Ethno

Psio Crew

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The pioneer fusion of traditional melodies with elements of drum and bass, trip hop and dub moved the music scene among the country and abroad, making the joint of original mountain singing with beatbox the recognizable characteristic of the band.

The origins of Psio Crew band reach as far as year 2004 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

Psio Crew has played at many international festivals, such as: Siget Festival (Hungary), Fusion Festival (Germany), Open’er Festival (Poland), Woodstock (Poland), Terra Polska (Germany), Colours of Ostrava (Czech Republic), Art&Craft Fair (Jerusalem, Israel) and Festival in Baku (Azerbaijan), Porgy&Bess (Austria), Lotos Jazz Fest-Festival (Poland) and Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw.

In 2006 the band got an award at Majówka Tatrzańska in Zakopane (Poland) and the third award during Nowa Tradycja Festival (New Tradition) organized by Polish Radio. In 2007 the „Machiner“ awarded the group as "The most interesting debut". One year later, Psio Crew was nominated to the „Fryderyk“ award in two categories: Ethno/Folk album of the year and New Face of Phonography. In 2009 the band took part in „Artistic Zone“ project in Tbilisi. During their stay in Georgia, they recorded together with the choir Chweneburebi and a Senegalese artist Mamadou Diouf, a Polish-Georgian-African song „Sissa”. Soon after that, in 2010, the group suspended their activity.

At that time Psio Crew founders established their own projects. Mateusz Górny created, among others, Gooral project and successfully has given concerts at home and abroad. He recorded three albums: „Ethno Electro” (2011), Gooral & Mazovia DVD and CD (2013) and „Better Place” (2014). Maciej and Katarzyna Szymonowicz created a project Etnograff, wrote the book „Gajdosze” which contains two CDs of contemporary and archival highlander's music (awarded at New Tradition Festival 2015). The rest of the group established OFF-C band.

In 2015 Psio Crew reactivated, it has been selected to represent Polish ethno-folk scene during the concert „Sounds like Poland” at the prestigious international „Cross - Culture Festival”. At the moment the group is working on the second album.

Band:

Katarzyna „Katka” Dyga-Szymonowicz – vocals
Anna Dobija – vocals, violin
Mateusz „Gooral” Górny – synthesiezers, electronics, beatbox
Mikołaj Stachura – percussion instruments
Maciej „Kamer” Szymonowicz – vocals, double bass, pipe (used during Lent), beatbox