Królówczana Smuga - ODRAPDORAP (2020) EN

Adam Piętak and his project is one of the weirdest things I laid my ears on lately. The artist combines in his music the atmosphere of the modern lo-fi hip-hop and generally the experimental sounds with folk from the Eastern Poland. And it turns out to be so great as the new album, already the fifth in his discography,  released by Opus Elefantum proves.

Perhaps it's more interesting to the Polish audience as the thing to appreciate is not only the way this tradition-filled geographic area is discovered for a new kind of music (it's been done before by Grzegorz Ciechowski and his project Grzegorz z Ciechowa) but also the ability to bend words. As for example in Żurawinowe wódu ("Cranberry Voodoo" or "Vodka") or Jeżynowe zasieki ("Blackberry Entanglements") . The lyrics are also rapped in a very peculiar way but also what's normal on this album really? Plus the backgrounds that are closest to industrial and drone married with folk elements (this folk chanting in Żurawinowe..., characteristic guitar, folk themes in lyrics).

There's everything here! But in this rich inspirations, the most important one is referencing the tradition, as Piętak says the clue of his project is: "Remembering the history, culture, tradition, geography and, most importantly, the uniqueness of the place he's from - the town of Biłgoraj".

ODRAPDORAP costs 3 EUR (10 PLN).

Check: Jeżynowe zasieki

Country: Poland

Genre: industrial folk hip-hop
Label: Opus Elefantum

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