Groza means dread in polish.
long-waited first full-length from this Polish black metal band.

MCD compilation of both 7" EP's.
Cat. nr. Tod004
Co-released by Garazel, Flagellum Haereticorum and Todeskult

Original soundtrack recording, composed by famous Polish composer Worjciech Kilar.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In this new modern day epic, Michal is retelling his tale of two cities. Or even more so, he is telling his tale of two worlds. This album has been made on the crossroads between Poland and the U.S. and it tells you a story of excitement and melancholy. A remarkable piece of music which seems caught between two worlds, lost in moments, entering a new world, but always recalling sombre Eastern European roots.
no one wished to settle here brings you an ambient kind of postrock. Dreamlike and full of emotion, yet powerful and utterly stubborn from time to time.
Limited to 100 copies.

Po "Stars" miałem wysokie oczekiwania, bałem się że będzie "płyta jednego singla" - wokal wspaniały i charakterystyczny - jednak siła tkwiła w napięciu i niebanalnych pomysłach. Trudno oczekiwać równego albumu na tak wysokim poziomie, tymczasem - to właśnie taki album. Ciesze się że wylądowali na szczycie listy, to jest na prawdę porządna płyta, objawienie, rewelacja, być może najlepsza polska płyta 2013.

Stara Rzeka's second (and last) album is entitled "Zamknęły się oczy ziemi".
The album will see the light of day as 2-disc box with a vinyl version to follow later this year. It was recorded by Kuba Ziołek himself with additional help from Innercity Ensemble's Radek Dziubek, Wojciech Jachna and Jacek Buhl. The artwork will be created by Agnieszka Zwara who visualized Stara Rzeka's debut "Cień chmury nad ukrytym polem".
"Some of those songs had been composed even before the debut album was released" - says Ziołek. "I managed to gather a lot of music during those two years but I had some problems concentrating on Stara Rzeka, mainly because of my activities in other bands. And so this album lay shelved for over a year."
Those familiar with "Cień chmury nad ukrytym polem" won't feel disappointed with the new songs. "You won't find many stylistic changes here" - explains Ziołek. "There's still a lot of sadness, long sounds, glitches and distortions. But I also wanted to record some compositions with a clearer and more direct structures. Those are also more personal, dealing with issues of loneliness, peace of mind, chaos, death and happiness. If there's one thought that lies behind them, it's explained in the quote from Stanisław Lem's 'Fiasko' included in the album booklet. Courageous beauty unveils where there's no business. It's a short and simple thought" - he adds.
Some of the new songs are based on motives from Alberta Ayler's, Pharaoh Sanders' and Moondog's compositions. "In the first track on the album I play a certain melody that I later realised comes from one of Moondog's songs. As for Ayler and Sanders - I haven't listened to them for a long time but theirs were the only records I had at home then and at first I wanted to cut some samples and just loop them into a guitar track played on four amps and a buddha machine. As you can see it's more of a play with sound, not a grand scheme on my side" - says Ziołek.
Luckily, Stara Rzeka's finale doesn't mean that Ziołek will abandon performing under this moniker. At least not until he comes up with a new one for his solo activities.

Rabbit Eclipse is the second full-length recording from the legendary Księżyc following on from their self titled debut from 1996.
The Moon never went away.
The 2013 the Penultimate Press re-issue of Księżyc’s timeless debut exposed the band to a large new audience resulting in a return to live performance and the subsequent development of new material.
Rabbit Eclipse was recorded in Warsaw throughout May to September 2015 within the idyllic Palladian palace Królikarnia (The Rabbit House). All original members gathered to conjure the peculiar hybrid of the the ancient and the contemporary unique to the band.
With more expanded forms, Rabbit Eclipse presents a rich and subtle environment of beguiling narratives hanging in suspended tension. This opens up an entire new phase in the cycle of the band where an enchanting discrete musical continuum of rich and subtle sound excursions are enveloped in a mysterious melancholia.
Rabbit Eclipse is another exemplary presentation from one of Poland’s most idiosyncratic and respected outfits.
Line up:
Agata Harz – vocals, objects
Katarzyna Smoluk-Moczydłowska – vocals, keyboards, objects
Lechosław Polak – accordion, keyboards, synthesizers
Remigiusz Mazur Hanaj – tapes, hurdy-gurdy, violin
Robert Niziński – clarinet, keyboards, objects
Paweł Romańczuk – Fidel, Stössel-Laute, objects

On February 5th Instant Classic will release the first solo album from Wacław Zimpel - a clarinetist and improviser who has worked with Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake and Evan Ziporyn. The album is entitled "Lines" and features six compositions.
"What I had in mind was mostly polyphonic music but I couldn't see a point in working on this with other players," says Zimpel. "First of all, I wanted to perform most of the melodic lines on clarinets. I had a very precise vision of how those lines should be composed and it felt very natural to perform all of them by myself. Secondly, this album is mostly written not improvised so I had no problem recording track after track feeling that some of live-performance spontaneity is being lost," adds Zimpel.
"I think that you can sense this characteristic approach to space and sound is audible on all compositions, despite the fact that they differ between themselves. What might be the main common denominator is the inspiration I drew from the pioneers of American minimalism, like La Monte Young and Terry Riley. Some parts of 'Lines' are in a way a paraphrasis of their formal ideas from the 60's and 70's. I also believe that 'Deo Gratias', being a renaissance cannon in its own way, also fits this concept as a prophecy of minimalism composed 500 years earlier," explains Wacław. When speaking about the rhythmic structures of his solo album, he mentions patterns drawn from Southern India albeit set in a polyrhythmic structures.
To promote the album Zimpel will go on tour together with Kuba Ziołek (Stara Rzeka, Alameda 5, Kapital, Innercity Ensemble). "In the nearest future I also plan to record with Rabih Beani and mooryc. Late Spring will bring the first album from my band LAM but there are also new Saagara compositions in the pipeline that should debut during our tour of India in December this year," says Zimpel.

Accordion, Grand Piano, Synthesizer [Casio CT 370] – Lechosław Polak
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Grand Piano, Keyboards – Robert Niziński
Design, Design [Redesign] – Adam Sidorkiewicz, Robert Niziński, Mirt*
Lyrics By, Other [Spiritus Movens] – Remigiusz Hanaj
Music By – Księżyc
Producer – Wojcek Czern
Remastered By – Piotr Nykiel
Synthesizer [Korg Monopoly] – Wojcek Czern (tracks: A4, B5, B6)
Vocals – Agata Harz
Vocals, Grand Piano – Katarzyna Smoluk*
Words By – Remigiusz Hanaj (tracks: A1, A7, B1, B7), Stanisław Grochowiak (tracks: A2)
Words By [Translation] – Jacek Staniszewski, Katarzyna Smoluk*, Mark Harwood (2)
Zither – Wojcek Czern (tracks: A6)