BANDS

EKLEKTIK ORCHESTRA

by Radek Bond Bednarz. A unique venture inspired by variousthemes, meeting improvisation and interaction on a big stage for one-and-only performance.

Home & Identity / 2019 /

Fully improvised set at Mercedes-Benz garage, featuring a multikulti line-up of artists from Israel, Turkey, Uk, Norway, Japan, Switzerland and Poland: Blue Desert trio with Yossi Fine / microtonal guitar, Ben Aylon / Senegalese percussion, Sharon Mansuer / keys, Sarah Tandy / keys, Berke Can Özcan / drums & self-made percussion, Norwegian trio consisting of Erland Apneseth / Hardanger fiddle, Stephan Meidell on guitar/effects, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde / drums and Bond on bass/effects. The show was accompanied by Azumi Oe, Japanese butoh dance performer on an elevated car platform. Sound by Roli Mosimann, light design by Tord Knudsen.

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Manual / 2018 /

Held at the former Wroclaw feature film production main hall, the concert featured extraordinary line-up with three drummers (Josh Dion, Samuel Rohrer, Oivind Hegg-Lunde) three bass players (Yonathan Levi, Geoff Krally, Bond) guitarist Eivind Aarset, fronted by leading trumpet players, Nils Petter Molvaer and Sebastian Studnitzky.

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Reversed / 2017 /

Turned over stage providing amazing balcony perspective of the Wroclaw Opera House. On drums Swiss wizard Jojo Mayer, Alfred Vogel on a filling self-arranged kit, two double bass players John Davis and Pawel Pastuszka, Dj Dieb 13, Ståle Storløkken on keys, Bond on bass and brass section led by saxophonist Adam Bławicki.

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Echoes / 2016 /

The biggest so far performance of the Eklektik Orchestra was held at National Forum of Music grand hall in 2016. Marking collaboration with NFM Wroclaw Philarmonic and soloists: Mariam The Believer (Sweden), Guo Gan (China), Mieko Miyazaki (Japan), Nadishana (Siberia), Waldemar Kasta (Poland), Natalia Lubrano (Poland), Endy Yden (Poland). Arranged and conducted by Marcin Mirowski with music and “mountain” stories on a big screen selected and arranged by Bond.

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The Deep / 2015 /

Selection of “underwater” stories with original soundtrack by a big band featuring Nils Petter Molvaer, Jan Bang, Erland Dahlen, Ganesh Anandan. Performed at Wroclaw’s New Horizons Cinema, finalizing Punkt Eklektik Session, a round year collaborative project with Punkt festival from Kristiansand, Norway.

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Lost Highway / 2014 /

Unique tribute to film maker David Lynch, his cult movie and it’s official soundtrack. Cinema stage shared by artists from Poland with international guests: Jan Bang / live sampling, Eivind Aarset / guitar & effects, Alfred Vogel / drums, Ranjit Prasad as one of the vocalists and Lucien Dubuis on tenor saxophone.

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HANG EM HIGH

Avant power trio w/ Lucien Dubuis and Alfred Vogel

Tres Testosterones” out of Switzerland, Austria and Poland. Hot like melted iron, cool as Clint Eastwood. With 4 albums out since 2013 when asked about style they would probably answer “Call it low-western-rock jazz-ambient punk with live electronics, whatever… HANG EM HIGH, that’s what we call it”

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The Kidnapping of Ståle Storløkken / 2020 /
Tres Testosterones / 2017 /
Beef & Bottle / 2014 /
Hang Em High / 2013 /

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MILOOPA

Alternative pop combining live & electronic

Latest album VERKE from 2016 marked band’s 15 th anniversary. Not officially disbanded Miloopa didn’t perform nor record since then. However, as one of the first Polish exports, they were touring extensively European festivals since 2006 and collaborated with Roli Mosimann renowned swiss producer who helped to re-define their sound. Limited collector’s releases include CD packed in a meat-can and LP in copper casing hand-crafted on individual orders.

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Verke / 2016 /
Optica / 2011 /
Unicode / 2008 /
Nutrition Facts / 2005 /

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SILENT WITNESS

Open concept by Radek Bond Bednarz, who, as the main composer, arranger and producer, invites artists met along his way for unique collaborations. The concert line-up features Mieko Miyazaki, renowned Japanese koto player residing in France.

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Silent Witness || / 2022 /
w/ Ben Aylon, Jimi Tenor, Stevo Atambire, Moussa Diallo, Sinaubi Zawose, Erland Dahlen, Mari Kvien Brunvoll

Silent Witness / 2019 /
w/ Mieko Miyazaki, Loup Barrow, Mood, Samuel Rohrer Sebastian Studnitzky, Igor Pietraszewski · Alfred Vogel

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SINAUBI ZAWOSE

Traditional music of Tanzania meets contemporary afrobeat

Born in the renowned Zawose family of the Wagogo tribe, Tanzania’s Sinaubi creates bridges connecting past and present generations, delivering unique blend of traditional and contemporary Gogo music with powerful messages sung in Swahili and Gogo dialects.

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Gogo Hip / 2023 /
w/ Sinaubi Zawose, Lucas Ubi Zawose, Bahati Zawose, Ally Lumbi

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