February 26 of 2025 saw the premiere of the first two albums of 2025. The first is an album by the Fullness Collective titled “Dwie strony” and the second is Rafal Kolacki’s album “Powwow.” Enjoy!
Kolektyw Pełnia creates interdisciplinary compositions. It works between performance, installation, concert and spectacle. It willingly uses extended performance techniques. In its artistic practice, it expands their instrumentarium to include medical machines, construction tools, objects from old factories or everyday objects. Nevertheless, they enjoys accordions, kalimbas and prepared piano. Voice and movement combined with space are particular threads of creation for the collective.
Field recordings, voices, instruments, objects: Kolektyw Pełnia
Prepared piano: Aleksandra Chciuk
Mixing A: Fullness Collective
Mixing B: Aleksandra Chciuk
Mastering A: Paweł Cieślak
Mastering B: Artur Walaszczyk
Graphic design: Pełnia Collective
Cover photo: Krzysztof Małecki
The recordings were made as part of a residency in Sokołowsko thanks to the In Situ Foundation in the summers of 2023 and 2024.
„Sieci” piece was commissioned by the Sanatorium of Sound Festival
Rafał Kołacki plays percussion instruments, makes electronic music and cooperates with the following groups: HATI, Mammoth Ulthana, KUST, Łubin and more. He has played hundreds of concerts around the world. An originator and one of the creators of the Tonopolis multimedia project, which was to characterise the nature of sounds in Toruń in a subjective way. He records, listens to, creates, but also analyzes the collected materials. In his research he refers to how sounds (things we hear) relate to our features and roles we assume in a society. He is also a solo artist passionate about broadly understood field recording, acoustic percussion music and drone music. He records music for films (Panoptikon, 2013), radio dramas and tales (Bajki dla odważnych, 2013, Szyprowie, prosta historia usłyszana na wodzie, 2017). He has made a few solo albums: Tonopolis. Impression from the Town (2010), Panoptikon (2013), Ninkyo Dantai (2014), Aux oreilles d’un etranger (2015). In 2016 his album Hijra. NOISE from the Jungle” was released and in 2017 he released the “Sawt/Sur” album together with Łukasz Jędrzejczak and Ela Schulz, which gives an account of their journey to Marrakesh in the form of audios and pictures. Author of sound installations. Curator of CoCArt Music Festival in Toruń and Fab_In_Festival in Łódź.
A pow-wow is one of the most important events in Native American culture, full of music, dance and a spiritual dimension. The word pow-wow in their languages means gathering, and originally referred to tribal or inter-tribal gatherings where celebrations were held, stories were exchanged and traditions were cherished.
Today the pow-wow is both an artistic and spiritual event. For many participants, singing and dancing are not only a form of expression, but also a prayer and a way to connect with their ancestors. Traditional songs, often performed to the accompaniment of a drum, convey stories and feelings, and their rhythm resembles the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
The variety of dances – from traditional dance to the dynamic Fancy Dance – reflects the richness of Indian culture and community spirit.
Recorded: April 19, 2024, Flagstaff High School, Arizona, USA.