kIRk is a band (Warszawa, Poland) looking for new forms of expression at the crossings of electronic and acoustic music.
The group consists of four musicians: Antonina Nowacka (vocal), Paweł Bartnik
(electronics), Olgierd Dokalski (trumpet) and Filip Kalinowski (turntable). Each of them
comes from a different musical background, therefore they approach composition in various
ways. Nevertheless, their common ground is improvisation, which allows the sound to travel
far beyond the limitations of a genre. The leader of the Swans, Michael Gira, pioneer of the
futuristic jazz trumpet Nils Peter Molvaer and the godmother of the experimental beats and
bass scene Mary Anne Hobbs, all spoke warmly of the progressive thinking and revolutionary
attitude of the band. kIRk visited the renowned British music site The Quietus, the legendary
Tresor club and such festivals as OFF or Open'er. Such labels as Neue Heimat, InnerGuN.
The group consists of four musicians: Antonina Nowacka (vocal), Paweł Bartnik
(electronics), Olgierd Dokalski (trumpet) and Filip Kalinowski (turntable). Each of them
comes from a different musical background, therefore they approach composition in various
ways. Nevertheless, their common ground is improvisation, which allows the sound to travel
far beyond the limitations of a genre. The leader of the Swans, Michael Gira, pioneer of the
futuristic jazz trumpet Nils Peter Molvaer and the godmother of the experimental beats and
bass scene Mary Anne Hobbs, all spoke warmly of the progressive thinking and revolutionary
attitude of the band. kIRk visited the renowned British music site The Quietus, the legendary
Tresor club and such festivals as OFF or Open'er. Such labels as Neue Heimat, InnerGuN.
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kIRk, whose dubby, experimental post-punk sound finds its closest analog
in the recent work of The Pop Group, are always switching things up.
They recently added avant/operatic singer Antonina Nowacka, of WIDT, to
their lineup—accompanying Paweł Bartnik (electronics), Olgierd Dokalski
(trumpet), and Filip Kalinowski (turntable)—to strengthen and expand
their sound. The four-piece say that these days they are trying to
combine their improvised beat-driven music with a “more or less positive
and uplifting attitude.”
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