Boso

The album Boso was released by Zakopower after a relatively long break - the previous studio album Na siedem was released 4 years earlier, in 2007 ^{[5] [9]} . The new album was recorded at the recording studio located in Blyakhovna - in the suburban areas of Czestochowa ^{[2] [4]} .

The sound of the new Zakopower disc, unlike the previous works of the group, has undergone some changes - it has become more saturated with elements of rock music . At the same time, the base of the sound of the Boso album was still ^[1] . In the tracks of the new album, among other things, there are also melodies and themes that send the listener to jazz , reggae and ska , and the song “Kropla”, for example, was created according to all the canons of the pop music genre ^[10] . The Boso album presents the same variety of musical instruments as on previous recordings: the tracks use the violins inherent in Polish folklore, viola and Podhale bass ; rock-specific electric guitars , bass and drums ; jazz saxophone , as well as a synthesizer associated primarily with electronic music . The author of all music and the producer of the album is . Together with his son Marek Pospeshalsky, he recorded parts of saxophones, clarinets and other instruments ^{[1] [5]} .

The themes of the songs on the Boso album are both philosophical reflections on the transience of human life and on the issues of choosing a life path, as well as descriptions of completely prosaic problems, for example, such as “when a conversation is not glued ...”. Words are written for one part of the songs in Podhale dialect , for the other - in the Polish literary language . The main songwriters again became and Bartolomew Kudasik ^{[1] [5]} .

According to the participants of Zakopower, in the process of recording a new album, the band’s musicians tried to reproduce in the studio the energy, spontaneity and improvisation that are characteristic of concert performances and are possible only when all the players play together. For this, the songs from the album were thoroughly finalized before the recording. Joint revision took place first at rehearsals, and then at concerts. At the same time, each of the Zakopower musicians participated in the creation of the song arrangements . The members of the group exchanged ideas, offered and tried different versions of the parts of their instruments, made various additions to the compositions, or, on the contrary, removed unnecessary, in their opinion, fragments from them. Thus, the development of songs proceeded from rehearsal to rehearsal and from concert to concert thanks to the joint efforts of all Zakopower musicians. As soon as the composition took on a “perfect look”, the musicians gathered in the studio and recorded it all together, trying to reproduce the conditions of the concert performance. According to Zakopower participants, such a sound could not have been achieved if each musician played only what the composer composed and recorded the parts of his instrument in the studio separately from other members of the collective ^{[5] [9]} .

The song " Boso ", released the first single from the album, became one of the most popular hits of 2011 in Poland . This song topped the Polish chart ^[11] , as well as the charts of many Polish music radio stations , including the and ^{[7] [12] [13]} . In addition, the song often appeared on Polish television, along with the broadcast of the official video of the group, directed by the directors Dominika Podchaska-Thuzhevskaya and Bartek Buk ^[10] , the song “Boso” was performed by other artists in a number of television shows , such as, for example, ^[14] , ^[15] and ^[16] . The popularity of the song partly contributed to the growth of popularity and, accordingly, the growth of sales of the album Boso ^[7] .

The second single from the album was the song “ Bóg wie gdzie ” reissued in 2011 ^[17] , previously this single was released in 2008 , and the live version of the song was presented on Koncertowo’s 2009 album ^[18] . In 2011-2012, the song “Bog wie gdzie” was in rotation of a number of Polish music radio stations , rising to the top of the charts, in particular, the song was in the first position on the chart for three weeks ^[19] In 2012 two more singles “Tak że tak” and “Poduszki” were released. The sound of the song from the last single is not quite usual for the Zakopower band, as it was recorded without stringed bow instruments ^[20] .

At the ceremony of the most prestigious Polish music award “ ” in 2012, Zakopower was announced in four nominations and won three of them ^[7] . Boso's album was recognized as “ ”, the song “Boso” won the “ ” award, and Zakopower was voted “The ”. Only Marek Pospeshalsky and Adam Tselinsky, nominated in the category “ ” for recording and publishing the album Boso ^{[10] [21] [22],} did not receive the award.

The title track of the album “Boso” was presented at the in Opole 2011 and received the award, also called the “Super Premiere” ^{[7] [23]} in the “Premieres” category. In 2012, the song “Boso” won another music award, winning the “Top Hit of the Year” nomination. The soloist of the group Sebastian Karpel-Bulecka, recognized as the “Super Artist of the Year”, was also awarded at this ceremony. In the “Super Album of the Year” nomination, Boso lost first place to Sylvia Grzeszczak ^{[24] [25]} .

According to the , based on sales in Poland, Boso's album received three platinum certifications by February 20, 2013 ^{[8] [10]} . The album was also awarded the prize of the largest Polish retail chain as the best-selling Polish music album of 2011 ^{[7] [26]} .

Boso's album includes 12 tracks ^{[3] [4] [5]} :

In the recording took part ^{[5] [27] [28]} :

Zakopower

• - vocals , violin , words;
• Bartolomei (Bartek) Kudasik - backing vocals , viola , words;
• Wojciech Topa - backing vocals, violin;
• Jozef Hitz - backing vocals, Podhale bass ;
• Peter (Falko) Rykhlets - keyboard instruments ;
• Lukash Moskal - vocals, percussion , tabla ;
• Tomek (Sarek) Kravchik - electric guitar ;
• Michal Trombsky - bass .

and

• - vocals, music, arranging , producing , alto saxophone , bass saxophone , bass clarinet , keyboards, loop , vocals;
• Marek Pospeshalsky - clarinet , tenor saxophone ;
• Boguslava Kudasik - backing vocals;
• Stanislav Trebun-Stashel - backing vocals;
• - mixing , mastering;
• Rafal Podlevsky - management;
• Adam Panchuk - photos;
• Pyotr Podlevsky - photos.

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