As Radosław Kurzeja writes:
“Pieśni ulotne” (Fleeting Songs) is a collaborative album made by me (Radosław Kurzeja) and my dear brother, Przemysław Kurzeja, who passed away far too soon. It is composed of guitar sketches, scraps, and fragments he left behind. I wove them into a tribute to his memory. Although we played together countless times, we never managed to fully record any song.
This album probably doesn’t sound exactly the way Przemek would have wanted it to, but I made it the best way I knew how. I believe — and hope — that he likes the final result.
All the tracks feature Przemek’s guitar recordings; some also include his vocals and our joint improvisations. The album’s soundscape is complemented by synthesizer textures based on these sounds, field recordings from walks in places dear to us (especially Miejska Góra in Stary Sącz), as well as some of his favourite sounds — thunderstorms, rain, and the sound of grass being mown with a traditional scythe.
I invited the people closest to Przemek to participate. Our parents, Stanisława and Tadeusz, sing on the track “Lament i Sen” (Lament and Dream). On “Lśnią” (They Shine), family and friends quote the legendary line from the band Armia: „Gdzie ja tam będziesz Ty” (“Where I am, there you will be.”)
Two elements of “Pieśni ulotne” come from dreams, and both were gifts from Przemek: the melody in the final section of “Lament i Sen” (Lament and Dream), and the album cover, inspired by one that Przemek showed me in a dream.
Mastering:
Maciej Wirmański
Śpiew w „Lament i Sen” / Voices in „Lament and Dream”:
Stanisława Kurzeja, Tadeusz Kurzeja
Okładka i projekt graficzny / Cover and graphic design:
Radosław Kurzeja
Zdjęcie z serii „Portret w żałobie” / Photo from the series „Portrait in Mourning”: Ewelina Gołdyn
Głosy w „Lśnią” / Voices on „They Shine”:
Paweł Buszczyk, Tomasz Caban,
Kazimierz Caban, Joanna Chełmecka,
Ola Cencora, Agnieszka Faron,
Dawid Faron, Ewelina Gołdyn,
Mieczysław Gołdyn, Sebastian Gołdyn,
Tadeusz Gołdyn, Maciej Grotyński,
Klaudia Kapłońska, Bernadetta Kostrzeba,
Leszek Kostrzeba, Krystian Kostrzeba,
Patryk Kostrzeba, Jerzy Kostrzeba,
Katarzyna Kostrzeba, Szymon Kostrzeba,
Wiktoria Kostrzeba, Stanisława Kurzeja,
Tadeusz Kurzeja, Ernest Łojan, Rafał Pajdzik,
Bogumił Puchalski, Asia Puchalska,
Kamila Żurawiecka-Buszczyk
1. Adwent (Advent)
2. Naczynie (Vessel)
3. Rozumienie (Understanding)
4. Muzyka Wody (Music of Water)
5. O nieskończoności (About Endlessness)
6. 3 lata, 3 miesiące, 19 dni (3 Years, 3 Months, 19 Days)
7. Lśnią (They Shine)
8. Październikowa Kraina (The October Country)
9. Lament i Sen (Lament and Dream)
10. Góra Przemienienia (Mount of Transfiguration)