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COLT / SUCHI PION

The Polish group COLT were founded in Tomaszow Lubelski as the trio with Radoslaw Kopec on guitar, keyboards and voice, Artur Malinowski on bass guitar and Adam Romaniszyn on drums. Artur was soon replaced on bass by Tomasz Gros, but the first demo tape were recorded in 1999 again by the original crew.

In the spring of 2000 the band moved to Kielce. They played there some concerts in various line-ups and prepared the new songs, which were recorded as the next demo in RSC Studios in Rzeszow. In the six days of February 2001 the musicians recorded their first album in UR Studio in Kielce, called "From the Fridge". During this session Radek Kopec played also sax and keyboards parts, he took also function of bass guitarist in some tracks. The special guest artist was Joanna Jaworz-Dutka on flute.

The music composed and performed by the band refers to the early 70s, when were written the most ambitous and beautiful works of progressive rock and hardrock. So - besides of typical for such music instruments: guitar, bass and drums - COLT uses hammond organ, various saxophones, flute, piano and acoustic guitar.Almost all the tracks from the album were composed by the band's members. The only one cover is the ATOMIC ROOSTER title "S.L.Y."

"From the Fridge" is an autobiographical story - about all the fate oppositions from the band's life, about the people which are for material world and against the true arts. The music with its hardrock and progressive roots is rough and true, as the life of the young, unknown band from the little town. This is the sound "from the fridge", as the music of beloved 70s groups: FREE, ATOMIC ROOSTER or URIAH HEEP.

The record released in 2002 and became very good opinion. The Polish issue of "Metal Hammer" magazine named the band as "the Polish Gov't Mule"... The different, previously version of the title track appeared on the sampler "Polish Art Rock vol.3", which were released by the Cracow label Lynx Music. The another track of this release is the song "Marzenia Jurka Kija / The Dreams of Jurek Kij". This instrumental composition of Radek Kopec were played by the group called SUCHI PION.

SUCHI PION is an occasional studio project, inspired and lead by Radek Kopec. By the recording in UR Studio he sung and played guitar, bass, saxophones and various keyboards. He invited also three diverse drummers and - once again - Joanna Jaworz-Dutka on flute. The music of SUCHI PION is totally different to the COLT's progressive hardrock. This is the trip into the mystical 70s too, but on the wings of american jazzrock and psychodelic jazz.

The new album of SUCHI PION will be released on our label soon, as well as COLT's live recordings. Radoslaw Kopec lives at the moment in London, works as the session musician and plays occasional gigs with various bands.

ROBERT GOLLA

Robert Golla was born in 1960 in Silesian district of Poland. Since his early years he learnt guitar and has interest in the musical life of Silesia. In the early 70s meet the SBB group, became band's friend and played sometimes during rehearsals. He worked also with another Silesian bands and at last in 1978 he got in on the popular Polish blues formation IRJAN. In 1979 Golla became guitar man in the band of Piotr Janczerski and in Autumn of 1980 was invited by Jozef Skrzek to play in his new progressive rock band.

The new Jozef Skrzek group played many succesful shows until December 1981. With the proclamation of the state of war in Poland begun the new act in Robert Golla's live - he decided to emigrate to Germany and stay in Kassel.

His skill and musical visionery allowed him soon to find a way into the German music scene. In 1983 Golla founded his own trio TOO MUCH. They featured his own compositions in jazz, blues and rock vain. The band exists until now, the last concert was in October 2005 in Kassel. With the Ray Binder Band he played blues in German small clubs, with the pianist Roland Oumard he created the virtuoso duo ESSENTIAL MUSIC. Robert Golla works also with the well known electronic musician from Kassel Wolfram DER Spyra - one of the results is their album "Headphone Concert".

In the Germany Golla has numerous chances to play with the international fames. First of all it was legendary bluesman Luther Allison, but also the Chicago blues-voice Joanna Connor, the EUROPEAN PROJECT of the American drummer Paul Wertico (today member of SBB group), the Ex- "Dissidenten" El Houssaine Kili, German-American band MAC MACHINE, lead by Richard Howell FUNNY DAZE band, Frederic Juliene from France. Robert took place in the concerts of the blues bigband IREK DUDEK SYMPHONIC BLUES and played guitar on their published in 1994 in Germany album called "A New Vision of Blues".

