Stara Rzeka (Poland) for PSIKE
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Forum Name: Suggest New Bands and Artists
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Topic: Stara Rzeka (Poland) for PSIKE
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: Stara Rzeka (Poland) for PSIKE
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 14:35
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Hello, I'd like to suggest a Polish one-man project Stara Rzeka (Old River) of Jakub Ziołek. He recently (in October) released his second (and final) album under this moniker titled Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (The Eyes of the Earth Have Closed) which I had the pleasure to listen to on the band's http://stararzeka.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page and base my suggestion on. It was also, like the previous one, released in physical form (on CD and vinyl) via http://instant-classic.com" rel="nofollow - Instant Classic label. You can find Stara Rzeka on FB too: https://www.facebook.com/stararzeka" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/stararzeka . You can find some pictures of Mr. Ziołek in there. Like this one e.g.:  It's hard to categorise this music as it contains elements of many styles but I think it would fit best under the PSIKE umbrella (Kraut?). I may be wrong though  .------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 15:26
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Interview with the man after his first album as Stara Rzeka in 2013: http://thequietus.com/articles/13068-stara-rzeka-interview" rel="nofollow - http://thequietus.com/articles/13068-stara-rzeka-interview . In it Joseph Burnett says: "The album is both astonishing and beguiling, composed on an acoustic guitar but broadening to draw from a wide mix of styles - folk, krautrock, black metal - with a radical and open-minded attitude that makes the resultant music impossible to pigeonhole" The latest album features in our member Mascodagama's album of the year list for 2015, even though Stara Rzeka isn't (yet) on the site: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=102815&PID=5269891#5269891" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?.TID=102815&PID=5269891#5269891 . This artist will probably end up in Eclectic Prog if PSIKE team don't take up the challenge. The music is certainly very different, and absolutely belongs on the site somewhere!
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 15:32
^ Thanks, David!  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 15:46
No worries Bartek - thanks for a great suggestion! 
There are a few decent videos of Kuba performing live in London (usually at Cafe Oto) on YouTube, showing how he reproduces this amazing music in front of an audience. Here's just one of them for interest's sake:  |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 16:26
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BTW, a nice quote from the interview to support the PSIKE suggestion - Jakub Ziołek said: It may sound trivial but the only true influence is the German music of the 70s. For me, it's the most important legacy in post-World War II European music - Kraftwerk, Cluster, Ash Ra Tempel, Can, Faust, Neu, Amon Düül II, Guru Guru and many, many others. [They had] diverse, original, inspiring concepts that never concealed the pure experience of sound. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: January 07 2016 at 18:53
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And added to the chart. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: March 20 2016 at 11:58
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cleared for addition, Bartek! Probably you want to care for the biography aso????? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: March 22 2016 at 13:41
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Thanks, Uwe! Yes, I will do the addition when I find a spare moment. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: April 09 2016 at 08:55
I http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9769" rel="nofollow - added it finally! I put it away for too long...  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 10 2016 at 13:14
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Tuzvihar wrote:Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: April 10 2016 at 13:59
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Thanks! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |