The Third Ear Music | vol. 7 | 8-10.06.2022
The Third Ear Music is a DIY project that aims at strengthening and widening the creativity of the musicians of Lublin while creating a society around this idea. It is a series of improvised concerts started by Grzegorz Lesiak and other members of Tatvamasi band. The musicians have been inviting guests to play with the band since 2014. They play the music that has no name, no limits and no classifications. So far, the project featured leading artists of the contemporary music and free improvisation scene, among those: Marta Grzywacz, Martin Küchen, Piotr Damasiewicz, Mikołaj Trzaska, Vasco Trilla, Yedo Gibson, Luis Vicente, Peter Orins, Jeremy Ternoy, Ivann Cruz, Ken Vandermark.
The seventh edition of the project will take place on 8-10 of June in the Black Room of Galeria Labirynt in Lublin. During the three evenings, 12 concerts are planned. Lublin musicians will create new art with excellent artists of the European free improvisation scene. What might be expected? Some wider sounds leading to minimalism, duets, acoustic tones, guitar sounds, ethno, electric quartets, acoustic-electronic experiments up to heavy techno jazz grooves.
The poster by Kamil Filipowski
Line-up
Wednesday June 8
Time: 19.00
Vasco Trilla (CA) drums
Alex Reviriego (CA) bass
Piotr Damasiewicz (PL) trumpet
Grzegorz Lesiak (PL) guitar
Time: 20.00
Marcelo dos Reis (PT) guitar
Luis Vicente (PT) trumpet
Time: 21.00
Marcelo dos Reis (PT) guitar
Grzegorz Lesiak (PL) guitar
Maciej Piołun Połynko (PL) guitar
Jan Rabiega (PL) bass guitar
Time: 22.00
Łukasz Downar (PL) analog electronics, bass guitar
Marcin Sudziński (PL) analog electronics, tape recorder
Luis Vicente (PT) trumpet
Piotr Damasiewicz (PL) trumpet
Thursday June 9
Time: 19.00
Grzegorz Lesiak (PL) guitar
Vasco Trilla (CA) drums
Alex Reviriego (CA) bass
Time: 20.00
Krzysztof Redas (PL) drums
Alex Reviriego (CA) bass
Piotr Damasiewicz (PL) trumpet
Tomasz Piątek (PL) tenor sax
Time: 21.00
The Dream Team:
Kellen Mills (US) bass guitar
Dominykas Norkūnas (LT) guitar
Dominykas Snarskis (LT) drums
Dovydas Stalmokas (LT) alt and baritone sax
Time: 22.00
Łukasz Downar (PL) analog electronics, bass guitar
Agu Gurczyńska (PL) vocal, vocal synth
Dovydas Stalmokas (LT) alt and baritone sax
Michał Stachyra (PL) drums
Friday June 10
Time: 19.00
Krzysztof Redas (PL) drums
Kellen Mills (US) bass guitar
Dovydas Stalmokas (LT) alt and baritone sax
Aleksandra Kutrzepa (PL) violin
Time: 20.00
Vasco Trilla (CA) drums
Jacek Steinbrich (PL) bass
Jan Michalec (PL) trumpet
Tadeusz Cieślak (PL) tenor sax
Time: 21.00
Dominykas Snarskis (LT) drums
Alex Reviriego (CA) bass
Dominykas Norkūnas (LT) guitar
Tomasz Piątek (PL) tenor sax
Time: 22.00
Sławomir Księżyc Księżniak (PL) electronics
Jacek Steinbrich (PL) bass
Maciej Piołun Połynko (PL) electronics
Dovydas Stalmokas (LT) alt and baritone sax
Jan Michalec (PL) trumpet
Tadeusz Cieślak (PL) tenor sax
The organizer informs that everything written above is flexible and subject to change
Tickets:
At the gate
1 gig
20 PLN
Pre-sale
1-day pass
40 PLN
Pre-sale
3-day pass
100 PLN
At the gate
1 day-pass
50 PLN
Artists:
Luis Vicente
Luis Vicente is a Portuguese trumpet player based in Lisbon. He’s a very active musician, playing in several groups with different concepts – from totally free to composed music – having always present the sense of freedom, which he can never leave aside.
He already played in dozens of venues, festivals across Europe and in North America.
He performed and recorded with Carlos Zingaro, Wilbert De Joode, Akira Sakata, Johannes Bauer, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Michael Moore, Roger Turner, Mars Williams, Jorrit Dijkstra, Jasper Stadhouders, Mary Oliver, Paal Nilsen Love, Joost Buis,
Tobias Delius, Wolter Wierbos, Frank Gratkowski, Mark Sanders, Olie Brice, Marco Franco, Mette Rasmussen, John Dikeman, Luke Stewart, Alexander Hawkins, Ziv Taubenfeld, Roberto Negro, John Butcher, João Lobo, Hugo Antunes, Valentin Ceccaldi, Seppe Gebruers, Onno Govaert, Théo Ceccaldi.
He plays his own tunes in trio and quartet and is a member of: Vicente-Dikeman-Parker-Drake; Vicente-Gebruers-Govaert; Vicente-Trilla; Chamber 4; Vicente-Brice-Sanders; Corda Bamba; Twenty One 4tet; Frame Trio; Clocks and Clouds; Deux Maisons; In Layers; Vicente-Marjamaki; Ziv Taubenfeld’s Full Sun; Fail Better!.
Marcelo dos Reis
He’s one prominent voice in the new generation of european improvisers. All his work have been widely acclaimed, and beside all the achievements, was nominated one of the best five guitar players at the El Intruso – 8th, 9th, 10th and 14th Annual International Critics Poll, Musician of the Year 2017 at jazz.pt Magazine and in 2020 was considered one of the most influencial musicians of the 2010’s at the renowned Free Jazz Blog Collective.
His idiosyncratic approach to the guitar, puts him as one of the key figures of the portuguese music scene.
He works in groups like In Layers, Frame Trio, Open Field, Pedra Contida, in duo with Eve Risser, Miguel Falcão and Luís Vicente, Chamber 4, Staub Quartet and Fail Better!, this last three were considered by the media one of the best newcomer bands.
Beside his projects he worked and shared the stage in venues and festivals all around Europe with dozens of different artists and musicians.
Apart from his work as performer, Marcelo organises the Double Bill – Concert Series, works in a regular basis as composer with the Marionet theatre company and others, he creates music for films, runs the record label Cipsela, and he is guitar teacher and the director of the Academia de Música CNM.
Vasco Trilla
Vasco Trilla is an undeniable genius and drumming alchemist. The best quotes to describe his person are:
“Vasco is really one of the modern masters of a new ‘free sound approach’ to drum set and percussion. Defying the accepted conventions of speed, and ‘flashy’ drum set playing, he makes an incredible musical statement , taking us through a myriad of tones and emotions along a varied and tonally hybrid journey.” Pete Lockett.
“Trilla’s breadth of experience makes him a particularly protean drummer—he slides easily from playing precise time and complex changes to driving, pulse-based free drumming to almost indeterminate experiments in noise, using bells, bows, and other objects to create shimmering—and sometimes menacing—fields of sound ”
Dan Sorrells, The Free Jazz Collective
Alex Reviriego
Àlex Reviriego (Barcelona, 1986) plays double bass, organ and electronics. As a contrabassist with a great command of extended techniques and timbric exploration of the instrument, he has participated in a great number of formations of contemporary, improvised and experimental music. Is a member of the bands Phicus, Inhumankind, Ràdium and Möhit, among others, and one of the most active and in-demand musicians of the experimental music scene in Spain. His ferocious and angular style can be heard in dozens of albums released in various International labels as well as in different live settings, ranging from solo, small formations to conducted improvised orchestras. His versatility has also allowed him to embrace a variety of styles like modern jazz, black metal, contemporary composition or experimental folk. His solo work explores the timbric possibilities of the unaccompanied double bass, focusing on extended bowing techniques and slow repetitive developments. Raben (Tripticks Tapes 2021) is the second installment of a trilogy started with Blaue Tauben (Sirulita 2019), loosely based around the figures of Georg Trakl, Paul Celan and Friedrich Hölderlin.
