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Bouchons D’Oreilles is a new duo of Łukasz Kacperczyk (synth) & Mateusz Wysocki (laptop) that focuses on improvisation through electronics. Kacperczyk is a member of the groups Cukier, Paper Cuts & Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra & Wysocki is better known as Fischerle & also runs the amazing Pawlacz Perski label. Both have released albums on such impressive labels as Wounded Knife, Monotype Records, Adventures in Dubbing & Chemical Tapes among others. Bouchons D’Oreilles side of this split tape features intense studies in sound that come across as composed but are the results of intense improvisational experiments.
Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra is a large ensemble focused on the concept of instant composition. The group was established in 2013 by the saxophonist Ray Dickaty (known for his work with Spiritualized among many others). Dickaty has been a fixture on the Warsaw improv scene and brings together the Orchestra which on this recording is 30 members strong (including Piotr Melech, Lukasz Kacperczyk, Natan Kryszk, Michal Maota, Patryk Zakrocki and many others) for an incredible performance captured live at Laboratorium at Centre for the Contemporary Art (CSW Zamek Ujazdowski) to a sold out audience (as opposed to their regular monthly gigs that are more “workshops” for the group). The concert garnered rave reviews from the Polish press and we are beyond excited to present an immaculately recorded document of said evening.
Although you may not currently be familiar with these Polish artists I highly recommend you get hip to it. Many of these folks have already and will continue to make names for themselves as they take improvisation into some new and exciting territories that not too many folks have previously explored.
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released November 13, 2015
Bouchons d'Oreilles (tracks 1-3):
Composed and performed by Luksz Kacperczyk & Mateusz Wysocki (Fischerle).
Mixed & Mastered by Mateusz Wysocki.
Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra (tracks 4-6):
Tymon Bryndal (electric bass)
Jakub Buchner (electric guitar)
Lukasz Czekala (violin)
Zbigniew Chojnacki (accordion)
Piotr Dabrowski (percussion)
Rafal Dedynski (drums)
Olgierd Dokalski (trumpet)
Mateusz Franczak (tenor sax)
Michal Jerzy Galgin (baritone sax)
Marcin Gokieli (vocals)
Michal Kasperek (drums)
Lukasz Kacperczyk (modular synthesizer)
Natan Kryszk (baritone sax)
Jerzy Sergiusz Malanowicz (toys, keys, FX)
Jan Malkowski (alto sax)
Michal Maota (tenor sax)
Jacek Mazurkiewicz (double bass)
Piotr Melech (Bb and bass clarinet)
Dominik Mokrzewski (drums)
Antoninia Nowacka (vocals)
Philip Palmer (alto sax)
Hania Piosik (vocals)
Maciej Rodakowski (tenor sax)
Marcin A. Steczkowski (cornet, fx)
Bartek Tkacz (tenor sax)
Stanislaw Welbel (soprano sax)
Daria Wolicka (flute)
Ksawery Wojcinski (double bass)
Patryk Zakrocki (violin, viola)
Director RAY DICKATY
Recorded live at CSW Laboratorium, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland. 14.03.2015
Live Sound / Recording: Jakub Iwinski
Live Recording: Joanna Popowicz
All songs composed by the Warsaw Composers Orchestra.
Mixed & Mastered by Ray Dickaty, Lukasz Kacperczyk & Joanna Popowicz at Studio Kamienica, Warsaw, Poland.
Produced by Ray Dickaty.
