Music: Gosia Zagajewska, Wojtek Kurek, Ksawery Wójciński
Gosia Zagajewska - voice, texts
Ksawery Wójciński - double bass, voice
Wojtek Kurek - percussion
Premiere: debut album "Ciche miejsca" / "Quiet Places" (November 2022, Gusstaff Records and Don't Sit On My Vinyl), second album "Puste ulice" / "Empty streets" (April 2024, Gusstaff Records)
Date: 24.08.2024 / Saturday
Time: 8 pm
Place: Glass hall, Art Factory in Lodz, 3 Tymienieckiego Street
Tickets: 20 PLN (reduced) / 30 PLN (regular)
Tickets purchase: from July 29, 2024 / via kicket.com portal (online payment) / at the festival office (payment in cash or contactless card payment)
Duration: 60 minutes (no intermissions)
Viewers' age: no limitations
DESCRIPTION OF THE CONCERT
Tuleje uniquely blend tradition with modernity, allowing contemporary poetry to ring out with indescribable power, thanks to melodies preserved on archival recordings. Their original arrangement of folk music from eastern Greater Poland is filled with deep respect for the original material, and at the same time expresses their subjective view of tradition. A bold look, full of references to jazz, blues, early music and free improvisation. The repertoire is based on folk melodies from the Konin area - from the villages of Babiak, Kramsk and Osiek Wielki. The lyrics were written by the singer and poet, Gosia Zagajewska, and they are strongly inspired by archaic songs, both in their sound and verbal layers.
The concert is a well-thought-out, intense and coherent whole, consisting of both soothing ballads and short, dynamic songs with hints of punk or free jazz. The trio consistently familiarises listeners with an uncompromising reinterpretation of traditional music, while surprising them with fresh, mature and bold ideas. The full sound of the double bass and drums gives space for a strong voice, creating a solid structure in which these three instruments interpenetrate each other. The precise arrangements and improvisatory lightness of the Tuleje trio give the feeling that their music knows where it comes from and where it is going, while maintaining the spontaneity of the continuous creation process. Tuleje invites us to the world of their untamed imagination, where structure and chaos, composition and improvisation, abstraction and bluntness of the message mix.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Tuleje Band - features poet and vocalists Gosia Zagajewska, double bassist Ksawery Wójciński and percussionist Wojciech Kurek. Creators coming primarily from the world of improvisation and jazz propose a new, non-obvious and uncompromising reinterpretation of traditional music, with a mood and sound loosely referring to artists such as Tom Waits or Nick Cave. The arrangements are largely based on rhythm, trance, looping, but also on improvisation, from which the tradition of rural music-making largely derives. It is an intriguing new project exploring traditional music, improvisation and poetry, creating minimalist arrangements based on folk melodies from eastern Wielkopolska and contemporary lyrics. In 2022 the band’s debut album gained an honourable mention in the Turniej Muzyków Prawdziwych Tournament. The band performed, among others, at festivals: Ethniesy, Inne Sounds, Energy of Sound, Strefa Ciszy, Lado na Wsi, Lodžie Worldfest. In November 2022, their debut album "Ciche miejsca" ("Quiet Places") was released by Gusstaff Records and Don't Sit On My Vinyl. In April 2024, the band's second album "Puste ulice" ("Empty streets") was also released by Gusstaff Records.
Gosia Zagajewska - born in 1987, poet, vocalist. She has received an honourable mention in competitions such as 14th Połów by Biuro Literackie, the 25th and 26th Jacek Bierezin Polish Poetry Competition, and in the 2nd Polish Literary Competition "Nowy Dokument Tekstowy". She has been published in "biBLioteka", "KONTENT", "Drobiazgi", "Tlen Literacki", "Strona Czynna" and in the "Głód" anthology published by the Institute of Literature. Her debut poetry collection was published in 2023. She is active in the improvised music scene. She explores the use of the voice as an instrument in compositions created in real time. Considering the voice as the most primal and natural tool for creating sound, she tries not to limit herself to one vocal technique, but to diversify and expand forms of expression. She is a member of several bands, such as: Tuleje, Figa, Szpety, Casting Lots, Fantastic Swimmers, Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra, Word-Sound-Pool. She has appeared on many albums. She has performed at festivals such as Krakow Jazz Autumn, Warsaw Sound Sanatorium, Fortalicje, ECLAT Festival and Spontaneous Music Festival, as well as in Germany and the UK, including the legendary London club Cafe OTO. She has collaborated with artists such as Paulina Owczarek, Antonina Nowacka, Anna Jędrzejewska, Katarzyna Smoluk-Moczydłowska, Ray Dickaty, Emilio Gordoa, Piotr Dąbrowski and Alexey Vorsoba. She has collaborated with Ksawery Wójciński on a number of occasions, including his original series "Muzyczne DNA mojego domu. Trasa koncertowa do wewnątrz" ("Musical DNA of my house. A tour inwards"), and a joint composition "28" based on Prelude in E-minor by Frédéric Chopin. In 2022, she was awarded a scholarship by the Marshal of the Wielkopolska region and as a result led a series of original voice improvisation workshops "Głosowanie". During the classes, participants improvised on graphic scores and with her own simple gesture system. For some time, she was associated with the Powszechny Theatre and the Strefa Wolnosłowa. As part of the multicultural project Atlas, she performed in the play "Narysowałam więcej, niż tu widać" ("I drew more than you can see here"), directed by Alicja Borkowska and staged on the small stage of the Powszechny Theatre, as well as at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. She has translated scripts for French theatre groups. She founded the ephemeral multicultural collective Andakali Goveyu, which prepared the performance "Człowiek podstawowy" ("Elementary man"), as well as several improvised performances in the public space of Warsaw.
Ksawery Wójciński - double bassist, who can be heard on about 30 albums recorded with bands such as: Hera, Charles Gayle Trio, Wójciński/Szmańda Quartet and Power of the Horns. For many years he has been exploring the inexhaustible potential of traditional music, collaborating with, among others, Maniucha Bikont or the Polmuz band. He uses voice more and more often in his work. He gave concerts in countries such as: Germany, USA, Canada, England, Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Serbia. He collaborates with artists such as: Charles Gayle, Hamid Drake, Uri Caine, Nicole Mitchell, Satoko Fuji, Alan Bern, Franz Hautzinger, Amir ElSaffar. Selected festivals: Jazztopad, Jazz Jamboree, Abank Jazz Festival, Krakowska Jesień Jazzowa, Periferias Festival, Jazz Juniors, Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Off Festival, Lublin Jazz Festival, Jazz Jantar, Sopot Jazz Festival, Jimi Glass, Berlin Jazz Festival.
Wojtek Kurek - drummer, improviser, producer, author of music for theatre and installations. He has recorded over 20 albums released in Poland, Portugal, the USA and Austria with free improv, electroacoustic improvisation and electronic music. Prepares the instrument using synthesisers, Max/MSP, Arduino and effects. He performed at festivals such as: Unsound, Ad Libitum, Avant Art, Jazz Jantar, Claws Of Saurtopia, Spontaneous Festival, Dym, Retytucje, Make Some Noise. He collaborated with, among others, Lukas Ligeti, Evan Ziporyn, Piotr Mełech and Tadeusz Sudnik. He created music for theatre performances presented, among others, at the Powszechny Theatre "Flupy Ewolucji", "Robo and Osobo", and for the play "Zatoka Suma" in Ochota Theatre. He co-created installations such as: "Tropizmy", "Entero", "Angel", "Forest Listening", creating, among others, light mechanisms and sound objects using programmed engines and live processing.