Piotr Damasiewicz
Piotr Damasiewicz – composer, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, traveller and curator of international music platforms. In addition to the trumpet, he also studied double bass, piano and classical singing – including Gregorian chant – choral and chamber conducting, arrangement and composition. In his work, he uses the language of jazz, 20th-century classical music, ethnic music, modern music, along with European improvised music and experiment.
Damasiewicz has represented Poland on four international music platforms: Take Five Europe, Jazz Plays Europe Laboratory, Art Meetings and Melting Pot Laboratory (Jazztopad). In the last two, as a leader, composer and instrumentalist, he developed the idea of open improvisation in contact with other fields of art. Currently, he is taking a doctor’s degree at the Instrumental Department of Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
Kellen Mills
Kellen Mills is a composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Seattle, WA, USA. In 2020 TRYON was founded as a solo project involving written orchestrated compositions for large ensemble. Combining elements of pop, avant-garde, contemporary classical composition and free jazz/improvisation. Currently his band ranges from improvisors in the ‘Echtezeit’ musik scene, to well known jazz plazyers. TRYON recorded their upcoming debut album with a cast of 16 musicians. Entitled “Läuterung” with a planned release on Double Moon Records in August 2022. TRYON has received funding grants from Musikfonds Berlin and DMR. Generally TRYON performs as a large band ensemble (8-9 musicians) , but also performs as a small ensemble version. Tryon has performed in: Freakshow Artrock Festival, MS Stubnitz, Bflat Jazz Club, Jazzclub Schlot, Progspace Progressive Rock Festival. Kellen Mills was also the co-founder/composer alongside Nic Barnes of the cult avant rock jazz band Alex’s Hand. With Alex’s Hand he released 6 studio albums, 2 EP’s and 2 live records. Also performed in multiple jazz, avant garde and rock festivals. Including: Nordhausen Jazz, Zappanale, Burg Herzberg and others.
Dominykas Norkūnas
Dominykas Norkūnas is a guitar player residing in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is mostly active in the fields of experimental rock/noise music, free improvisation and free jazz. His approach is sensitive, yet highly eclectic and performative, blending straight ahead playing with extended techniques and guitar effects, which produce diverse possibilities of colour within his performances. Dominykas, together with his compatriots, composes/plays music for bands such as Kanalizacija, Laivo Troupe, with whom he has played in the bulk of Lithuania‘s jazz festivals and different venues in Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Latvia etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsVXgvEZl0
Dominykas Snarskis
Dominykas Snarskis is a drummer who plays jazz, improvisational and academic music, which often mixes with various sub-genres or vague stylistics but maintains an energetic and impulsive manner of playing. The performer finished Bachelor of jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, continuing his studies at the Department of Contemporary and Improvisational Music at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Most often Dominykas appears with the groups Qark Effect, Artisans, Brave Noises, as well as interdisciplinary art projects and performances organized by the Lithuanian Association of People with Disabilities and other composers. As part of the Scottish music scene, Dominykas has collaborated with the Nevis Ensemble, composers Fergus Hall (The Shores), Rufus Elliot (Hellands Healands), Alex Paxton (Corn-crack Dreams), and has been a member of the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra and the TSYJO All-Star Big Band.
