Since years both EDYTA GEPPERT and KROKE are constituents of the Polish music scene.
But whereas Kroke are well known outside Poland meanwhile, Edyta is a "sleeper" beyond the Polish border, only known to specialists. So it's high time for a change, and it's ORIENTE MUSIK to give it a trial.
For a long time Edyta Geppert has deserved the favour of the Polish audience as a striking singer. She released a bunch of LPs and CDs and performed countless concerts and tours throughout Poland. Her versatility and expressiveness make her the "grande dame" of Polish chanson, a living proof for the musical treasures that wait for being unearthed in Eastern Europe.
The CD "Spiewam Zycie - I Sing Life" bursts the chains of categories like world music, Folk or Chanson. The distinctive instrumental style of Kroke, based on their Jewish and East European roots, joins perfectly the expressive voice of Edyta and the ambitious lyrics of the Polish songs.
Tracks:
1. Spiewam zycie/Ajde Jano (trad./Andrzej Poniedzielski) 4:58
Hörbeispiel:
2. Zrób cos z soba (Katarzyna Gaertner/Ewa Moscibrodzka) 3:51
3. Opuszczona (Tomasz Bajerski/Itzig Manger) 2:40
4. Wyjasnienie (Tomasz Bajerski/Zuzanna Ginczanka) 2:46
5. Meshuge (Katarzyna Gärtner/Bozena Ptak) 3:19
6. Lata mlode (Mordechaj Gebirtig) 6:36
Hörbeispiel:
7. Gdzie ja bylam, gdzie (trad./Jacek Cygan) 2:35
8. Piesn I z Antygony (Zbigniew Jaremko/Sophokles) 3:07
9. Gdy jedna lza (Leopold Kozlowski/Jacek Cygan) 5:23
10. Kamien i mgla (Roman Ziemianski/Andrzej Poniedzielski) 3:22
11. Najwiekszy teatr swiata (Jerzy Satanowski/Magda Czapinska) 2:56
12. Wladza (Marek Grechuta) 2:57
13. Wiec nie dziw sie (Andrzej Rybinski/Jerzy Ficowski) 4:27
14. Los (trad./Renata Putzlacher-Buchta) 5:23
Hörbeispiel:
Total Time: 54:29
Edyta Geppert - vocal
Kroke: Tomasz Kukurba - viola (1-9; 11-14), violin (2; 5; 9; 13), electric viola (6; 11), vocal (5; 9; 12; 14), flute (1; 2), percussion (2);
Jerzy Bawol - accordion (1; 2; 4-7; 9-14), vocal (14); Tomasz Lato - double bass (1; 2; 4-14)
Krzysztof Herdzin - piano (1; 3; 4; 7; 8; 10; 12; 13); Tomasz Grochot - drums, percussion (1; 2; 4-14), Jacek Królik - guitar (14)
Produced by Kroke, Dariusz Grela & Piotr Loretz
Arrangements: Kroke (1; 2; 5; 6; 9; 11; 14); Kroke & Krzysztof Herdzin (7; 12; 13); Krzysztof Herdzin (3; 4; 8; 10); Dariusz Grela - string arrangements (5; 13); (9) - arrangement is using traditional melodies - Bessarabian Hora and Di Sapozhkelekh
Recorded by Dariusz Grela at NLD Studio, Cracow (1-13) and Radio Kraków S-5 Studio (14); January - May 2006. Mixed by Dariusz Grela at NLD Studio. Mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski.
Release date: 30th of August, 2007
Licensed by Agencja Artystyczna EDYTA, Warszawa