Ola Budzyńska - Lanquidities (2025)

In the era of fantastic neoclassical but also experimenting Polish artists like Hania Rani and Resina, there are still somewhat lesser known artists that need to be discovered. Ola Budzyńska is hardly one of those since she is known as a member of a chamber pop duo Ljos, but Lanquidities makes for her debut solo release and it's absolutely charming.

Budzyńska is a violist and this is the base of the new album. But there is so much more here. The subtle soundscapes hide electronic sounds and vocalizations that add some spooky and airy vibes and make everything just swarm with life. The ethereal sounds come and go throughout the whole compositions, making the audience mesmerised with ease. Everything just radiates this atmosphere that is beautiful even if dark, inviting even if mysterious, especially when for one song Budzyńska is joined by Tomasz Mreńca, creating one of my favourite cooperations in Polish music this year.

Lanquidities costs 12 EUR.

Check: 22:22

Country: Poland

Genre: viola-led soundscape

Label: Left Eye Blind Records

Ljos - A Foreword (2020)

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Ljos - A Foreword (2020) PL

Duet Ola Budzyńska - Patryk Banach, który przybrał sobie skandynawsko brzmiącą nazwę (ljós to po islandzku światło), to kolejny znakomity zespół ze stajni wytwórni Opus Elefantum. 

Płyta to w zasadzie zbiór wydanych w zeszłym roku EP-ek, nawet na Spotify figuruje jako playlista. I tak jak należało się spodziewać po nazwie, muzyka Ljos to ambitny, obudowany neoklasyką chamber pop z ewidentnie skandynawskim klimatem. Łagodne, nienarzucające się melodie, akompaniament na pianino i altówkę, subtelna ale dodajaca dodatkowego wymiaru i nowoczesnego sznytu elektronika (Frakkur!), to właśnie jej definicja.

Tak jak wszyscy, którzy inspirują swoją muzykę daleką północą, duet zdecydowanie stawia na atmosferę, tak potęgowaną ciepłym, delikatnym wokalem Budzyńskiej. 

A Foreword kosztuje 10 złotych.

Sprawdź: Frakkur

Kraj: Polska

Szufladka: neoclassical chamber pop
Label: Opus Elefantum

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Ljos - A Foreword (2020) EN

The Ola Budzyńska - Patryk Banach duo that embraced a Scandinavian-sounding name (in Icelandic ljós means light) make another great band from the Opus Elefantum label. 

The album is actually a collection of last year's EPs, even on Spotify it's labelled as playlist. And as could be expected from the name, Ljos' music is ambitious, neoclassicism-derived chamber pop with evident Scandinavian atmosphere. Delicate, non-overwhelming melodies and the accompaniment of piano and viola plus electronic sounds that are subtle but adding to the whole's multidimensionality and modern vibes  (Frakkur!), this is its definition. 

As everybody who is inspired by the Far Norths's music, the duo clearly puts the atmosphere first, one that is even greater thanks to Budzyńska's warm vocals.

A Foreword costs 2 EUR (10 PLN).

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Country: Poland

Genre: neoclassical chamber pop
Label: Opus Elefantum

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