Only two weeks later, Boiler Room came back to the land of Poles on December 18th ’14, this time to Poznan in west-central Poland.The city is a home town of an influential Polish record label and DJ collective, ‘The Very Polish Cut-Outs’, who were behind the event. The crew focuses on renewing interest in forgotten groove’s of Poland’s communist past. The label brought back old Polish disco, soul, funk, electronic and psychedelic tracks to the modern dancefloor showing off their undoubtful talents at the Boiler Room session. ‘Get to know the sound of underground Poland’ event represented: ZAMBON, SELVY, MENTAL LIVE, CHLOPAK Z SASIEDZTWA, (eng. GUY NEXT DOOR), KACPER KAPSA and NIEMOC LIVE.
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ZAMBON
SELVY
MENTAL LIVE
CHLOPAK Z SASIEDZTWA
KACPER KAPSA
NIEMOC LIVE
Here is what went down in Poznan
BOILER ROOM, POZNAN DJ SET, ZAMBON
The Very Polish Cut-Outs bossman, Zambon, showed the audience what the label is all about
BOILER ROOM, POZNAN DJ SET, SELVY
Selvy knows how to play his records
BOILER ROOM, POZNAN DJ SET, MENTAL LIVE
Mental Live played his electrifying set
BOILER ROOM, POZNAN DJ SET, KACPER KAPSA
The Very Polish Cut-Outs co-founder, Kacper, took over the session with his banging set of love-jams, slow-mo disco edit and everything in between.
BOILER ROOM, POZNAN DJ SET, NIEMOC LIVE
Niemoc Live (eng. Disability Live) presented their seriously dirty live set to the excited audience
Boiler Room again in Poland on December 5th ’14 this time in Bialystok, a city by the Belarusian border that marks the Eastern end of Schengen area. Bialystok is not only a home of mixed cultures, nationalities and religions but also a home of a record label/DJs & promoters – TECHNOSOUL, who have been running techno parties and festivals across the country for years to cultivate and promote local culture & artists from Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Georgia. Technosoul brought it’s Eastern vibe to the Boiler Room session to PAY HOMAGE TO THE EASTERN FRONT introducing local talents: PIOTR KLEJMENT, MICHAL WOLSKI, BLAZEJ MALINOWSKI, ESSENCE, DTEKK and STANISLAV TOLKACHEV.
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19:00 PIOTR KLEJMENT
19:45 MICHAL WOLSKI
20:30 BLAZEJ MALINOWSKI
21:15 ESSENCE
21:15 DTEKK
22:00 STANISLAV TOLKACHEV
Here is what went down in Bialystok at TECHNOSOUL TAKEOVER (youtube videos are not available):
BOILER ROOM, BIALYSTOK DJ SET, PIOTR KLEJMENT
Piotr Klejment also known as Ninja, a member of Technosoul and Underground Perception collectives, kicked of the Technosoul session with an explosive mixture of electro and funk-flexed house
BOILER ROOM, BIALYSTOK DJ SET, MICHAL WOLSKI
Talented musician, DJ, journalist and radio host, Michal Wolski presented his fine live set of dark and twisted sounds
BOILER ROOM, BIALYSTOK DJ SET, BLAZEJ MALINOWSKI
Blazej Malinowski actively promoting techno and deep techno as a DJ, musician and radio journalist, took the fans on a mysterious dark journey with his hard live techno set
BOILER ROOM, BIALYSTOK DJ SET, ESSENCE B2B DTEKK
Members of Technosoul crew, Essence and DTEKK played B2B delivering their excellent techno set where East meets West
BOILER ROOM, BIALYSTOK DJ SET, STANISLAV TOLKACHEV
Coming from Ukraine, techno lover Stanislav Tolkachev finished of the session with a banging techno set
Boiler Room & Ballantine’s Scotch Whiskey present STAY TRUE POLAND to explore the untold legacy of Poland’s electronic pioneers. The event held on November 13th ’14 in the capital city-Warsaw, was the third stop on BR’s Global STAY TRUE JOURNEY after Mexico and Chile. The aim of the STAY TRUE JOURNEYS show was to explore the history of Poland’s electronic music scene, telling the untold story of a bold & experimental movement that developed behind the iron curtain, largely free of the western influence. Third Polish BR session welcomed the scene’s local pioneers and the new generation who have brought polish electronic music to an international stage: DJ MO, REBEKA, PIOTR BEJNAR, TEIELTE, MACIEK SIENKIEWICZ, WLADYSLAW KOMENDAREK and a Dutch guest on support duties – electronic music veteran, LEGOWELT.
STAY TRUE POLAND!
