Attic Beats

Attic Beats 005 - Recorded August 24, 2005

This week we check out the music of Poland, polka-free.

A few years ago I stumbled upon a cheap copy of an Eastern European music compilation. One of the tracks, “Sonda Jungle”, was by a group named Robotobibok representing Poland. The song grabbed my ear and I quickly hunted down whatever information I could about them. Since then, I’ve delved much deeper into the Polish music scene and even got invited to stay with one of the bandmembers of Robotobibok when I visit Poland.

I think you’ll be really amazed at some of the great sounds on this week’s show, from Robotobibok’s crazy jungle-electro-acoustic-jazz-avant-garde-fusion blend to Praktik’s ATCQ-like beats to Kapela ze wsi Warszawa’s nearly unclassifiable music that CD Roots refers to as “traditional singing ‘upon scream’” to Starzy Sida’s reminder of what punk is supposed to sound like.

Click through for the playlist.

• (ab) Zólty Telefon… Praktik (2004) [ADDreview | More info]
• Biznes … Praktik feat. Pezet (2004) [ADDreview | More info]
• Za Daleko… Starzy Sida (2001) [ADDreview | More info]
• Sonda Jungle… Robotobibok (2000) [ADDreview | More info]
• Rozmowy z Kapokiem… Pink Freud (2005) [ADDreview | More info]
• Holding Hands… Wkidzunuerz Nahorny (1971) [ADDreview | More info]
• Do Ciebie Kasiuniu… Kapela ze wsi Warszawa (2002) [ADDreview | More info]
• Tycha woda… Kapela Drewutnia (2001) [ADDreview | More info]