Another way of Robert Golla's musical activity are his solo projects. In 1997 he finished with the first solo effort "Planet's Voice". This unusual sound picture, divided into twelve parts called after zodiacal signs, was created on guitars and sound processor only. The impresive, spherical, meditative but of incredible force music move the listeners to the atmosphere of stars, planets, galaxies...

The name of the another important solo work of Robert Golla is "One To One". He improvised - as always - on guitars, this time to the self-programmed sequencer tunes. The result went straight to the analogue tape recorder, without any studio tricks and overdubs. Coming from the blues, jazz, funky or even reagge roots the music goes its own way direct to our souls and hearts.

The album "One To One" were published by Restek Studios International (Germany) and is available to order on our website. We have released the next two records with Robert Golla on guitar: "Wojna Swiatow - Live" by Jozef Skrzek Formation and "Headphone Concert" by DER Spyra. Soon will come out the next album: "Luxembourg Visit" recorded by Robert Golla Group in 1993 in Luxembourg. Robert Golla with his German friends on bass, drums and female vocal featured besides of leader's own compositions the songs of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and THE ROLLING STONES.

More informations are to find on the website www.robertgolla.de.vu

ROKSANA VIKALUK

Although native Ukrainian, Roksana Vikaluk lives since years in Poland, where she have found creative atmosphere to realize herself in music. With her unique crystal voice and unbelieveable art of musical performance she is phenomenon on Polish music scene. Roksana has performed at many musical contests and festivals, works with many Polish rock and jazz musicians.

Remarkable is her cooperation with famous Polish artist Jozef Skrzek from legendary SBB group. Skrzek's first work with her participation was "Kantata Maryjna - Live", recorded 1997 in parish church of Kazimierz Dolny and released by Polskie Nagrania. The next one was double album "Jestes, ktory jestes / You are Who You are" with the 2000 live recording from St. Anna Church in Warsaw. From the same year came "Slone Perly / The Salty Pearls", with Jozef Skrzek's music to the words of his wife Alina. Roksana took part in some songs of this record. The next work in which Roksana sings together with Jozef Skrzek is his record from 2005 called 'Viator - Znak Pokoju / Viator - The Sign of Peace"; the last one is our brand new release "Tryptyk Petersburski / The Petersburgian Tryptych".

The music of Roksana Vikaluk is very inspired by the Ukrainian culture and its ancient tradition, even from pagan times. The old Ukrainian songs became modern sound, they are arranged and performed with the help of modern electronic equipment, but played with all the estimate and attention they always remains the beautiful Ukrainian tunes. On the live shows Roksana sings and plays Ukrainian, Tatar, Jewish and Polish folk themes as well her own compositions in similar style. The combination of folk songs with contemporary, dark electronic sound brings the unordinary atmosphere.

Roksana is the graduate of specialized music school in Tarnopol, Ukraine and Jazz College in Warsaw at Ewa Bem vocal class. Last year she finished the study at the Academy of Music in Katowice.

In the 2002 Jazz Forum Records released the first album of Roksana Vikaluk Quintet called "Mizrah", with jazzy oriented music in oriental style. The brand new album of Roksana called "Barwy / Colours" and were recorded during her solo concert in Morag in July 2005. This is her really first author's work: singing and playing on keyboards is she the only musician on this album. She also wrote some of the compositions, the other are Ukrainian traditional tunes.

The music is sometimes close to the folk style, sometimes You could hear contemporary electronic sound. The album "Barwy" is recommended for folk lovers as well as for those about to electronic rock or dark ambient tunes. The music could be interesting also for progrock fans, which are looking for mostly complicated and sophisticated titles.

More informations are to find on the website www.roksana.com.pl

JOZEF SKRZEK

Probably all the true rock fans in Poland knows the name of Jozef Skrzek. The founder and leader of the legendary progressive rock group SBB is also well known from his great solo works. His very rich and extensive biography is to find on his own website. We would to present here only the albums of Jozef Skrzek released on our label.

Our cooperation with Jozef Skrzek begun with the album "Koncert Swietokrzyski / The Holy Cross Concert". This work were recorded live in Skrzek's concert in Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw in February 1983, after the holy mass for our country during state of war period. At this unusual evening Skrzek performed on the classical pipe organ and several additional keyboards his own well known compositions. This is the first one live document of his solo gigs from the 80s, released at last nearly 20 years later.

