Music from Poland

*100 copies limited edition* I went looking for a dictionary definition of brutalism, trying to understand it a bit better. It had been our starting point since the first rehearsal. But did we actually understand it? Does any of it have something to do with our music? Does it even make sense — instrumental pieces inspired by buildings?We didn't set out to make a genre out of it. We set out to strip things down. Take a melody, take a rhythm, cut away everything that isn't essential — no polish, n…

The writer Max Sebald often pondered over the nature of human memory, specifically, how our thoughts and desires - and their results - overlap and mutate over time. In A Place in the Country, he writes of the significance of what see as “similarities, overlaps and coincidences”. Are they the “delusions” of the self and senses, or manifestations of “an order underlying the chaos of human relationships, [...] which lies beyond our comprehension”? Song of the Night Mists, the new album by post-clas…

Original Italian edition on Arista of the irresistible 1976 jazz/funk/disco album by the Polish fusion pioneer featuring Urszula Dudziak.

We’ve always been careful not to call Balmat an ambient label, because we like having the freedom to move, to drift, to morph. But with our 11th release, we turn our ears—proudly, blissfully—to a strain of ambient at its most timeless. The appropriately titled Dreams & Whispers comes from Warsaw’s Bartosz Kruczyński, who has recorded under a number of guises, Earth Trax, as well as his own name. Over the years, he’s touched upon deep house, breakbeats, acid, techno, electro, IDM, and more; often…

Maciej Envee Goliński is an artist who probably needs no introduction. He has been working with U Know Me practically since the label's inception. His last album ("Time & Light") made a huge impact worldwide, but we had to wait eight years for the next vinyl release. In the meantime, Maciej has certainly been busy – he has released numerous club singles under several aliases, and has helped record and mix numerous albums from the world of jazz, soul, and electronica. "Wyszymory" is a carefully c…

Still Life with Lemons began as a ‘Reflex’ commission from the Amsterdam venue Bimhuis. This album is a live recording of that special first performance. Powerful musical characters meet on stage in a spirit of exploration, friendship, and openness, through the energetic and interplay-driven world of Marta Warelis’ compositions, where each musician’s distinct approach shines collectively. They explore the multilayered and the multiphonic, with a special interest in beat frequencies. This collect…

*2026 repress. 200 copies limited edition* Iskra is the debut album by Polish multi-instrumentalist and composer Olga Anna Markowska. Starting at “Dawn” and ending at “Dusk”, it is a journey of melancholic depth and true beauty filled with warm memories from what was & what could be. Using zither, cello, electronics and occasional wordless voice, Olga weaves together something so affecting and under the skin beautiful that it is hard to shake, bringing to mind classics from artists like Jacaszek…

A powerful 1975 concerto for viola and orchestra by the Polish composer, plus two more Romantic compositions for voice and orchestra from 1969/1970, released by Muza in 1978.

Great 1969 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" with four compositions by the Polish experimental composer spanning from 1958 to 1965, including two beautiful and powerful orchestral pieces and two ensemble pieces.

Three compositions from the early 1960's, respectively for for choir and orchestra, orchestra, and string quartet, by the eminent Polish composer, released on Wergo's great Studio Reihe Neuer Musik avat-garde music series in the early 1970's.

The Polish composer's 1969 cantata for 4 solo voices, mixed chorus, 3 harps and organ conducted by Leopold Stokowski and released by Unicorn in 1971.

Five of the Polish composer's extraordinary and intense compositions from the late 1950's and early 60's, conducted by Andrzej Markowski and released on Wergo's great Studio Reihe Neuer Musik avat-garde music series in 1965.

Five of the Polish composer's extraordinary and intense compositions from the late 1950's and early 60's, conducted by Andrzej Markowski and released on Wergo's great Studio Reihe Neuer Musik avat-garde music series in the mid-1970's. With insert.

The Polish composer's 1966 atonal modernist choral masterpiece, conducted by Henryk Czyż and released by Philips in 1966 as a 2LP box set. With insert.

The Polish composer's 1966 atonal modernist choral masterpiece, conducted by Henryk Czyż and released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in 1983 as a 2LP box set. With insert.

Three works from the 1960's by the Polish composer of amazing intensity and beauty, respectively for solo vocals, chorus and orchestra, for string orchestra, and for orchestra, conducted by Henryk Czyż and released by Philips in 1968. With insert.

The Polish composer's monumental and compelling 1970/71 choral and orchestral work, conducted by Andrzej Markowski and released on Muza in 1972 as a 2LP set.

Some of the Polish composer's most astounding and cosmic choral/orchestral compositions from the 1960's and 70's and absolute masterpieces of 20th Century avant-garde, conducted by Andrzej Markowski and released on Muza in 1971.

Some of the Polish composer's most astounding and cosmic choral/orchestral compositions from the 1960's and 70's and absolute masterpieces of 20th Century avant-garde, conducted by Andrzej Markowski and released on Philips in 1971.

The Polish composer conducts himself four of own fantastic 1960's and early 70's compositions for orchestra, including the rare Kanon for orchestra and tape avalable only here, on this 1973 LP released in the US by Angel Records.