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Following the psychedelic Świtezianka music, now it’s time for psychedelic Gnome music!

PROMOMIX and Summary of song lyrics

New album Globalna Wiocha (“Global Village”).

“This album is a present-day tale, a voyage through the modern world”, says Robert “Mroq” Wasilewski, announcing Globalna Wiocha’s imminent premiere. “The album was assembled according to a well thought-out concept. Its music and lyrics cross a wide palette of moods, from rebellious to pensive, via satire. We were guided by the spirit of Fryderyk Chopin incarnate in the form of a Gnome. A crazy idea? But what is our world like? How do we Poles fit into it, and what demons torment us nowadays? We have tried to tackle these questions in songs covering a variety of styles and moods. In order to handle this monstrous, elemental concept, Żywiołak’s neofolk instruments had to be capable of matching the mixed influences – folk, world music, ragga, oriental disco, rock’n’roll, metal, glamrock, psychobilly, ska, twist… Consequently, despite its serious themes, the album has a lot of catchy, rhythmical, and rather danceable compositions. The CD comes packaged in a fascinating case that has a few surprises. You can buy it at music shops, or order it directly from the label at http://karrot.pl/globalnawiocha, where you can also find the tracklist, a high-quality scan of the cover art, and other album-related goodies.”

 

May 25, 2011, 6:04 p.m.

As we mentioned previously, CD Projekt RED is collaborating with the Polish folk rock group Żywiołak, whose music is featured in The Witcher 2; you can hear it at the very beginning of the game. Here’s a fun fact; you can encounter an elemental monster in the game - and guess what the Polish word for elemental is. Yes, it’s Żywiołak!

http://www.en.thewitcher.com/community/entry/31/

 
ABOUT THE BAND

For years, most groups on the popular music scene have sought inspiration according to a certain model – copying patterns created by others.

The band Żywiołak was created in order to do away with that model.

They wanted to prove that Polish oberek folk dances or archaic traditional songs could also serve as source material to create popular music.

Żywiołak has shown that Polish music can also be governed by its own laws and, to quote Mikołaj Rej:
“Let it by all and sundry foreign nations be known
That Poles are no geese — they have a language of their own”

It is music of Slavonic elementals – strigoi, phantoms and ghouls – but it also gives us modern-day demons, including those spawned in the “hellhole” of Polish rock.

In a word: Żywiołak

 
FORTHCOMING CONCERTS

24.03.2012 - Warszawa "Skwer"
30.03.2012 - Gdynia "Ucho"
14.04.2012 - Opalenica

All concerts

 
Żywiołak - Moscow (Official Video)

Moskwa (“Moscow”) - summary of song lyrics

The Russian capital as seen by a Polish tourist. The city’s opulent nightlife makes everyone equal, dishing out life’s charms in keeping with Marx’s guiding principle: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need”. Slavonic brothers enjoy themselves, forgetting their everyday worries and the demons of their past: Stalin and Lenin.