[TR24][OF] Ireneusz Socha - Polin{Mathka MTHK06, Poland} - 2012 (Avant-Garde Jazz, Improvised & Experimental Music, Jewish, Klezmer, Mathka)

Real Name: Ireneusz Socha

Profile: Born in 1964 in Debica, Poland. Musician, music reviewer, translator. Musically active since the mid-Eighties. The mastermind behind Kirkut-Koncept (1986-1990) a group performing original compositions bordering on rock song, cabaret, ethnic music and experimental. Took part in many other avangarde Polish groups of the Eighties such as Przestrzenie (art songs, music theatre), Na Przyklad (group improvisation) and Hiena (postindustrial). In the Nineties, started co-operation with pianist Piotr Czerny ["Microaudioplays" (CD) Soror Mystica 1998] and began a solo career by self-releasing a series of home-burned CDR's such as "With/Without" (featuring Barbara Socha, Joane Hétu, Marek Choloniewski and Boleslaw Blaszczyk), "KITS" (with Tomasz Krakowiak) and "Najduchy - Porzadek: Chaos" (with the famous Polish poet Jacek Podsiadlo). Writes music reviews for the Krakow based "Studium" art and literature bi-monthly as well as for Terra.pl music service. Translated into Polish Chris Cutler's "File Under Popular" (O muzyce popularnej) [Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa 1999].

Artwork – Łukasz Pawlak
Artwork [Idea By] – Ireneusz Socha
Bayan – Jarosław Bester
Composed By – Ireneusz Socha
Composed By [Bayan Parts] – Jarosław Bester
Mixed By, Mastered By – Ireneusz Socha
Sampler, Sequenced By, Percussion – Ireneusz Socha
Vocals – Jarosław Lipszyc

IRENEUSZ SOCHA (1964) – drummer, vocalist, sound artist, improviser and composer. Co-edited DRUT (1985–1987) – one of Poland's first artzines. Founded and led Kirkut-Koncept (1985–1990) – a group performing original compositions bordering on rock song, cabaret, ethnic music and experimental. Took part in many other avantgarde Polish groups of the 1980s including: Przestrzenie (art songs, music theatre), Na Przyklad (group improvisation) and Hiena (postindustrial). Translated into Polish Chris Cutler's File Under Popular (1999). In 2000, founded Dembitzer Music label. His selected discography includes: Ireneusz Socha & Piotr Czerny “Microaudioplays” (Soror Mystica, 1998), Ireneusz Socha/Barbara Socha/Joane Hétu/Marek Choloniewski/Boleslaw Blaszczyk “With/Without” (Dembitzer Music, 2000), Ireneusz Socha/Tomasz Krakowiak “KITS” (Dembitzer Music/Dobosz Records, 2002), Najduchy “Porzadek : Chaos” (Dembitzer Music, 2003), Ireneusz Socha “Sztetlach” (Dembitzer Music, 2005), KITS “Four Years In Pieces” (Dembitzer Music, 2007), as well as cameo appearances on Chris Cutler's “Twice Around The Earth” (ReR, 2005) and The Cracow Klezmer Band's “Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5” (Tzadik, 2006).

POLIN: The piece presented on this CD was created on and off between 2004 and 2011. A sketch of the piece was originally written for the Jacek Podsiadło’s Najduchy poetry and music project. The first mix of “Polin” was premiered during the 15th Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow performed live by Socha with the Cracow Klezmer Band at the Alchemia club on June 24, 2005. In 2008, an alternative mix of “Polin” was commissioned by Raphael Rogiński as a part of his hörspiel/installation project during the 5th Jewish Culture Festival in Warsaw. Dealing with Polish-Jewish history, politics and culture, “Polin” is an electronic/plunderphonic/played coda to “Sztetlach” (http://www.dembitzer.pl/text?t=14), leading the story on through some new sound and contextual labyrinths.