The next year brought the next solo work of Jozef Skrzek on our label - the album called "U stop Krzyza / At the Foot of the Holy Cross...". All the tracks were recorded during two midnight sessions in April 2003: in Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw and in the Cathedral in Katowice. The music is - as on previous Skrzek's works - combination of the mighty organ sound with electronic equipment, but his compositions for classical organ only are also to hear. The consequence is very inspired and touching music, far from rock vain and closer to contemporary organ music.

In the 2004 we have published the album "Wojna Swiatow / War of the Worlds - Live", which were the documentary from the Czechoslovak 1981 tour of the Jozef Skrzek's new group. SBB were disbanded for many years in the end of 1980 and Skrzek begun to play with another musicians. In 1981 they recorded the new album "Wojna Swiatow - Nastepne Stulecie / War of the Worlds - The Next Century". Besides the songs from this record the band played some tracks from SBB and Skrzek solo works. All the stuff were recorded on amateur equipment, but it is the only one live documentary of this formation, which were soon disbanded in consequence of the state of war in Poland and personal trouble of the musicians.

The new album of Jozef Skrzek were recorded live during three concerts in December of 2004 together with four additional artists. The idea came from Skrzek, who invited two musicians from St. Petersburg (Russia), where they have playing together on international SKIF Festival in 2003: Michail Ogorodov on keys and Aleksandr Ragazanov on drums. The two next artists were: female vocal Roksana Vikaluk (native Ukrainian) and well known from different silesian bluesrock groups Michal Giercuszkiewicz on percussion.

The unusual band featured the unusual music: highly intuitive, full of improvisations of every band's member led by Jozef Skrzek. Every act has its own, different mood, as different was the characters of the gig's halls. The first one took place in Planetarium in Chorzow, with the delicate, sophisticated "space" sound and some even oriental touch, but the harder, jazzrock themes were also to hear. The last act of this tryptych was in Blue Note jazzclub in Poznan, where the band performed powerful jazzrock with some moody piano ballads of the leader.

The most inspired and interesting was the second act, performed in Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw. Jozef Skrzek played mainly on the great organ of Basilica and additional two analogue Moog synths, while Michail Ogorodov attended the rest of electronic keyboards. Aleksandr Ragazanov's drumming was here most "symphonic" and not so hard and powerful as usual. The subtle but with decisive rocking drive percussion of Michal Gier and ispired vocals of Roksana was a perfect complement. This music is rich and mystical, spiritualized but with powerful rocking expression, really of incredible force.

The brand new, just released album called "Tryptyk Petersburski / The Petersburgian Tryptych" includes the music from near six hours recorded on these three concerts.

More informations are to find on the website www.skrzek.com

WOLFRAM DER SPYRA

Wolfram DER Spyra is beyond argument one of the best and well known German electronic music artists nowadays. Many people says he's most talented electronic wizard since Klaus Schulze aera... Wolfram lives and works in two German cities: in Kassel, where he was born in 1960 and completed the Free Arts Study and in Berlin, where he is just organizing his own studio.

His activity is very extensive. Besides the music he takes place in many performances, live shows, sound installations, exhibitions all over Europe. Spyra started already in 1986 with his first performance in Kassel. There was numerous events until yet, including the gig during Love Parade in Berlin, support programs by legendary modern art exhibition "Documenta" in Kassel or live music to various theatre performances. Remarkable is his idea of "Acoustic City Maps" - some kind of catalogues of the most characteristical sounds from selected cities. The first one was the audio map of Kassel, the others are Budapest, Frankfurt am Main and Vauxhall - district of London.

The first solo album of Wolfram DER Spyra, called "Homelistening is killing Clubs", were released in 1995. Until now He published over 10 full author's works, four records with Pete Namlook under the title "Virtual Vices 1 - 4" and the album with Chris Lang, called "Achtundsechzig 24".

The album "Headphone Concert" is the live recording from an unusual concert, which was support program to the modern art exhibition "Documenta XI" in Kassel. The band played in the glass room inside the garden and all the listeners used the wireless headphones to hear the music. So the musicians called it "Headphone Concert".

Wolfram DER Spyra featured the music which comes directly from the Berlin School of electronic music. But thanks the sound of modern electronic equipment combinated with analogue synths, guitar, flute, violins, kalimba, several percussions or at last created by Bob Rutman such unusual instrument as bow chimes (steel cello) his music explores its wide boundaries.

More informations are to find on the website www.derspyra.de