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POTA​Ń​C

by Kapela TransFORMACJA

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The band TransFORMACJA (Transformation) was founded by Piotr Zgorzelski in the autumn of 2021 during the recording of dance tutorials within the online project Taniec Tradycyjny PL.

The name of the band – TransFORMACJA – refers to its main goal, i.e., the creative process of extracting, transforming, and translating traditional music and dance into contemporary forms and contemporary artistic language. Our area of interest is Central and Eastern Europe.

Our musical explorations take their root in the rhythm of the dance, trance and improvisation. These are key features of the music that we create and play using stringed instruments such as violin, harp, cello and percussion.

We play dance music. We strive to preserve its traditional character, function, rhythmic structure and tempo so that you can dance to our music in the old-fashioned way, despite the contemporary arrangement. We want our music to be a bridge between the old and the new, to make the sound and musical arrangements fit the present day while preserving its traditional core, so that the traditional dance rhythms of mazurkas, obereks, kujawiaks, polkas and wiwats can function again in our contemporary lives, so different from those that our ancestors used to live 100 years ago.

In preparing the music for the album, we drew inspiration from rural musicians we met, as well as from available archival material such as sheet music, archival recordings, and decelit records produced in USA before World War II.

We do not aspire to be a country band that faithfully recreates traditional music.

We are looking for a new, contemporary sound and a new way of expressing traditional music while preserving its old character and function. We make use of the new possibilities offered today so that traditional music can once again find its way into daily lives and become, as in the past, popular among broad audiences.

The band’s melodic line is composed of three female musicians supported by the strong male rhythmic section 😉 TransFORMACJA is made up of experienced musicians, who are experts in traditional music and who also play in other highly esteemed Polish musical projects.

The members of TransFORMACJA:
Daria Butskaya – violin,
Olga Owczynnikow – violin,
Emilia Raiter – harp,
Cezary Bursa – drums,
Piotr Zgorzelski – bass/violin/vocals.

Album financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a National Special Purpose Fund, as part of the “Dance Programme” implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

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“POTAŃC” records:

1. POLKA ŻYDÓWKA „Karapet” – traditional melody from Stanisław Głaz (Lublin region/Roztocze)
2. MAZUR– traditional melody from Stanisław Wiercioch (Łowicz region)
3. POLKA DRYGANA “Czarna rola pod Krakowem” – traditional melody inspired by the Polish diaspora recordings produced in USA on decelit records (recruitment song)
4. ANIELA – traditional melody from Bukowina highlanders (Romanian Bukovina)
5. SYRBA – traditional melody from Bukowina highlanders (Romanian Bukovina)
6. OBEREK ROSY – traditional melody from Stanisław Rosy (Podlasie region)
7. POLKA BOJKOWSKA “Kavalir-kavalir” – traditional melody (Eastern Carpathian Mountains)
8. KOŁOMYJKA BOJKOWSKA “Do zachynannia vesillia” – traditional melody (Eastern Carpathian Mountains)
9. MAZUREK SUKMANIARZ – traditional melody from Dudek brothers (Lublin region)
10. KRAKOWIAK Z MUCHARZA “Siwy gołąbeczek na stole przybity” – (Małopolska region)
11. POLKA Z REDUT – traditional melody from Wiktor Wolkowycki (Podlasie region)
12. POLKA RONDELEK – traditional melody from Stanisław Głaz (Lublin region/Roztocze)

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Publisher: Fundacja Czas Tradycji
Concept and production: Bogumiła Zgorzelska, Piotr Zgorzelski
Musical arrangements: Piotr Zgorzelski
Selection of music material: Daria Butskaya, Piotr Zgorzelski,
Contact: kapelatransformacja@gmail.com
Recorded in the open-air ethnographic museum (skansen) “NIEBOWO”, in the village of Wincentynów (2021);
Recording and mastering by: Bartosz Woźniak
Photo: Daniel Kiermut
Graphic design: Marta Gottfryd

Music production © Fundacja Czas Tradycji, 2021

All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited.

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