Trio Poems
Rafal Gorzycki

MONO 023 (2009)

Label: MONO, (2009)
Catalogue No: MONO023
Format: CD

Trio Poems" is the latest musical project of Rafal Gorzycki, leader of "Ecstasy Project" and member of "Sing Sing Penelope". Music for male's vocal, electronics and drums is inspired by modern electronic, jazz and contemporary chamber music. Rafal composed the music to poems by: Josif Brodski, Wislawa Szymborska, Siergiej Jesienin, and Miron Bialoszewski. Rafal Gorzycki - drums Dawid Szczesny - electronics Krzysztof Nowinski- vocal. Guest : Rafal Zalech -  viola.

Tracks:

1. A Tribute to Josif Brodski
02. Wszelki wypadek
03. Zdumienie I
04. A Tribute to Rafal Wojaczek
05. Zegnaj Przyjacielu
06. A Tribute to Tadeusz Rózewicz
07. Kto co? Bo ja...
08. Wszelki wypadek I
09. Zdumienie

All music by Rafal Gorzycki

 Performed by:

Rafal Gorzycki. drums
Lukasz Gorewicz. violin
Krzysztof Nowinski. vocal
guest:
Rafal Zalech. viola

Recorded:

2009, Bydgoszcz, Poland

About:

Rafal Gorzycki was born on the 29th of March in 1974 (Zodiac: Aries) in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Rafal started to be interested in music when he was 13 and tried to play drums between rehersals of his brother's punk-rock band. Soon afterwards, his older friend gave him the recordings of Miles Davis and John Scofield. He instantly fell in love with jazz music and bought his first musical instrument.

Piotr Biskupski, an outstanding jazz drummer, was his first teacher for many years. At the age of 16 Rafal started learning at the Panstwowa Szkola Muzyczna in Bydgoszcz in the drums section. Professor Miroslaw Zyta was his second master. Rafal's first band was called "Material Jazz" and concerted at the club "Loszek" in the mid 90's.

At the age of 19, Rafal moved to Warsaw and started learning as an auditing student at the Panstwowa Szkola Muzyczna on Bednarska street. There he played in an acoustic swing trio called "Spicy Trio" together with Wojciech Pulcyn and Przemek Raminiak. After one year, Rafal came back to Bydgoszcz and continued his education with Piotr Biskupski.

At the same time, he met uncompromising musicians connected with famous Bydgoszcz clubs "Trytony" and "Mózg". He started cooperating with Tomasz Gwincinski and they played together in a band called "Maestro Trytony".

In 1998 he formed his own musical project called "Ecstasy Project".
Ecstasy Project has recorded 4 albums: Ecstasy Project (2001), Realium (2005), Europae (2007), Reminiscence Europae (2008).
Now Rafal Gorzycki turned into the XX century chamber music and absorbs this legacy to his jazz experience.

Rafal played also with a band called "Funky XL". In 1997 Bart Qzniak asked him to cooperate with a band called "3 Metry". Together with Danish musicians they recorded radical material called "Zycie Prywatne".

His next important group, which he created (with Patryk Weclawek and Daniel Mackiewicz) in 2003 is "Sing Sing Penelope" transformed from a band called "Jaskinia" . SSP has released 4 albums: Sing Sing Penelope (2005), Music for Umbrellas (2006), We remeber Krzeselko (2008), Stirli People (2009).

His latest project is "Rafal Gorzycki. Trio Poems". The music written to the XX century`s poetry for male's vocal, electronics and drums.

Rafal Gorzycki has taken part in numerous important recordings, projects and concerts with some of the most creative European ensembles and musicians, including: Peter Kowald, Jon Rose, P. Friis-Nielsen, O. Magieres, N. Winther, C. Irgens-Moller, John Doobie, Brandon Furman, Jorgos Skolias, Loco Richter, Andrzej Przybielski, Pomeranian Philharmony, National Opera House, National Theatre in Cracow, Leszek Mozdzer, Milosc, Hanna Banaszak, Ryszard Tymanski, Marek Kazana, Olo Walicki, Mikolaj Trzaska, Maestro Trytony, Antoni Gralak, Fire Birds,A. Maksymiuk , Andrzej Przybielski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Grzegorz Nadolny, Tomasz Pacanowski and many others.

Rafal Gorzycki successfully performed at major jazz festivals in Poland and Europe, including performances at : Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Gdynia Summer Jazz Days, Big Jazz Ear Budapest, Construction in Process, The Polish Year in Austria, France, Greece, Germany and Jazz Week in Berlin.