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NEWS:
1)
Soon, the new live album (1CD + 1DVD) Rafal Gorzycki & Ecstasy Project: "Reminiscence Europae".
It includes new compositions and some from "Europae" album. It is a specific journey deep inside the "Europae" concept,
which evoluated during the europaen tournee.
listen to the music from audio CD and see the the video from DVD
2)
The latest Rafal Gorzycki`s album "Ecstasy Project - EUROPAE" has just been very well reviewed
on the world`s the biggest jazz internet site-
All About Jazz (USA)
..."Gorzycki is a remarkable drummer...The band is Polish; the song titles Latin, but the music, quite simply, is universal. "
read more
3) New album with Rafal Gorzycki: Sing Sing Penelope - "We Remember Krzeselko" - already in shops.
listen to the music from this album
4)
The Best Jazz Album of 2007 - In Polish Jazz Radio competition for theThe Best Jazz Album of 2007, album "EUROPAE" - Ecstasy Project - has been classified in first 10 (on 8th place)
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5) Already in shops... New Ecstasy Project "EUROPAE" album (Premiere: 15.10.2007). Read a text about the album written by Zbigniew Zielinski.
"Rafal Gorzycki looks at music through its twentieth-century struggle. Starting with improvisation and jazz he turns his attention towards the experiences of the European chamber music of the previous century. This is where he tries to find substantial solutions for his musical experiments. The music of mature Europe digested in the atonality, neo-Romanticism and minimalist experiments seems to be great support in his poetic excursions towards Europe Impossible, Europe with no Chaos, Europe of philosophers, artists and craftsmen. And this is this vision that makes him study the rich heritage of the last century avant-gard. With his band, whose members come from the cultures of classical music, yet again does he discourse about the beauty and lyricism devoid of the pressure of the noisy commerciality. Ecstasy Project tells us how beautiful and wise Europe is with its experience. Let us listen, although so difficult it is sometimes to believe in this beauty...Zbigniew Zielinski, transl. Agnieszka Skrzypczyk ..."
6) "Gazeta Wyborcza" - the biggest polish newspaper, "Playboy" magazine and "Onet.pl" in theirs 2006 summary classified Rafal Gorzyckiego and his "Ecstasy Project" and "Sing Sing Penelope" to the most interesting and most important musical appearance of recent year.
7) Rafal Gorzycki is finishing work on Ecstasy Project third album. The album`s title "EUROPAE". It is going to be a special legacy of the XX century`s european music. It is also going to be a specific trial for answering the question : Where does jazz drive to? European heritage as a key to the future.
Musicians invited to the recording - Tomasz Pawlicki, Lukasz Gorewicz, and new artists in EP, vibes player specialized in Modern Chamber Music (KWARTLUDIUM) - Pawel Nowicki - and double bass player - Pawel Urowski.
Premiere - october 2007
8)
New compilation album available: RAFAL GORZYCKI & FRIENDS 1999-2003
Includes unreleased music from Rafal Gorzycki`s Ecstasy Project , Sing Sing Penelope, Maestro Trytony, Red Eye of Mintaka. (mp3 compilation)
9) In June`s issue (06.2006) of "JAZZIZ" - one of three the biggest jazz magazine in USA a great review of album- "Ecstasy Project Trio - Realium" has appeared.
read the rewiev
or visit:
jazziz.com
10) The latest Ecstasy Project Trio album Realium" is rewieved on the biggest jazz site "All About Jazz" and has been recommended by AAJ editors as a one from couple of hundred premieres in "new releases albums" section on the starting page
New Ecstasy Project
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ECSTASY PROJECT bio
Band established in 1998 (Bydgoszcz/Poland) is one of the groups connected to Club "Mozg"
(Brain; eng.) named by top european newspapers as "the most creative place of recent
years".
The band`s debut album was released in 2001 by famous jazz label - Not Two Records (Cracow/Poland).
The second Ecstasy Project Trio album "Realium" was released by polish-american label "Polish Jazz
Networ" by Cezary Lerski,
"I
worked over one year on the conception of my second album. I meant to
describe some kind of melancholy. I exposed visions appearing during my
stay at the countryside. This is European jazz - my favorite." Rafal
Gorzycki
After releasing in 2005 by PJN a compilation album
called: "The Best of Polish Jazz 2005" with Ecstasy Project composition, Ecstasy Project has started its european career.
In 2007, Rafal Gorzycki released third EP`s album: "EUROPAE", which is a special homage payed to the XX century`s european music.
The latest, double (CD + DVD) live album "Reminiscence Europae" (premiere: 05.2008) includes new compositions and some from "Europae" album.
Members of the group:
Lukasz Gorewicz (Szczecin) - violin. He plays in Pomeranian Philharmony in Szczecin. 3 times awarded in International Music Competitions for young violinists in Poland, Austria, Hungary.
Pawel Nowicki (Gdansk) - vibes. Graduated Music Conservatory in Strasburg - modern chamber music specialist . Awarded in Contemporary Music Competition in Rotterdam and Clerment-Ferrand. Close cooperator of
"Warsaw Autumn Festival". Leader of contemporary quartet - Kwartludium.
Paweł Urowski (Bydgoszcz) - double bass player. Student of final year on Music Academy in Wroclaw on Jazz classes. He studies acoustic bass in famous european bass player class: Jacek Niedziela. He is specialized in modern, acoustic jazz . He plays in: "0-12 Acoustic Quartet" and is a co-leader of "Soul Essence" Quintet . He also was a member of " Contemporary Noise Quintet" and recorded theirs debut album "Pig inside the gentleman.
All members of the group has taken part in numerous important europaen 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, Tomasz Pawlicki,
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, Maksymiuk , Andrzej Przybielski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Grzegorz Nadolny, Tomasz Pacanowski, Waclaw Wegrzyn and many others.
Ecstasy Project 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.
Rafal Gorzycki (Bydgoszcz) - drums, the leader, well known from bands Sing Sing Penelope and Maestro Trytony , is a artist of jazz
upbringing. In the past interested in trans aspect of M-base and downtown
New York`s scene , now studies and works on modern european jazz and XX century chamber contemporary music.