Robert Świstelnicki

Robert Świstelnicki's project Songs creates its own paradigm on the common ground of jazz, singer-songwriter tradition and poetry. Świstelnicki's compositions draw primarily on jazz music in the broadest sense of the term, though they are not afraid of references to classical, rock or avant-garde music. The band, consisting of the best of the young generation of Polish jazz, explores a wide spectrum of colors and moods, skillfully combining carefully composed fragments with virtuoso and spontaneous improvisations. A distinctive feature of the project is the characteristic melorecitation, organically integrated into the sound of the band. Świstelnicki's intellectually and emotionally engaged texts touch upon the essence of man - his subjectivity and emotional and cognitive foundations, contemplating at the same time the place of man in society and society in man. Świstelnicki's poetic "meditations" combine elevated and multidimensional metaphors with original tragicomicism, yet do not avoid moving directness.