Przemyslaw Thiele - Korepetycje z moresu (2-CD)

CD 1
1. Najwazniejsze jest dobre samopoczucie
2. Ty, Ja, On, My
3. Gastronomia cz. 1
4. Bokonon
5. Varan vs. Ignacy Adamczyk
6. Najezdzca
7. Kólko literackie
8. Jak zyc
9. Maksymilian
10. Dandra
11. Waldek
12. Wieczorem... Dobranoc
13. Strach generalny
14. Anna sobie nie radzi
15. Pendrak (Folder)
16. Russ Tamblyn '66
17. Wesolo jest
18. 1974
19. STENDEC
20. Gastronomia cz. 2
21. Korepetycje z moresu
22. Nie bardzo
23. Zaloba narodowa
24. Dobre samopoczucie gdzies sie ulotnilo
25. Gadery Poluki

CD 2
1. Bokonon (STWTZC rmx)
2, Nu & old
3, Okazja
4. Nr4
5. Mama
6. Juz calkiem ciemn
6. Ble'a Clarka
8. Leca gryzy
9. Fajno

Bio:

My name is PRZEMYSLAW THIELE. I'm from Poland. A dozen years ago I played in Polish post-punk band called Kolaboranci. Since 1996 I make music by myself in my home studio. I published few records in less printing and distributed by myself (with a little help from my friends). Beside my own productions I create remixes...

A conversation with Przemyslaw Thiele

Szczecin already surprised me in many ways but one thing I did not expect to discover is that it had a very strong Punk/Rock scene in the 80s.

Today I had the chance to meet one of its figures as I interviewed Przemyslaw Thiele from the band “Kolaboranci” which formed in 1986 and split in the beginning of the 90s. Very popular, they even played at a music festival in Jarocin. Later renamed Festival of rock musician, it was the largest youth festival of music in the countries of the Eastern bloc and the only venue for independent groups. It allowed for more flexibility in the way of dressing, expression of opinion and behaviour and was a way of escaping the harsh realities of that time.

A very intriguing figure, Thiele was born and has been living in the same flat in Szczecin for the last 45 years. Passionate about Kaiju (giant monster in Japanese) he insisted to have his picture taken with his favourite monster that he bought on Ebay. While we were talking Godzilla, a 1954 Japanese science fiction film was playing in the background. Thiele insisted that he always buy these movies on the Internet and solely in their original version with the hope to learn the language one day (so far he only knows how to say “Help!” screamed by the characters running away from Godzilla).

As we started to discuss the olden days Thiele admitted that the 80s were a very inspiring era for musicians. As citizens of Poland felt depressed and increasingly disappointed by communism, it provided a lot of material to write and sing about.

Explaining how the censorship worked and how to get around it he said: “If someone wanted to organise a concert, his lyrics would have to be approved beforehand. The problem was that censors could suppress a word, a sentence or the whole song if they judged it as ‘ incorrect’. In order to avoid it we had to write smart lyrics and use sharp suggestive words which we were sure people in Poland would understand.”

Indeed, the “Kolaboranci” even managed to use the government’s own anti-American propaganda and turned it against them.

The barriers imposed during the Soviet Era also prevented the band from travelling abroad as they only managed to send their cassettes to Czech Republic and Eastern Germany, Thiele said: “Of course every punk/rock band wanted to perform in Europe but at that time to get a passport you would need to serve in the army for at least one year, something neither of us wanted to do.”

However, in Thiele’s opinion there were also a lot of good things about this era. According to him the end of the 80s was the best time for alternative music. The political climate encouraged the bands to consolidate their work, which created a great creative atmosphere something that unfortunately completely disappeared today.

I concluded our conversation by asking him, as a person who spent all his life in the city, what in his opinion was the worst thing about Szczecin. He jokingly replied: “The fact that we don’t have bigger stadiums to host Euro 2012.”

(courtesy of misja21.blox)