Slavic Spirits

The Poland-based ensemble steers toward something more like ambient jazz, with touches of oldschool fusion thrown in for good measure. — Downbeat, November 2019, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 21st Jun 2019
Catalogue No: AR009CDX
Label: Astigmatic Records
Length: 43 minutes

Marek Pędziwiatr, Marcin Rak, Paweł Stachowiak, Wojciech Orszewski, Olaf Węgier, Jakub Kurek, Spisek Jednego, Ed Cawthorne: Ciemność

Work length3:19

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EABS, Tenderlonious

Marek Pędziwiatr: Leszy

Work length10:27

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Paweł Stachowiak: Południca

Work length7:55

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EABS, Tenderlonious

Marek Pędziwiatr, Marcin Rak, Paweł Stachowiak, Wojciech Orszewski, Olaf Węgier, Jakub Kurek, Spisek Jednego, Ed Cawthorne: Ślęża (Mgła)

Work length3:14

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EABS, Tenderlonious

Wojciech Orszewski: Ślęża

Work length8:18

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Marek Pędziwiatr, Marcin Rak, Paweł Stachowiak, Wojciech Orszewski, Olaf Węgier, Jakub Kurek, Spisek Jednego, Ed Cawthorne: Przywitanie Słońca (Rytuał)

Work length1:33

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EABS, Tenderlonious

Marek Pędziwiatr: Przywitanie Słońca

Work length8:56

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EABS, Tenderlonious

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Polish septet EABS apply an innovative approach to jazz, distilling it through the prism of hip-hop, blending it with elements of soul, funk and electronic music. ‘Slavic Spirits’ was 2 years in the making and contains 100% original material. They are joined by 22a head-honcho Tenderlonious who lends his exceptional soprano saxophone and flute playing to all seven tracks.

The album comes in 4 panel digipak CD and Heavyweight 180 gram vinyl editions.

There are also 2 Deluxe limited edition box set editions. The CD version comes with a 288 page book and the heavyweight 180 gram vinyl version with a 96 page book and that’s limited to 1000 copies.

After their very well-received 2017 debut album ‘Repetitions (Letters to Krzysztof Komeda)’, focusing on the lesser-known works of the legendary Polish composer, the Wroclaw-based EABS decided to further expand this lead and released two more vinyl records, ‘Live At Jazz Club Hipnoza (Katowice)’ and ‘Kraksa / Svantetic’, the latter recorded directly on tape and released via 22a, which crowned the “Komeda triptych”. The astounding reception of these releases built up loyal following outside of their native Poland and whet listeners’ appetite for completely new recordings.

For this LP the musicians turned to Slavic mythology and Polish demonology, while pondering upon the contemporary spiritual condition of Poles. The enigmatic “Slavic melancholy” remains the main inspiration, as the band tried to extract it from their own DNA. ‘Slavic Spirits’ is an endeavour to get in touch with the world of a long and brutally lost culture which, due to lack of sources, will never be thoroughly explored.

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November 2019

The Poland-based ensemble steers toward something more like ambient jazz, with touches of oldschool fusion thrown in for good measure.

Slavic Spirits

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