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WoKa 01

by OSTROWSKI

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Muka/WoKa 04:03
2.
Maja 05:03
3.
Pole 04:44
4.
PanNa 03:26
5.
Moro 02:40

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On "WoKa. Vol.1” Ostrowski expresses his affection for the freshness and simplicity of gqom and afro-house. What had captivated him was the use - typical for this kind of music - of sounds from the early digital instruments like Yamaha PSR600, which instead of being used solely in wedding bands were appropriated by young and bold producers making highly original and modern variation on house music. During recording of this album Ostrowski focused on simplicity in the selection of means: he built almost an entire album with samples from only one instrument Kurzweil PC3K8 which perfected the digital sounds of the late 90s and early 00s.

The end result is a surprising departure from baroque complexity of fractured and deterritorialized rhythms typical for Ostrowski’s earlier albums. Minimalistic approach led the artist close to the very core of this music while maintaining the touch of deconstruction that is characteristic for his entire career. This search for simplicity and clarity is a breath of fresh air for Ostrowski, releasing him from compositional ADHD without losing his identity.

In the words of the artist himself: „I have often imagined something like a rave party in a tropical forest, slightly narcotic, psychedelic, but in a modern, not hippie, way, with lightly turned up colors, digital fractals… something like a positive Predator in the tropics, Predator that loves people, parties with them, joins Nyege Nyege shows, comes down after ibogaine, experiences communion with everybody, gives himself to trance and music. These moments of deconstruction in my tracks are just little trips when the drug swallows you in his own fractal, but a moment later spits you out so that you continue dancing with everybody.

This is by far the best definition of konk, a musical style developed by Ostrowski and the rest of Brutality Garden crew.

credits

released November 3, 2021

music & mastering: Krzysztof Ostrowski
gfx: Piotr Bukowski

"Całość wpisuje się w tropikalny nurt taneczny powstały w Bydgoszczy – kolejne zaskakujące stadium ewolucji tamtejszej sceny muzycznej, teraz skupionej wokół oficyny Brutality Garden – i nazwany konk. Rzecz zwiastowało już, jako mieszankę gqom, kuduro, juke, estetyki Nyege i innych afrykańskich nurtów w psychodelicznym ujęciu, zeszłoroczne wydawnictwo Kuby Ziołka, no i znakomita przekrojowa epka opublikowana w sierpniu. WoKa Ostrowskiego jest świetną kontynuacją i błyskotliwym uzupełnieniem tej definicji." - Bartek Chaciński, polifonia.blog.polityka.pl

Ostrowski is an electronic music producer, live performer and experimental improviser from Bydgoszcz, Poland. Fascinated by random processes, indeterminacy and agency of sophisticated electronics system he has released numerous albums in Polish independent music labels such as: Recognition, Pawlacz Perski and Pointless Geometry. His recent work for Brutality Garden draws influences from batida, gqom and afro-house blending these styles with glitchy, cut-up, experimental techniques characteristic for Ostrowski's earlier music.

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Brutality Garden Warsaw, Poland

Welcome to Brutality Garden. Art of the peripheries. On the edge of capitalism. Molecular music label. Konk factory. Inquieries/booking: acphale@gmail.com

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