Dovydas Stalmokas
Dovydas Stalmokas is a versatile jazz , experimental, rock saxophone player from Vilnius ,Lithuania. He studied in Lithuania and Paris ,France. Dovydas represented Lithuania in Chicago , USA Umbrella Jazz Festival and in European saxophone ensemble for 2 years. Dovydas had a pleasure to collaborate with artists like Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo , Mats Gustafsson , Jojo Mayer , Josh Berman, Tim Daisy, Liudas Mockunas , Guillaume Orti , Rasul Siddik , Jef Sicard , Andre Vida , Ingrid Laubrock and many more.
Lublin artists:
Aleksandra Kutrzepa
Aleksandra Kutrzepa – violinist, composer, founder and leader of the Aleksandra Kutrzepa Quartet. The artist has three albums to her credit, her name systematically appears in summaries and music rankings. The violinist promotes her work by taking part in national and international music festivals, concerts and concert tours. She is a multiple scholarship holder for artistic achievements in the field of music, she has collaborated with many artists of the international music scene. In her playing, Aleksandra Kutrzepa combines elements of contemporary music and jazz.
https://aleksandrakutrzepaquartet.pl/
Agu Gurczyńska
Agu Gurczyńska is a music and lyricist experimenting with improvisation, electronic processing and new vocal forms. Animator of artistic life and constructive activity. Co-founder of Czuła Obserwacja.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DPBfFDmR7c&t=12s
Maciej Połynko
Maciej Połynko – audiovisual artist, researcher of possibilities. Works with light, sound and video. He creates electronic objects, is the author of artistic installations (sound, video and interactive), as well as theatrical performances. He deals with electronic, improvised and field recording music. He is a member of the Mikroelementy collective and was responsible for the music production of the album „Connecting people”. His works have been presented, among other, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Galeria Labirynt in Lublin, El Gallery in Elbląg, Katowice Sound Office, Museum of Wola in Warsaw, „I Create Myself” Gallery in Szczecin, Studio of Engaged Art „Rewiry” and Museum of Housing Estates in Lublin. He presented his projects and worked on artistic projects also outside the Polish border, in England, Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Israel, Japan, Germany, Slovakia and Turkey. He is a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2012, 2020) and the President of the City of Lublin (2016).
https://maciejpolynko.bandcamp.com/
Jacek Steinbrich
Jacek Steinbrich – hobbyist musician playing stringed and keyboard instruments. He has collaborated, among others, with Cząstki Elementarne, DCMS, TeChytra, Synchrotrony, Pasożyty, Microelementy, Re.mus, Braces Are Beautiful, Ronnie N. Participant of music workshops and festivals in Poland and abroad.
https://synchrotrony.bandcamp.com
https://techytrze.bandcamp.com/
Sławomir Księżniak
Sławomir „Księżyc” Księżniak he is a visual artist and cultural expert by education, a musician and graphic designer by passion. Musically associated with such line-ups as Naczynia, Kontrabelius, Pasożyty, Ultima Ballerina, Babazbeemy, PCK, Szczury, Kurz or Betanjehu. He was one of the active members of the informal group of the Centrum Badania Możliwości where, in addition to involvement in music projects, he was co-responsible for visual identification. He sympathizes with the Possibilities Research Foundation. Member of the DJ collective Słabi Prezenterzy. Curator of the musical cycle „Peryferia” at Community Centre „Węglin”.
https://cbmlublin.bandcam https://kontrabelius.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuM5OoH3NOs
Tomasz Piątek
Tomasz Piątek – tenor saxophone – born in Łęczna in 1982. Since 2005 he has been living in Lublin, a graduate of UMCS, saxophonist, arranger, sideman. One of the founders of Lublin Dwootho, a band playing a fusion of Balkan folk, jazz and rock, with whom he recorded Space Pressures (Licomp Empik Multimedia/Polish Radio 2010) and gave concerts in Poland and Europe, performing, among others, at the International Jazz Festival in Comblain de Tour, Jazz Bez, Jazz na Kresach, R16 Korea. He was a member of Koolor Squad, with whom he recorded the album „Pomarańczowa Rewolucja” 2007. As a sideman, he played with Comeyah on the album „Na wschód” (Fonografika, 2012) and with Piotr Selim on „W rytmie bolero” (Dalmafon 2012). For years, he has been co-creating the Tomasz Momot Orchestra. He has collaborated with such artists as: Słoma i Przedwietrze, Sex Machine Band, Paweł Błędowski and Marcin Różycki. He is a member of the Tatvamasi band.
