Polish underground music pre-1989

[Ness Rowlah]

If you happen to be in London on Saturday 13:

http://www.fadwebsite.com/2009/11/1...009-kontrol-friday-november-13th-–-14th-2009/

"The film programme includes the inaugural screening of an English translation of the History of Polish Rock, which penetrated the Iron Curtain to unveil a rare glimpse of the Eastern Bloc music scene, through insightful interviews with Polish musicians and rarely seen archive footage. The documentary features footage of the inaugural Jarocin Festival, the only Eastern block rock festival, and of the 1967 Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, when they found themselves in Poland after their eviction from Moscow. Hippies, Punks, Heavy Metal and Reggae fans light up the screen with an array of crazy outfits and dance styles."​

 

[crofton]

funnily enough i'm actually participating in that event ... hence (partly) my original question. not doing music stuff tho, i'm doing a book stall there.

 

[zhao]

here is a good list of all kinds of polish music:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/hattivat/the_best_of_polish_music

and all the samples used by Skalpel on their first LP, looks like a good polish jazz list:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/insylum/skalpel__samples_from_behind_the_curtain

these from a friend i met in Poznan last week very knowledgeable about music...