a difficult experience to addicts like me, to go without any live music.

This was another young polish group singing polish songs* (surprisingly not an obvious thing) and once again much of the charm remains in lyrics so this time I decided to write the proper review in polish, if You speak this strange language You can find it on impropozycja or magnetoffon (here and here). For those who don't just a quick resume on this blog.

Chlopcy Kontra Basia (usually a trio with perscussion, bass, voice/occasional clarinet, this time without the percussion guy) is a young group that merges in a very surprising way jazz groove (catchy, infectious, simple and effective) with folk melodies and witty, folk culture-inspired, lyrics, usually a rhyming story with a surprising point to it. You'd never have thought that folk music could be so sexy (lyrics play a huge part to it, but also the theatrics and dance movement, and naturally also the music - sometimes getting into melodic trans, more often quite danceable).

The only name I can think of to describe it better is Iva Bittova, who, at her most accessible, does a bit similar thing. And while there's still a long road ahead of this young band, the youthful energy and sense of humour they bring to the stage, combined with the obvious talents displayed make for a great promise.

You can check some songs on group's MySpace page and I will also put them on the next radio playlist. Hope You'll like them.

Chłopcy Kontra Basia (duo) – Eszeweria 20.01.2011

Barbara Derlak – vocal, clarinet
Marcin Nenko – double bass

*I'm referring to this post

Jazzowy Alchemik at 8pm

Weird mix as usual, celebrating birthdays of Jason Stein, Steve Swell, Matthew Shipp, Tony, Williams, Juhanii Aaltonen but also, for something completely different, blues diva Big Mama Thornton, and, for something even more than completely different - some excerpts from the absolutely crazy and fun concert by Miazsz at Alchemia (see the previous post).

Tune in! :)

http://www.radiofrycz.pl/

1. Cukunft - untitled (check the concert post from friday)
2. Locksmith Isidore - Crayons for Sammy (happy birthday for Jason Stein today! :)
3. Joey Baron, Steve Swell, Ellery Eskelin (happy birthday for Steve Swell today! :)
4. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (birthday 11th Dec)
5. Miazsz - "Tinktura" (check the concert post from yesterday) ("brackets" since I don't know the original titles so those are invented)
6. Matthew Shipp GoodandEvil Sessions - Brainwash (Matthew's birthday on 7th Dec)
7. Tony Williams - Tomorrow Afternoon (Tony's britdhay tomorrowm, on 12th Dec)
8. Contemporary Noise Sextet - New Machine on the Dance Floor (check the concert post from saturday)
9. Borah Borgman Trio - Parallax (Borah's birthday on 13th Dec)
10. Matthew Shipp - Pastoral Composure
11. Juhani Aaltonen Trio (with Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) - Selflessness (Juhani's birthday on 12th Dec)
12. Big Mama Thornton - Baby Please Don't Go; Got My Mojo Working
13. Miazsz - "Poranny Dylemat"
14. Joey Baron, Steve Swell, Ellery Eskelin - Hutch
15. Miazsz - "Dym szkodzi dym"
16. Miąższ - "Niebieski Odkurzacz"

and now for something completely different - Miąższ at Alchemia - 05.12

This post somehow doesn't belong here, it will be completely off surrounded by all the other posts about music that is mostly serious, though crazy ingredient could be considered a commond denominator. This post somehow doesn't belong in english profile of this blog also since the band I want to tell You about sings only in polish, and understanding the lyrics and their banters on stage is pretty much the most important part of the experience. Still I can't ignore the fact that I had a great time yesterday so here it goes...

Miazsz (can't even think of a way to explain how it should be pronounced) are Joanna on vocals, Sebastian on guitars (acoustic, electric, some harmonica and vocals also) and Krzysztof on double bass (some small percussion and moog synth in between). You will hear incredible mashed mixture of blues, folk lullabies, acoustic reggae, drunken wedding songs, pop, flamenco, bossa-nova, hawaian beach style, gypsy, african chants all spiced with the jazzy sound of french cabaret and hot club de france jazz (I guess that should, more or less, cover it). The band plays with careless, charming nonchalance, inspiring optimism and infectious positive vibe. And they can play all right, plus the diva on the stage can sing her ass off (damn good voice), so the music is already a lot of fun.

This is completely non-serious, full of irony, and good ole laugh. And the other part of the fun are lyrics - filled with non-sensical absurd lines, ridicoulous wordplays and surprsing rhymes (Lewis Carroll and Monty Python would be proud). This is probably the only band in the Universe that plays a lyrical ode to blue vacuum cleaner (and, make no mistake, the vacuum cleaner is on stage as they turn it off and on). Or at least the only one in the Universe that plays both the vacuum cleaner song and a Hawaian piece with a very dramatic part, about the morning dilemma - getting up and going to bathroom or staying in bed and trying to have more sleep (so-called impossible choice).

Add to that a reggae song sung in the middle of the audience (participating in singing the chorus) and african chant intro with some McFerrin bass vocal lines impressions and steel sort of drum made from a gas bottle (!). Or nearly sci-fi effects created by a mini-fan circling around the microphone. Or hair-dryer on stage. Or, the only cover of the night, ' 4'33" ' by John Cage performed on stage (although the tempo must have been off since it was cut short by 1 minute and the 3-part division wasn't executed well). Or (too many 'or' in this text) Emma on the back of the stage drawing a picture during the concert. Or the King Kong and Big Chicken (seriously!) in the audience. And many other 'or's like the drunken weeding corny song ("Shit and Onion"). At any given point, when the song could get serious enough, some crazy instinct make them stop and hit You with some surprise.

This was pure, unadulterated, unpretentious, fun, with all the form and 'no accent on the substance' (auto-ironic line about the state of art from one of the songs). Complete package of joy and warm vibe. Insanely positive and positively crazy.

You can check the band's myspace page, their should enter soon the studio to record their first cd and I can only hope that half ot their stage appeal will transfer onto the record. Miąższ are:

Joanna Ewa Zawłocka

Sebastian Pikula

Krzysztof Kolor Gadzało

Some excerpts from the concert in Alchemia will be played tonight on the radio as 'for something completely different' fragments! be sure to tune in :)

Paralaksa dla relaksa

a plandeka dla człowieka!