http://www.tatvamasi.pl/
Krzysztof Redas
Krzysztof Redas is a drummer, sideman and arranger from Lublin. He is an active musician and educator. Looking for the sound, he is realizing himself in various musical forms. On his musical path, he had the pleasure of meeting such artists as: Martin Kuchen, Vasco Trila, Rafał Mazur, Heaven Up, TOC, Marcin Różycki, Ken Vandermark, Marek Andrzejewski, Sex Machine Band, Yedo Gibson, Dwootho, Pitor Damasiewicz, Ewa Szlachcic, Braces are Beautiful, Majka Jeżowska, Christoph Coburger. So far, music has enabled him to play in many places around the world (Germany, France, Ukraine, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Israel, Japan). Co-founder of Tatvamasi and LSB.
Michał Stachyra
Michał Stachyra – artist, curator, educator, provocateur, inspirer, drummer. Founder of the KZMRZ Foundation. Creator of films, murals, organizer of festivals, concerts and performances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQBqR2z-xQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHbaLmN2aq4
Jan Michalec
Jan Michalec – Lublin trumpeter, for over a dozen years he has been participating in musical initiatives related to experiments on improvisation and combining instruments with electronics. He collaborates with many musicians, bands, producers and also DJs. He has played on numerous club, concert and festival stages. He has participated in the recording of over 13 albums.
Tadeusz Cieślak
Tadeusz Cieślak – saxophonist playing the flute and bass clarinet, musician, improviser, animator of musical events. He began his adventure with the saxophone in 2002 at the PSM im. Witold Lutosławski in Lublin. In 2012-2016, he was associated with OMIT Rozdroża, where he developed an interest in improvised music. Without limiting horizons, he looks for various forms of musical expression, both in the raw sound of the instrument and its amplification. Involved with the community of Possibilities Research Foundation, in Lublin; also acts as an event organizer (including two editions of the Aleatorist Congress). Over the years, he was a member of many musical initiatives with various genre roots. Currently, he is a member of the bands Brutah, Mikroelementy, ATT Trio, Sekta Denta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhlMTn4LfbM
https://cbmlublin.bandcamp.com/
Marcin Sudziński
Marcin Sudziński – artist, photographer, musician, experimenter, culture expert and beekeeper. The creator of, among others, the NoBody project which is a search in the field of culture, art, nature, the world of natural and electronic sounds, recorded on a magnetic tape as much from an old radio in a beekeeping house and from inside a hive. He generates vivid, analog sounds using devices from the line of „organic synthesizers” that react directly to contact with the human body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJTC4z4EpiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiq5nlqHHPE
Łukasz Downar
Łukasz Downar is a bassist in Tatvamasi and a co-founder, composer and instrumentalist of Czuła Obserwacja. He is also a Master of Adventure in Radio, an organizer of Art in Kamienica Cudów, performer and retired footballer. Stable at the meeting point of contradictions.
Jan Rabiega
Jan Styrany Rabiega – instrumentalist from Zamość, living in Lublin for several years. An enthusiast of broadly understood music, with a particular passion for alternative and jazz music.
Grzegorz Lesiak
Grzegorz Lesiak is a guitarist, composer, arranger, observer of fleeting and strange things. The founder of the Tatvamasi band, the originator and organizer of a series of concerts under the sign The Third Ear Music and The Tower of Masters.
Tomasz Kraśkiewicz is responsible for the sound.
In the foyer of the black hall of Galeria Labirynt there is the Opium Cafe, where you will be able to quench your thirst and buy the artists' records.
