Village Kollektiv Village Kollektiv Warsaw VILLAGE KOLLEKTIV www.vk.com.pl www.myspace.com/villagekollektiv In Poland there is a very little representation of so called world beat music - fusion of electronics with traditional live music, the vision where the past meets tomorrow. Village Kollektiv from Warsaw appears as a pioneer live band of this genre and obviously they take fruits of their own national tradition.Village Kollektiv was formed in 2002 by members of a few Polish folk/fusion groups: Warsaw Village Band, Masala and others. Music generated by Village Kollektiv is the first Polish fusion of electronics with live sound of original instruments and singing. The musicians use traditional melodies originating from Polish Kurpie region and those collected from the people of the Bulgarian Shop region. They incorporate traditional singing techniques: throat singing from Tuva and yoik of the Sami people. Original melodies also serve as an inspiration for their own creation and instrumental improvisation. Electronic music is a merger of breakbeat, electro, dub and drum&bass as well as punk rock vitality. After four years the band released their debut album "Motion Rootz Experimental 2006". The album was nominated to Fryderyki - the most crucial Polish music business award. It also won a prize at "New Tradition" Festival organized by the Polish National radio. Shows and tours that followed were a natural consequence of the success of the debut album, bringing the band as far as Ollin Kan festival in Mexico City, where they perfomed in 2008. Now the band is working on the new material. Some new members arrived (including horn section) and some left for maternity leave. 2009 saw them already performing at the festivals in Poland, including world stage at major European event Heineken Open'Er as well as abroad - at the Polish Festival in Edinburgh, Eurocultured in Manchester or Thames Festival in London. Band members: Maciek Cierliński - hurdy gurdy Magda Sobczak-Kotnarowska - Hutsul hammerd dulcimer, vox Sylwia Świątkowska - suka, fiddle from Plock, vox Weronika Grozdew-Kołacińska - vox Rafał Kołaciński - electronics Bart Pałyga - electric cello, Jew'sharp, gadułka, throat singing Rafał Gańko - trumpet Adam Kłosiński - trombone Village Kollektiv’s tracks Village Kollektiv - Molih ta by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-11-12T19:02:19Z Village Kollektiv - Romani Ćhaj ft. Caci Vorba by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-11-03T09:25:36Z Village Kollektiv - Ktoby feat. Pablopavo & Miguel Czachowski (x) by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-10-20T18:07:49Z Village Kollektiv - Pusto 2010 reworked by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-09-14T09:13:39Z Village Kollektiv - Nazad - Anansi Red Curry remix by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:47:18Z Village Kollektiv - Stad do milego - VK dnb relick by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:39:27Z Village Kollektiv - Nazad by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:37:52Z Village Kollektiv - Nazad - VK Sidestep version by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:34:15Z Village Kollektiv - Stad do milego by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:30:12Z
Village Kollektiv - Romani Ćhaj ft. Caci Vorba by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-11-03T09:25:36Z
Village Kollektiv - Ktoby feat. Pablopavo & Miguel Czachowski (x) by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-10-20T18:07:49Z
Village Kollektiv - Nazad - Anansi Red Curry remix by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:47:18Z
Village Kollektiv - Stad do milego - VK dnb relick by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:39:27Z
Village Kollektiv - Nazad - VK Sidestep version by Village Kollektiv published on 2010-06-03T09:34:15Z