Marek Pędziwiatr has been part of the scene for over a decade now. He has gained recognition thanks to projects such as EABS and Błoto...
Marek Pędziwiatr has been part of the scene for over a decade now. He has gained recognition thanks to projects such as EABS and Błoto & Jaubi. Still, he has never emphasized his name through the prism of these bands, betting instead on collective work. The time has come now for Marek to present his debut album entitled Marianna, featuring him alone as Latarnik performing in a piano solo formula.
Being sought after for years as a producer for other artists and as a composer and keyboardist for his own bands, he put his solo work on hold. In between all these activities, "Latarnik" was emerging slowly in Marek's head. Under his new alias, along with the Pakistani band Jaubi, he recorded one of the most important albums of 2021, Nafs at Peace, recognised by Pitchfork, The Guardian, DownBeat and Bandcamp.
Latarnik, repeatedly awarded in Jazz Forum magazine's polls as Poland's greatest synth virtuoso, decided to reveal himself to listeners from a completely different angle. Influenced by the sound of solo recordings by Thelonious Monk, Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner and Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, he gave up electronics in order to record (in an intimate way) a debut album commemorating his great-grandmother, using a hundred-year-old Steinway & Sons
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Tracklist:
1 Maradki (Sabat) 6:13
2 Panna 5:01
3 Antoni 1:41
4 Głód 4:07
5 Marta 1:08
6 Strach 1945 3:53
7 Wspomnienie 5:02
8 Berlin 5:33
9 Zniknięcie 5:18
Latarnik - Steinway & Sons piano
All the pieces were recorded on 03-04/11/2021 at Radio Opole's Studio M. im SBB.
Sound engineer: Andrzej Czubiński and Paweł Patyniak
Mix: Andrzej Czubiński
Mastering: Marco at Analogcut
Executive producer, A&R, manager: Sebastian Jóźwiak
Photos: Hubert Misiaczyk, Pędziwiatr family archive.
Graphic design: Dagna Okrzyńska
