In the morning, the sun glows to the top of the cultural palace in the city center of Warsaw. Business people are in a hurry on the wide streets of the city with Matcha plastic cups. The homeless built temporary sleeping places under the huge pillars of the socialist colossus. In addition to the entrance to the subway, the old women sell flowers and self -general things, while tourists flow from the main railway station and mix. After Stalin was initiated as a gift for Poland, the residents of Warsaw hated as a symbol of the power of the Soviet dictatorship.
Today, the place in front of him is a place that unites the contradictions of the Polish capital. Modern towers with a high level meet the Stalinist architecture of the sugar bakery, prosperity on exception, tourists on local residents, and a boy in old people.
Where to start, who wants to understand this metropolis? The way to read Warsaw leads through his musical nuances. The alternative to historical monuments is available in the evening at the Poland History Museum, located between the citadel and the webrard. It is here that the beginning of the musical week of Poland, the recently created festival of show -corps, focuses on the Polish pop music and other countries of Eastern Europe and, in particular, promotes international cultural exchange.
Start with the people’s group
In the beginning, Warsaw Village Band plays the Polish Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa. Together with other musicians of the local musical scene, a people’s group, which exists for 28 years, which has already played in Japan, goes through the evening. Sometimes with the legendary punk -group Deerter, sometimes with young jazz -group Bloto, whose improvisation flows in Hyper Pop.
The evening closes after three intense hours with a dj zamilska set. Sometimes the voices of the singers sound a whisper like forest fairies, and then they use traditional technology, they sing Biały Głos.
This is not a simple concert in the list, music requires concentration and openness to participate in unusual sounds. The audience in Warsaw is ready for him, swinging with his head, closing his eyes.
The first festival day begins with the conference, also at the Museum of the History of Poland. Panel discussion “The role of artists and cultural institutions in the formation of ethical choice in a politicized world” concerns the cultural imperialism of Russia and the ethical responsibility of the musical industry.
Here is Louise Moroz, a former employee of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, who is now working as a consultant in the network of cultural actions. She talks about the individual responsibility of Russian cultural workers in the context of war and political aggression. As for the concept of collective guilt, it requires a more critical study of the colonial characteristics of Russian culture, which leads to a simple sticky.
Polarization in the country
Political events in Poland are carefully discussed in discussion groups. The narrow elections of the right candidate of the conservative conservative Karola Navroki in the presidential election aggravate polarization in the country. “We are concerned,” says Milos Piczon, the saxophonist of the young jazz -group of Cosmonauts, in an interview with The Taz. “But it was only the choice of the president. A few years later, if a new government has been elected, it can change much more. ”
Some Festival groups clearly express themselves as Queer Sound Artist Mala Herba. In the middle of the polyks, she wants to create a safe space. Both at the conference and at concerts it becomes clear: the musical week Poland promotes the community and exchange outside the national borders.
Here’s how a game from Finland, Spain and Belgium. However, the main attention is paid to artists from Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. The festival builds bridges between different cultures, languages and genres, between the East and the West.
Air and smooth
The Show Case program begins on Thursday, not far from the Cultural Palace in Palladium Club. A group of seven people Klawo from GDAńSK offers a mixture of Lofi-indie, Jazz, Hiphop and Psyedelia. Thanks to the air, almost meditative compositions for the pipe, percussion and flute, you lay as you start from the party. Her compositions were pinned, the singing of the singer Alikya sovered the soul. In the end, the group jumps together on 2hot2funk on stage.
Through the wide streets of the Sriodmihsi district, with its chic restaurants and neon lights, old buildings and residential buildings of the 60s, it continues for the night of Warsaw. Friday evening begins at the Niebo club.
From afar you can hear the bass that makes everything tremble. In the spacious main hall of the SW@X Niczs trio, a quartet of three folk singers and a DJ with Colombian roots from Bielsk in the east of Poland on the border with Belarusians.
They represent their most famous song “Lusterka” in the dialect of the Podlachies region, which is located near the border. It sounds unusually, especially used by the elderly group of the population of the Podlachia. The audience reacts with abundant dances, even imitates a performance on the stage. There is a wonderful sound that sounds unique in its combination between folk speech, dark blows and synchronous dance performances.
Songs for participation
In a smaller room in NibO, the Polish artist Dexius, nicknamed Elite Roggshak, who lives in Berlin. Your stage presence is convincing when it makes hip swing and is looking for intense visual contact with the audience. She coordinates the song “I do not believe in the world”, which is affected by the last world situation.
She describes her sound as a Polish future retro, which is equally affected by pop, funk and electronics. The audience fluctuates and impressed by the “practical songs” of Rogiskak when she calls songs in German in which the audience can sing.
The evening is determined in the OCZKI club. Cosmonauts, the most swollen group of the festival, game. Despite the slot at 1 hour in the morning, the large room is filled. From a technical breakdown, he should play acoustic. Nevertheless, the sound draws an audience into a stupid euphoria.
The game with the lungs raised by Timon Cosma on Vibrafon is especially impressive. As if dynamically, it was mental, almost hypnotic, the young group leads through its set from Saxophone, Viber and drums until the cleaning light wakes the audience from his trance.
Acoustic reflection of Warsaw
The balance after four very diverse evenings: the musical week Poland is the acoustic reflection of Warsaw, which acts as mysterious and high contrasting as the city itself. So far, this is still an insider tip. Many young groups create through their language and courage for unusual new timbres.
On Saturday evening, on the bay of culturalpalast, which is now illuminated by blue-red, young people pass by. One provokes in English: “I hate LGBT.” The proposal that is reflected. But it also shows how important the work of the musical week of Poland and its artists is. Warsaw looks even more alive with her diverse voices, prospects and origin.
The study of this text was supported by Poland of the musical week.
