Wojtek Traczyk is a polish double bass player, composer and a musician keen on improvising, who has been exploring different music styles for many years. Through broadening the horizons he has enriched and redefined his music language, extended the scale and increased the array of experiences.
He co-operated with Maria Peszek, Tworzywo Sztuczne, Natalia Przybysz, Kari Amirian, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Marcin Masecki, Władysław Jagiełło, Jim Baker, Dave Rempis, Peter Brotzmann, Michael Zerang, Aram Shelton and many others.
At present he plays with: Gaba Kulka, Warszawskie Combo Taneczne, Sufity, Neurasja, Muzykoterapia, The Light, Kamil Szuszkiewicz Band, ĆŚ, Purusha, Sister Wood and Młynarski Plays Młynarski.
In 2012, inspired by an interesting preparation of the double bass by Huba Połoniewicz, he recorded a solo album which was released by Multikulti.
Wojtek Traczyk Free Solo project connects the aesthetics of free jazz and modern improvisation with sacred music, both meditative and ritualistic.
It is an affirmation of order and unpredictability.
He attempts to provoke the situation in which one movement or one sound changes everything, a situation in which the state of danger brings the listener to the state of peace and deep concentration.
In 2014 his second solo album was released, but this time, Traczyk presents recordings that are far from his instrumental debut. This time the avant-garde double bass player is sharing his passion for song writing, however, in this new project he retains his same old uncompromising and consistent attitude towards searching forms of musical self-expression.
„Dziękuję, Dobrze” (transl.Fine, Thanks) is a compilation of eight songs – written, sang and played by himself. Guitar, double bass, synthesizer and percussion sampler were recorded in his tiny loft space in Bielany, on a four-track analog cassette recorder.
Pieces of music vary. Some are with vocals accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, while other are instrumentally more complex lo-fi pieces you want to dance to.
Wojtek Traczyk Free Solo project connects the aesthetics of free jazz and modern improvisation with sacred music, both meditative and ritualistic.
It is an affirmation of order and unpredictability.
He attempts to provoke the situation in which one movement or one sound changes everything, a situation in which the state of danger brings the listener to the state of peace and deep concentration.
In 2014 his second solo album was released, but this time, Traczyk presents recordings that are far from his instrumental debut. This time the avant-garde double bass player is sharing his passion for song writing, however, in this new project he retains his same old uncompromising and consistent attitude towards searching forms of musical self-expression.
„Dziękuję, Dobrze” (transl.Fine, Thanks) is a compilation of eight songs – written, sang and played by himself. Guitar, double bass, synthesizer and percussion sampler were recorded in his tiny loft space in Bielany, on a four-track analog cassette recorder.
Pieces of music vary. Some are with vocals accompanied only by an acoustic guitar, while other are instrumentally more complex lo-fi pieces you want to dance to.