Day: 14 March 2024

IMASLEEP

The imasleep duo are two friends brought together by a common creative language and passion. They create art pop with which they combine different styles. Karol Kułakowski is responsible for vocals and lyrics, and Filip Kazimierczak for instrumentals and production. They met at the Wrocław School of Modern Music, where they explored the secrets of music production. In this city, they create their music on a daily basis and mainly play concerts there. Filip: self-taught electric, acoustic and bass guitarist – wrote all the instrumental parts in the duo’s songs. He uses ambient sounds in his songs, which sparked calm and ethereal parts of imasleep’s songs. Karol: vocalist and lyricist. He has been singing since the age of six, although he did not go to any vocal schools. He has created indie-folk, hip-hop and trap songs. He doesn’t confine himself to one genre, as he derives pleasure from creating music.

The young musicians have picked up a common vibe and have been strongly inspired by each other. As a result, they have already released several singles: “rain”, “october” and “cheesy”. Their previous single “pictures” was featured in the HBO MAX series –”BringBackAlice”.

OXFORD DRAMA

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Małgorzata Dryjańska and Marcin Mrówka are preparing to release their fourth album – the follow-up to 2021’s excellently received “What’s The Deal With Time?”, which resonated on KEXP, KCRW and BBC Radio 6, as well as the stages of OFF Festival, Open’er and Męskie Granie, among others.
Oxford Drama is a project driven by a love of music, constantly expanding their sonic horizons. Described by critics as “unpretentious creators”, they see themselves first and foremost as listeners and only then as musicians. The results of their latest musical explorations will be presented in spring.

BISZ

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Bisz was born in Bydgoszcz. At the beginning of his musical journey, he was involved with local rappers. Together with Rafał “Oer” Skiba and Karol “Kay” Tomas, he founded B.O.K.. The band was later joined by Paweł “DJ Paulo” Molenda, as well as Marcin Bartyna (guitar), Michał “Bromba” Lutrzykowski (bass guitar), Arkadiusz “Pestka” Wiśniewski (drums) and Łukasz “Syluch” Sylwestrzak (violin). In 2007, Bisz started working with music producer – Kosa, with whom he released a mini-album entitled “Zimy”. The album gained popularity in the artistic underground. A year later, together with B.O.K, he released the unlicensed album “Ballady, hymny, hity”. The album was placed 5th in the ranking of the Spinner website –”Nielegal Roku 2008″. The next album of the Bisz – Kosa duo was “Idąc na żywioł”. B.O.K went on to record the second unlicensed album “Raport z walki o wartość”. The band then signed a publishing contract with My Music. The result of the cooperation was the album “W stronę zmiany”, released in 2011, which reached the 44th place on the OLiS list. A year later, Bisz’s debut album entitled “Wilk chodnikowy” was released and gained the status of a golden record. B.O.K’s next album, “Labirynt Babel”, reached number 1 on the OLiS list.

Bisz, appreciated for his literary imagination, is invited by many artists to cooperation – including Miuosh, Vixen, Tau, Vienio and Sarius. He began a longer collaboration with an artist at the opposite musical pole, the excellent lyricist – Radek Łukasiewicz, creating the duo Bisz/Radex. For their jointly released album – “Wilczy Humor” – they were nominated for a Fryderyk Award. In 2020 Bisz released the album “Blady Król” – a conceptual set of stories about the difficult aspects of human fate. Alternative rap, poetic, intelligent, reflective – this is how Bisz’s works are commonly described. The rapper himself makes no secret of his fascination with the works of Gombrowicz and David Foster Wallace. In his texts, he reflects on man’s entanglement in the laws of capitalism, media mediation and the pursuit of success. He tries to find the limits of freedom and individualism, and reflects on loss and transience. The reality in his eyes is as if taken out of a Kafka novel – it makes no sense to seek an escape from it. On the other hand, respite can be found in noticing the everyday life and an attempt to accept one’s fate. Reality is a construct. Bisz tells it like it is and his analysis of modernity is devoid of comforting fictions and naive excitement. Capturing chaos in the form of songs brings temporary relief. The truthfulness, rawness and calmness of the beat bring temporary relief. Is that not enough? Perhaps that is all that music can give.

SUSK &SLOTKAKOTKA123

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susk&slotkakotka123 are Poland’s first rap girls band, hip-hop for alternatives, a rebellion of the Z generation. They represent an element that is in short supply in Poland (and especially among domestic rappers) – they bring together queerness and feminism with the roots of the music genre, no matter how unfitting it may seem. slotkakotka123 does not lack an ear for flowing as well as fat beats, or finally crazy frog type remixes. Susk’s lyricism, on the other hand, defies restriction – you can hear both helplessness in the face of the world and a full-on mockery of reality. Susk explores themes of identity, the position of women and queer people in society and mental health crises, using references to literature and pop culture. In 2022, Susk joined the SB Starter campaign, which enabled her to venture into wider seas.