tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26587205003152969902024-03-13T18:14:41.363-07:00Jan Strachjan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-45695452664492063102019-12-20T13:49:00.003-08:002019-12-21T13:50:04.290-08:00Jan LF Strach opuszcza Facebooka / Jan LF Strach is leaving Facebook<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Doszedłem do wniosku że Facebook w swej obecnej inkarnacji jest w 10% narzędziem promocyjnym dla takiego artysty jak ja, a w 90% utrapieniem, źródłem męki, nieustannie narastających kompleksów i poczucia beznadziei. Przez jakiś czas obywałem się bez niego. Potem, kiedy dołączyłem, aż zachłysnąłem się mnogością nowych znajomości, stronek, grup, wspaniałych ludzi i kontaktów. Niestety. Deewolucja FB z narzędzia do nawiązywania znajomości i kontaktów, do korporacyjnej maszyny do trzepania pieniędzy z rozpaczliwej potrzeby twórców do bycia ujrzanymi, usłyszanymi - przeraża mnie i wpędza w depresję. Dla własnego zdrowia psychicznego, które ostatnio jest kruche, dokonuję jedyej słusznej wolty, z jednej strony ze świadomością spadku mojej "popularności" który z tego wyniknie, z drugiej strony, jakże nie brać tej "popularności" w cudzysłów?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tak więc znikam, planuję nic tam więcej nie zamieszczać i niczego więcej nie czytać - nie jestem w stanie. Jesli spodoba się wam coś co zrobiłem, zawsze możecie o tym napisać. I napiszcie mi że napisaliście, napiszcie nawet co napisaliście, ale nie każcie mi już proszę tu wracać. Musimy wszyscy się otrząsnąć z dziwnego przekonania, że FB to jedyne słuszne miejsce i nic poza nim nie ma. Otóż nie, przypominam lojalnie, że poza nim jest CAŁA RESZTA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kochani, wy, którym zależy, a wiem że was jest wiele, a jakaś Duża Firma zadecydowała że część moich informacji będziecie widzieć, a część nie. Mam nadzieję, że udało wam się zobaczyć Tę Wiadomość. Chcę żebyście zawsze wiedzieli co stworzyłem, co się dzieje, a wiecie że tworzę dużo i chętnie. Bez FB spodziewam się ponownego rozkwitu moich możliwości twórczych. Jeśli chcecie wiedzieć co u mnie, zapraszam do bardzo prostej rzeczy - mojej listy e-malingowej. Dlaczego? Jeden, bardzo prosty powód. W przeciwieństwie do Facebooka, każda moja wiadomość wysłana do was, zostanie przez was otrzymana. Jeden do jeden. Możecie zapisać się tu, a kiedy wam się odechce, wypisać się. Będę wysyłał info o tworzonej przeze mnie muzyce, grach komputerowych i nie tylko, tekstach, filmach, teledyskach. Bez zalewania was bezsensem i urywkami informacji. Zawsze będziecie mogli odpisać, napisać do mnie i odpowiem na wszystko, zawsze. Chodźcie tu:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bądźmy w tym razem, tak jak być powinno. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Zostawiam tradycyjne namiary na mnie, wszędzie:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">moja cała sztuka zalinkowana tu:<br /><a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/">http://janstrach.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mój instagram jest zalinkowany gdzieś na FB, nazywa się</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">moje teledyski:<br /><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FUnderpolen%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR21wsFOlPvNotESsrYb9VvU6HslU6brwQka16Cp4Ev98qosfNJNOQ23MIU&h=AT2KJd16nIMXXZypiHUQJT8wAEXB6NYV6qZu0X-KJp5xGPlaFXu6rtkhPKLRES2g_X4ygC5PRdYYsKTsG85v4yL5zSf3pLGxXG233o7h71kWb550L8OmuFxr-JelE7pCixD9fN52Hi8lCq1v18eHDA0jMUdnW8ECoSaRuZnJa49u-NF3JYRMiEO4kMIzRgZlZb-okKtDPV1rTOEKKoWLKGWKlLGxvEQmWH91Kh_H8x2Kxk9iVIfZiIlRHp6V_CW1Y6JUC3GWDeFrAlU2LE8nEKbygV3A8NTfuzZ-0p6fwUsbDqYKRK8htYmdf4GpPJp4c2mEShbHYqV8JAmNgzrAc8yeP2t7T2NYX3evcmIegjVuEDCkd8jWcYn-ZYAySe3YKJM8wGvk8xU9dg1NhcGYtioeGcDsMhx2GSVzSaPTgJH-PZ---BajApPR5FMaSGroYEd_sQPscjO7XX3SmC6MdjRmqBlLS_dhZU3FNoyNHrIvP1ypzFaaLn8MnM2B0xFXMvP-qalR0ZhPBfqQwTMVsvQW1p07MoidGAqZ_4O-sXe4SXgYQ99LN6l2Wngzeb9qeap4GYUu5YEOoE9xmskE-mZk5JNJbmnfnEniyc-0ED6BFjxR81l8PnoJ_OA_Lt8Brld0NA" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Underpolen?fbclid=IwAR21wsFOlPvNotESsrYb9VvU6HslU6brwQka16Cp4Ev98qosfNJNOQ23MIU" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/Underpolen</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">wkrótce