Stara Rzeka-Zamknely Sieoczy Ziemi-Outstanding new cd by Kuba Ziolek(Poland)

[walt]

Kuba Ziolek has released a 2cd effort as a one man band,under the name Stara Rzeka."Zamknely"..is Ziolek's second album under the Stara Rzeka moniker.

Ziolek plays all the instruments, save for one track.His sonic palette is quite large,ranging from Vanguard folk music(Robbie Basho,Sandy Bull),to metal, to free jazz(hommages to Albert Ayler and Pharoah Sanders),psychedelic tropes,static drones, raga rock.All these disparate influences would mean little if Ziolek weren't such an superb musical craftsman.I (almost) never thought the music devolved into a pastiche of atomized parts.It all holds together, to an amazing degree, imo.

I've had this album for a few days and i highly recommend it.It goes near the top of my faves of 2015 list(if i had such a list).I post the Bandcamp page for this album.If you dig it, buy it.

http://instantclassic.bandcamp.com/a...-si-oczy-ziemi

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Thanks for sharing this Walt!

[Jay.Dee]

For last two decades Poland had developed a peculiar "weird-folk" scene providing highly unclassifiable music that mixes wildly diverse influences, frequently in a Slavic pagan cauldron:

Księżyc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXZoWJWnBtM
Lao Che - "Gusła": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtcBjt2KafY
Za Siódmą Górą: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8qAMEcvFM
Karpaty Magiczne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxcRq5KnM
Oranżada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMRqWzhsRuk