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R......E......V......I......E......W......S The
Warsaw artfolk formation Kontraburger have released their debut album.
Worth waiting for! Every one of the tracks is somehow different, but
at the same time the record makes a unified whole. Built from artrock
sounds with a heavy dose of folk energy (harsh singing, flutes, afro-roots,
the fantastic violin of Sylwia Świątkowska), ethno-jazz and poetic texts
create for the listener a surrealistic world of flying cats, dwarves,
and the ominous Bida. But that's not all - in the excellent lyrics everyday
life meets fantasy in new ways. There is also inspiration from the motifs
of Tolkien (suite - Dragon, Dwarves, Bird) and Bulgakov (the brilliant
track Margharita). Maga's splendid warm voice and Gosia Madejska's rough
folk singing (an original combination!) add to the undoubted beauty
of this excellent record. An additional attraction is the effective
colourful graphics, based on the painter Arcimboldo, matching the Kontraburger's
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