więcej filmów tu:<br /><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fjanstrach%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0OEZE1kB_DCN6vnydavj7wd_L6OHbDA8WoLZO4nX8QPEgZ5K8GwU-XglI&h=AT3cRuL_r2wNaOaAUVUuzcH5aSC3ZOcECszbrDX-Z0LY0_YifIgAyrUlMpAlYBcZHsqfbhkvhJc77E6fKAR3CDK-X6xHY5T1SCs_va7TDzOkvZ_B1dQ8yTsQ0ehTnBfnM_SHDungsIMDoQWqJ3iCaJP566bPFCAvT6nQxqek8qcic-DUP5oT5N7dvehfic-iaSPAYBKCr9RjeActPgKtmRpmN4YMbrYrld8zU0Y6PlxKnU191TwkXpqmyugDOfnWx1qJEdZGRBXJJMDcKzKlUJursUdDn7uNW9I3T57Gnv0rHZX_moy20Ny__cXSNT5YRXKcHtE5_gNmu268sspVn_iAwEex0sU5N706ALPo7w6qt_lt8B7a5rstRkmEllZCBb6PXFNKQjzXxFdfEfSXvO4fMvacmGSv573L5grcQIazqsPjjeqiGfqXk2MZXWZ0K_O-igNjwSJRokEJeYtONfGOZEoqfIH77o-drr6_AmaiL6ZleP4iO3Luy9iWf7SvmozEIMcOImIhToAxkJfz9Lk1S0mk984YaWa87h3PKOxo4tUOMVPrlP52b4OIuazlyoxVXgNljup198q8-bKJkBSy25w0u3F2XE86y_SiIQsbcjKQzxbJCI3xl2XF6rJOodXoMw" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/janstrach?fbclid=IwAR0OEZE1kB_DCN6vnydavj7wd_L6OHbDA8WoLZO4nX8QPEgZ5K8GwU-XglI" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/janstrach</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wy, którym zależy, kocham was. Odzywajcie się. Ale jak ludzie, na maila.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">janstrach(małpa)<a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgmail.com%2F&h=AT2htBk-FVZAAIWiQewTWNOj6EMhfSMeQfqA4w0pymc02KdmyYOqWrkC3igMr6M-cmMVeJFVsTCerekoii8kbXfbCLyJfLubuFhYPIbvdIhu60p5zp3mhvxdKub5crSP2q5fo6ykWdNFAtAO5aZ1iywBrkCwboL7MZCo6HrWvPN6-ot_8ToFR0V__1LnN6uRLRMyL98geSzKC6BLDTzvVHBaAsUmfEd0yDZ_InxN9m4K6Dd7NP3F16nF8wLPOI9-ohMf_MWOatN8fwC5i-9VOHOXhgPuJ7bDqKgB7fjTOQGuwoeuwxm0jLDThgM-FlZckq-A9gl1_V8cMeZBjjpcYOZpnXFk2BGfSgK_HT__qZAS_Fd8_VGwC4ZIVmpsLb75HiA5oPSlV6cxhdq6gX4RgwVrtb-KFbx4jQvwOBiRXMgDJvwMexUym859xDnPollz8MMgIlPgk_3gXOGtM_58S0bHrHpwy77BW9XkvcrlU_Vy2nU6M7QvSc91w9q8b8POXstFoJSFi8_BuTNGAn-7GDpeMuyL5tb7VufcYAnDEBQzB9gz_XhMayADmvAVahiEg2UOM-McHgcvTai_DcXivzY6aO39sgy8La-2-LDsADD7wMEJlLN7OYscHUXtPCOs-gXFzA" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buziaki, wiem że (mimo tego co podpowiada mi machina) jesteście tam i zrozumiecie. Dołączcie do mnie, gdziekolwiek indziej niż tu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Z bogiem i na pohybel, naprzód i po horyzont!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Całuję,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Zmęczony ale wasz zawsze JLFS.</span></div>
<br />jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-65794043795443179302019-01-16T05:19:00.002-08:002019-03-07T00:24:28.084-08:00OGROMNE OBWIESZCZENIE / GRAND SUMMARY!!DŁUGA ALE EKSCYTUJĄCA I POTRZEBNA ŚCIANA TEKSTU patrz<br />
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Cześć! Czy wiedzieliście że fejsbuk w zeszłym roku stał się jeszcze bardziej bezduszny - do tego stopnia że bez płacenia pejsbukowi za promowanie posta, zasięg został okrojony o kilkadziesiąt procent? To znaczy że jeśli mam około 100 fanów, którzy polubili mą stronkę by oglądać co takiego w danej chwili tworzę, to cokolwiek wrzucę trafia do kilkunastu. Za każdym moim postem kochany życzliwy pejsbuk przesyła do mnie kochaną życzliwą wiadomość: "hej! jeśli chciałbyś zwiększyć swój zasięg, możesz zapłacić 110 zł, by dotrzeć nawet do 6000 osób!" Więc Ok, robię post płatny - taki który ma dotrzeć do 100% moich "fanów" (sorki że tak was nazywam, dla mnie wszyscy jesteście wspaniałymi przyjaciółmi). Po to, by pokazać co się działo przez miniony rok, a co mogło was ominąć, po prostu dlatego że BEZDUSZNY ALGORYTM tak zdecydował. Jeśli te rzeczy przypadły wam do gustu i nie chcielibyście w tym roku anno domino nie przeoczyć podobnych WSPANIAŁOŚCI, to po wejściu na moją stronę i kliknięciu "OBSERWUJ" bądź "OBSERWOWANIE" na samej górze, można wybrać opcję "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jan.L.F.Strach/">WYŚWIETLAJ NAJPIERW</a>". Wówczas możecie mieć Większą Pewność, że gdy zamieszczę kolejną muzykę, grafikę, grę, GIF czy film, to zobaczycie TO na górze swej strony. OKEJ, słuchajcie, poniżej wybrane przeze mnie najciekawsze zamieszczone przeze mnie rzeczy w roku 2018. Ale musicie mocniej ZAKRĘCIĆ KÓŁKIEM bo wpierw jeszcze streszczenie mojej epopei w języku angielskim dla anglojęzycznych przyjaciół których też jest tu kilka. Do zobaczenia na dole papeterii!<br />
