The final weekend of the 13th edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Music and Visual Arts „Mózg Festival” in Bydgosz is approaching. On November 11, 2017 we will hear improvisations by Marek Pospieszalski, Rashad Becker, Qba Janicki and Bartłomiej Chmara.
After many years of gathering inspirations and experience from other musicians, Marek Pospieszalski proudly presents his proprietary project. It is his own vision of music that draws from the boon of jazz and improvised music as well as many other creative genres. Mostly, it is based on collective playing, which is demonstrated by textures and multi-layered narration. The melodic base clashes with sonorism. There is no winking or hiding behind a cabaret convention. The music is genuine, intensive, brave and serious. Pospieszalski invited his musical “brother” Max Mucha, who is one of the most wanted double bass players of the new generation in Poland, and the top young musicians from the Berlin arena, pianist Elias Stemseder and drummer Max Andrzejewski.
Rashad Becker is a composer and musician residing in Berlin. His compositions are multi-layered narratives populated by an ensemble of sonic entities; some are smug, some shy, some are agitators and others are ready to surrender. Often there’s a tragiccomical touch, like a cartoon version of what could be a requiem from a dream (or just as much as a fertility dance from another dimension). Recent works include the cycle “Traditional Music Of Notional Species” released across two volumes on PAN, and a multi-part work called “Based On A True Story” that derives scores from historical occurrences in a sort of “sonic staging” in this context, he is currently commissioned by New York-based ensemble Alarm Will Sound and Derlin string ensemble Kaleidoskop. Rashad is mainly active as a solo artist but finds himself in a series of permanent collaborations alongside Eli Keszler, Moritz von Oswald and as a member of the formation Moleglove. Other and more sporadic collaborators have been Okkyung Lee, Andre Vida, Ashley Paul, and Valerio Tricoli.
Kondensator Przepływu is a duo of old friends, Qba Janicki and Bartłomiej Chmara, who once sat at one schooldesk. Their musical and other paths necessarily crossed already when they were at school and they were always related to improvisation but never involved only one genre. Starting with their first impro band Alias Free Trio and their first productions revolving around club music through Tirvyous Wagon quartet with Tomasz Sroczyński and Marek Pospieszalski or TAPE trio with Stefan Węgłowski as well as numerous spontaneous collaborations resulting from individual artistic connections of both artists strongly tied to the artistic circle stemming from MÓZG club, currently, Kondensator Przepływu is the most mature artistic form of the duo’s work. At the moment, Kondensator is working on their debut album “RUCH”.
ædm - his approach to playing electronic music is different than a standard conception of DJ sets. It results from unusual selection that is full of pieces with various rhythm and dynamics. In his music, moments of silence intertwine with aggressive sounds and knock the listeners out of their comfort zone only to intrigue them again with amazing sound. Until now, ædm has been a resident in LAS club in Poznań, where he co-organised a few concerts and played by the side of artists such as FIS, Pleq, MAi Mai Mai.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
More at: www.festiwal.mozg.pl
