Intruder Alert is a crew based in Warsaw. Navigating in the murky waters of “post-club” music, referencing rave (with projects such as “Sentimental Rave”), acid, techno, “global” ambient and various mutations of DAW-driven bass music.
Published December, 2017
Mazut is a new duo that emerged from the thriving Polish underground music scene. Centred around the wonderful (and prolific) imprint BDTA, Mazut (waste oil in English) is an experimental platform for venting rage with doses of tranquility.
Published April, 2016
As Muslimgauze’s magnum opus gets re-released and re-listened by a new generation of listeners, and his numerous epigons emerge and disappear, the merging of Oriental tropes in Western electronic music doesn’t seem to cease to interest up-and-coming producers in occidental bedrooms. Many question the earnestness of the ventures of the likes of Vatican Shadow, but this discussion, we rather skip here.
Published July, 2014
Lubomir Grzelak is a staple of the new Polish underground scene, running one of the first cassette experimental-electronics labels in Central/Eastern Europe Sangoplasmo (you can listen to our Radio Wave interview with the man here), which with its thirty releases has cemented its position as one of the leading hallmarks of strange sonics in this region. Lubomir, based in Warsaw, apart from running the label, is also a producer and DJ in his own right.
Published May, 2014
Our new collaborateur, the mysterious Andrej K., has penned his first article for us, a review of Concrete Cut’s latest offering.
Published November, 2011
D2 is a new label from Poland launched by Gosia Neumann, whom we met in Warsaw in summer and whose music projects are Lee DVD and recently, the psychedelic Fuka Lata.
Published December, 2010
The Polish filmmaker duo of Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski have created several visually stunning works for several mainly Polish music projects. Their approach to the peculiar stylistic form of the music video is conceptual.
Published October, 2010
You might remember our haphazard recollections of our audio exploration of upcoming talent from our northern neighbours (ie Poland). One of the few girls we’ve talked to was Brenda “LeeDVD”, a former theatre actress turned musician.
Published October, 2010
Teielte - Darkvoices [official video] from U Know Me Records on Vimeo. Dana from Warszaw’s Concrete Cut label has brought to our attention a new Polish label “open for new beats and fresh sound” U Know Me Records.
Published September, 2010
The symbol of the Warsaw Uprising, which we come across in form of a graffiti tag all over Warsaw Warsaw: its spacious streets and the central agglomeration of skyscrapers dominated by the famous Palace of Culture and Science from the first moments evoked a strong urban feeling contrasting with the the touristy “history museum” of Krakow. During WWII, 85% of the city was destroyed, the Jewish Ghetto with its 1943 Jewish uprising was laid to the ground in an act similar to the crude retaliation of the Hitler’s Army after the Warsaw uprising.
Published August, 2010