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DJ MO
REBEKA
PIOTR BEJNAR
TEIELTE
MACIEK SIENKIEWICZ
WLADYSLAW KOMENDAREK
LEGOWELT
Here is what went down in Warsaw at Ballantine’s STAY TRUE POLAND:
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, DJ MO
DJ MO aka Motyl, kicked off the Stay True Poland session with a high speed live set, a journey through a range of genres from Detroit Techno, through Chicago all the way to ghetto house
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, REBEKA
Homegrown electronica and soaring synth duo, Iwona Skwarek & Bartek Szczesny, delivered a high energy live set straight from the heart, a magnetic meld of glacial synths and deep bass
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, PIOTR BEJNAR
Digital experimentalist and an authoritative voice of Polish music culture, Piotr Bejnar, presented a seriously pounding live set of incorporated improvisation and wild sound design. Truly impressive performance.
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, TEIELTE
Teielte aka Pawel Strzekczyk, producer of both hip-hop and electronic modern music, brought his dimensional mix of dirty beats and dark sounds to the Warsaw session with a bang
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, MACIEK SIENKIEWICZ
Polish electronic music veteran having 20 years of experience as a DJ and producer, Maciek Sienkiewicz played a wild set of improvised noise music alongside experimental artistic sounds
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, WLADYSLAW KOMENDAREK
One of the first polish electronic musicians in the country, reckless instrumentalist and composer, Władyslaw Komendarek knocked out his high intense wild set mixing different genres: jazz, classical, experimental, electronic and even hardrock. Truly magical set.
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, LEGOWELT
Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt supporting Poland’s show with his experimental sounds. STAY TRUE JOURNEYS series features past, present and future legends of the world’s most authentic music scenes. Legowelt’s appearance at the Stay True Poland session tied in perfectly with the show’s theme – a journey through Polish electronic sound from it’s early beginnings in the 80s, His set marked the connection between the past and present, finishing off the night with a proper rave stepping up with an acid blinder.
The legendary Boiler Room came back to Poland for the second time with a bang on July 31st ’14.
The BR sessions held in Wroclaw presented a fine mixture of local house and techno by the formidably talented: TANZLIFE, RSS BOYS, JUREK PRZEZDZIECKI and MARCIN CZUBALA.
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19:00 TANZLIFE
19:45 RSS BOYS
20:30 JUREK PRZEZDZIECKI
21:15 MARCIN CZUBALA
Here are the wicked sessions from Wroclaw:
BOILER ROOM, WROCLAW DJ SET, TANZLIFE
The skilled Tanzlife kicked off the second Polish session with an excellent soul-driven house music set of deep and groovy electronic vibes
BOILER ROOM, WROCLAW DJ SET, RSS BOYS
The mad-cap RSS BOYS thrashed out a live set of warped bleeps and crunching synths. Simply mind-blowing performance
BOILER ROOM, WROCLAW DJ SET, JUREK PRZEZDZIECKI
One of the best Polish DJs, Jurek Przezdziecki, conducted a huge set behind a monster-deck analogue gear, bashing out an incredibly twisted acid-electro set
BOILER ROOM, WROCLAW DJ SET, MARCIN CZUBALA
Talented techno producer with a grounding in classical orchestration, Marcin Czubala, finished off the session with his supreme live set with a mixture of twisted and intricate sounds
For those who weren’t there, here is what went down in Warsaw, May 27th:
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19:00 BURN REYNOLDS
19:45 PTAKI
20:30 SLG
21:15 JACEK SIENKIEWICZ
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, BURN REYNOLDS
An expert in Eastern European funked-up and psyched-out music, Burn Reynolds from Soul Service crew (Polish Funk DJs), kicked off the very first session with an original soulful-funky set: a compilation of 60’s and 70’s rare dusty grooves from Poland. A truly unique performance.
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, PTAKI
Mysterious duo, Ptaki (eng. Birds) from ‘The Very Polish Cut-Out’s’ label known from their sample based music, smoothly took over the session with their own brand of dusty House, Boogie and Disco. They definitely made the audience fly!
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, SLG
SLG played a high energy live set at the event in Warsaw
BOILER ROOM, WARSAW DJ SET, JACEK SIENKIEWICZ
Jacek Sienkiewicz aka Recognition, shuts things down at the Warsaw session with a live set celebrating 15 years of his label, Recognition
Let’s go back to the beginning. The legendary BOILER ROOM finally came to Poland.
Twenty-five years after the fall of totalitarian regimes, Polish music scene is flourishing more than ever before. Boiler Room journey explores the history of Poland’s electronic music scene, telling the untold story of a bold and experimental movement that developed behind the iron curtain, largely free of Western influence. We will be introducing the scene’s local pioneers and the new generation who have brought Polish electronic music to an international stage. The ultimate sessions will showcase the best of Poland’s thriving underground artists with transmissions of these events streamed live throughout the entire world. STAY TUNED !
Teamed up with H&M first BR event took place on May 27th and 28th 2014, held in two historic capitals of the country, Warsaw and Cracow. Over the two nights Boiler Room had a pleasure to present Poland’s most noteworthy artists.
First night in Warsaw, BR welcomed: BURN REYNOLDS, PTAKI, SLG AND JACEK SIENKIEWICZ.
Second night in Cracow, played: ELTRON JOHN, KUBA SOJKA, CHINO AND DANIEL DRUMZ
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