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Ispand/otok/wyspa Pag. Croatia. Vid by S.N.

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EABS - Flair

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EABS & Jaubi - Judgement Day

[burlveneer-music]

EABS meets Jaubi - In Search of a Better Tomorrow - jazz innovators from Poland and Pakistan collaborate on what may be the world fusion album of the year

A few years ago, a very interesting relationship began to develop. A bridge was built out of Jaubi's releases on Astigmatic Records and the increasingly frequent collaborations between musicians from Europe and Asia - out of Latarnik's trip to Pakistan resulting in the widely acclaimed album Nafs at Peace and Zohaib, Dhani and Ali's revisit to Poland, which has been recorded as the EABS meets Jaubi In Search of a Better Tomorrow longplay.

Wrocław and Lahore are almost 7,000 kilometers apart. And despite this immense distance that separates the EABS and Jaubi musicians, the two bands find a surprising amount of common ground that determines their musical explorations. These include both a strong attachment to locality and respect for tradition, a penchant for weaving in some hip-hop elements, and the basis of a love of improvisation and spiritual jazz. It was therefore only a matter of time before they joined forces. And so, they proceeded to build a (cross)cultural bridge between Poland and Pakistan. A bridge whose pillars are Hindustani ragas, polish jazz understood in a variety of ways, and brotherhood in sound. This merger's finale is surprising to such an extent that it is difficult to pigeonhole this collaboration in any way. They met through the Get Your Jazz Together programme, which was launched by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute to help build such bridges. The following day after Jaubi's premiere concert at the OFF Festival in Katowice, the musicians went to Monochrom Studio in Kłodzko Valley, where they spent a week making music together, exchanging ideas and compositions. The outcome of the collaboration surprised them all, materializing in rather dark shades. So how did this happen, given that the recordings were realized in picturesque natural circumstances mid-summer? It was only yesterday that the pandemic restrictions were lifted, the inflation is raging, Russia has invaded Ukraine and no one in our region can be sure of peace anymore, while Pakistan has faced the worst floods in years. So much upheaval has been delivered by the world in recent times that the experience of the past has left its mark even on a sunny present day. Against all odds, however, the musicians are seeking solace, hoping that the tomorrow that is yet to come will finally bring something better. Even after the darkest night, however, comes day. It is known to the group from Lahore, who, often challenged by life, have already sent prayers for peace through their previous album. This is also known to the band from Wrocław, whose musical paths are inextricably bound up with the difficult and painful history of their homeland, and who have already experienced the era of unearthing their foundations and cosmic escapism in the spirit of Sun Ra. Today, they are walking swiftly towards the sun, all together, a group of eight artists whose lives are separated by their place of birth – the cultural education they received and the musical tradition they grew up in – but who are united by that one phrase, melody or emotion which gave origin to each of the compositions collected on the album titled In Search of a Better Tomorrow. Members of EABS: Marek “Latarnik” Pędziwiatr - Grand piano, Fender Rhodes Mark II, Nord Stage 2, Moog Voyager; Marcin Rak - Drums; Paweł “Wuja HZG” Stachowiak - Bass guitar, Moog Little Phatty; Olaf Węgier - Saxophones: tenor, sopran; bass clarinet; Jakub Kurek - Trumpet; Members of Jaubi Ali Riaz Baqar - Guitar Kashif Ali Dhani - Tabla, Vocals Zohaib Hassan Khan - Sarangi Graphic design: Sainer Text: Filip Kalinowski Translation: Magda Marcinkowska Photo: Hubert Misiaczyk

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Disappointed because I thought the free kit was to compensate for EA breaking the game.

I've been playing this broken game since it came out and while it makes sense that it's free now, I feel disrespected. As a long time player EA has decided to placate me via a shitty little kit that will cost $5. It's not so much feeling like I deserve to be compensated, it's the principle of it. I don't feel valued as someone who stuck through all of EA's bs and contributed copious amounts of money to subpar content.

Yes it's great for them that they're bringing in more costumers who will inevitably buy dlc, but it's still broken. I sincerely doubt this was purely an act of kindness. It's a business strategy. Another way to deflect from the bad publicity.

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EABS - Repetitions (Letters to Krzysztof Komeda)

[simondmikaeldsen]

Live performances I watched & enjoyed in 23:

Zima stulecia, Błoto, Alameda, Ślina Trzaska, Zemler Aukso, Niechęć, Oddisee, Eabs x Jaubi, Immortal Onion, Zemler Roadhouse band, Więcek Aukso, Sneaky Jesus, EABS, Ślina, Latorre x Skolik x Krzemiński, Fanfare Ciocarlia, 100nka Gralak, Forest Swords, CEL, Kapela ze wsi Warszawa x Aukso, Yoni Mayraz, Dynasonic, Daniel Szwed.

[burlveneer-music]

Błoto - Kwasy i zasady - barely a year after their first album, here is the THIRD from this Polish jazztronica quartet (Astigmatic Records)

What do jazz improvisation, Polish Radio, dingy rap from Memphis, cassette tapes, trap, drill elements and hip-hop loops have in common? These are the ingredients that the Błoto quartet used in their lab to cook an explosive mixture for their third LP entitled “Kwasy i zasady” (eng,“Acids and bases”). Wuja HZG, Cancer G, OlafSaxx and Latarnik already had the opportunity to use high-end equipment in well-equipped recording studios, so this time the musicians decided to go in the opposite direction - lo-fi. The recordings were made with a minimum number of microphones, and the whole thing was recorded on a cassette with a Tascam 122 MKII stereo tape recorder, giving a dirty and warm character to Błoto’s sound, which can be clearly heard from the first minutes of the disc. The team has always operated in the sphere of metaphors close to nature. It is similar this time, but Błoto has gone deeper into "chemical compounds" called acids and bases. Ultimately, the album's theme cleverly avoids the direct meaning of these words, playing with the convention. A set of improvised beats refers to interpersonal relationships, which nowadays often have an extreme, corrosive and explosive nature, so we need a framework that will allow us to counteract them. 

Wuja HZG - bass guitar Latarnik - piano, Moog Voyager, Korg MS-20, Nord Stage 2 OlafSaxx - Roland Aira System-1, AKAI EWI 5000, saxophones: tenor, sopran, baritone; percussion Cancer G - drums

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Błoto - Erozje - Polish quartet does jazz improv with hip hop beats (Astigmatic Records)

Błoto is a band that came to being accidentally, yet naturally, like a puddle after a rainy day. It all started in the summer of 2018 when the Wrocław-based EABS sextet had a day off between the concerts in Brzeg Dolny, Łódź and Sopot. The music is deeply rooted in brutal hip-hop grooves, referring quite loosely to the sound of the 90s.

Latarnik - piano, synthesizers, percussions Wuja HZG - bass guitar, percussions Cancer G - drums Książę Saxonii - tenor saxophone, perscussions All compositions were created late night of 3.08.2018 as a result of collective improvisation of the Błoto quartet in Maska Studio in Gdańsk, courtesy of Grzegorz Skawiński.