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Hi! Did you know that last year it became even more soulless? To the extent that without paying paysbook for posts, your reach becomes trimmed by over 70 percent? Meaning, if I hvae 100 fans who liked my page in order to see what I am creating, each of my posts reaches max a dozen or so. And every time I post something, my lovely friendly paysbook issues me a personal message: "hey! if you would like to reach more of your fans, pay 110 PLN in order to reach up to 6000 people!". SO OK, here is my paid post - I paid in order to reach 100% my "fans" (sorry I keep calling you that, you are all my dear friends, as far as I'm considered). Just to show you what I have created in the past year and it could have missed you because the SOULLESS ALGORITHM decided otherwise. If you liked any of these things below and would like to be sure not to miss out on all the future GREATNESS that appears here this year, go to my page, click "Follow" or "Following" and click the option "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jan.L.F.Strach/">SEE FIRST</a>" which makes you more certain that as soon as I post a new graphic, music, gif, game or a movie, it will show on the top of your newsfeed. OK, so here go the most important things I posted last year:<br />
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STYCZEŃ/JANUARY<br />
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PKP Sealoop GIF:<br />
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Film instruktażowy jak zrobiłem okładkę do Balearen Kanaren E.P. / A How-to video of my creating cover for my "Balearen Kanaren " e.p.:<br />
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LUTY/FEBRUARY<br />
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Premiera / Premiere: JAN STRACH "Balearen Kanaren EP":<br />
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Teledysk do nadchodzącej płyty DLAMIAD / A music video for the upcoming new DLAMIAD album:<br />
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Współpraca z jedną z ulubionych moich artystek absolutnie undergroundowych, która przeszła prawie bez echa :( / Collaboration with one of my fav underground artists which sadly went by almost unnoticed:<br />
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Me and Stan recording in the studio as Projekt Luty:<br />
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MARZEC/MARCH<br />
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Bul bul<br />
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Pracochłonny falujący ukwiał w stylu C64 / very time-consuming wavy anemone in C64 style:<br />
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Wkraczam w magiczny i bezlitosny świat RATE YOUR MUSIC: Entering the magical and ruthless world of RATE YOUR MUSIC:<br />
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<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jan-strach">https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jan-strach</a><br />
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Wraca sezon na zdjęcia solarne / The season is back for solar photos:<br />
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Najważniejsze wydarzenie w roku czyli premiera mojej nowej płyty "Wygaszacz Ekranów" jak również DZIESIĘCIOLECIE UNDERPOLEN / The most important thing in the year - premiere of my new album "Wygaszacz Ekranów" and 10-year anniversary of my netlabel Underpolen:<br />
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CZERWIEC/JUNE<br />
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Blackmetallification of Depeche mode lyrics (by anagrams):<br />
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Jak kataloguję przesłuchaną muzyczkę / How I catalogue all music I hear:<br />
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LIPIEC-SIERPIEŃ/JULY-AUGUST<br />
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Pogrążon w melancholii, wypisuję się z pejsbuka na 2 miesiące, żegnając się filmem rysunkowym / melancholically I log out from paysbook for 2 months, justifying it with a cartoon:<br />
