About us

Warsaw Village Band is a result of response against narrow-mindness and surrounding us mass-culture, which in fact leads to destruction of human dignity. The band is a radical turn to sources in search of musical inspirations and immemorial virtues. It is also an exploration of folklore and archaic sounds of our ancestors and our instincts. Moreover it's inexhaustible source of fun, joy and spontaneity.

Warsaw Village Band was founded in 1997 by six young people who are playing violin, suka ( unique polish fiddle coming from XVIth century), cello and various traditional polish drums.

Our repertoire consists of folk dance melodies , ballads and rural songs, which are performed in a special way - using a special, old technique of singing, that consists in using so called white voices. However it's not only a simple imitation of Polish folk music, but rather adduction to the concept of folk music, giving the style of folk performance which is closer to modern aesthetic conventions. The result of our works and researches is a new and unique style of music called bio-techno, or even hip-hopsasa ( means let's dance, which is polish traditional invitation to jump). We can also describe this style as hard'cora of obora, which means hard-core straight from the byre.

We have already been awarded on a few folk festivals in Poland, and we've got a big concert experience (some concerts were transmitted by Polish Radio and shots by Television).We have also taken part in some radio and tv programmes (TV Polonia). We recorded first album "Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa" at Polish Radio Studio live, produced by Wlodzimierz Kleszcz who before achieved international successes with "Twinkle Inna Polish Stylee" and "W Sherwood" of Trebunie-Tutki in cooproduction with Adrian Sherwood.

Our activity not only concentrates on music, but also focuses on everything which is associated with polish roots, especially what is condemned to be forgotten, and yet can inspire and enrich contemporary culture. Our passion is travelling to small villages and visiting old musicians who tell us about their tradition, customs and ancient habits which are passing away. They hand down to us the part of this tradition in form of music, which is the base and main inspiration for our further works. Sometimes we have luck to find this haughty, pure polish Spirit.