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WRZESIEŃ/SEPTEMBER<br />
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Premiera nowego albumu "GRzybnia" mojego pół-improwizowanego psychodeliczno-noiserockowego zespołu Projekt Luty/Premiere of new album"Grzybnia" by my semi-improvisational experimental psychedelic noiserock band Projekt Luty:<br />
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Zaczynam pracę nad nową grą komputerową, "Mr. Claws"/I start working on a new computer game, mr Claws:<br />
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Czym jest prostokątyzacja? / What is rectangulisation?<br />
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LISTOPAD / NOVEMBER<br />
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Ciepła wanna na dni coraz chłodniejsze / A warm tub for the ever colder days:<br />
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Teledysk robiony ze starych nagrań VHS do Extremalnego noisegrindu zespołu Nhumbhrukh/A music video made out of old VHS recording for extreme noisegrind by the band Nhumbhrukh:<br />
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ZAKLINAM NA WSZYSTKO NIE POZWÓLCIE TEMU GIF-owi ZGINĄĆ / I IMPLORE YOU DO NOT LET THIS GIF PERISH:<br />
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Moje pierwsza animacja 3D, NIE ŚMIAĆ SIĘ / My first 3D animation do not laugh:<br />
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GRUDZIEŃ / DECEMBER<br />
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Drugi teledysk stworzony z reklam z lat 88-92, do muzyki DLAMIAD stworzonej z reklam z lat 88-92/Another music video made out of polish commercials from 88-92, accompanying music by DLAMIAD, made out of polish commercials form 88-92:<br />
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No i wreszcie premiera rzeczonego mojego muzycznego projektu, gdzie każdy utwór został stworzony li tylko z odgłosów i muzyki wczesnych reklam polskich!/And finally a premiere of this album, in which every tune I created out of sounds and music of early Polish commercials!:<br />
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Mój top / my top of 2018:<br />
8. Voivod - The Wake<br />
7. Eyes Of Love - End Of The Game<br />
6. Laura Jean - Devotion<br />
5. Yvyy - Metaphysics Of Death<br />
4. Les Big Byrd - Iran Iraq IKEA<br />
3. Warmduscher - Whale City<br />
2. Scallops Hotel - Sovereign Nose Of (Y)our Arrogant Face<br />
1. Eric Taxxon - Traveller<br />
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To by było na tyle. Miłego nowego roku, i nie liczcie na mniej artystycznych postów z mojej strony!<br />
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That would be it. Happy New Year but do not count there will be any fewer posts from me!!<br />
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<3 p=""></3>jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-16884076781205281732018-11-26T04:06:00.000-08:002018-11-26T04:06:03.256-08:00UPDATES (2018)!<div style="text-align: center;">
New categories above: <a href="https://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/3d.html">3D graphics</a>, <a href="https://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/animated-gifs.html">Animated GIFS</a>, <a href="https://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/old-city-plans.html">Old City Plans...</a></div>
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<a href="https://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">New Solar Photos</a> added, <a href="https://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/videos.html">new Films</a> added. Enjoy!</div>
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jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-10714766779734180852017-11-15T05:01:00.002-08:002018-01-09T02:25:37.885-08:00UPDATES!Added my new game, Gumbo, a new film, new solar photos, glitch art, album covers...<br />
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jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-14563864506138536282017-03-31T06:28:00.001-07:002017-03-31T06:29:45.217-07:00UPDATES!New links, new solar photo, new pixel manipulations, new album covers, new videos...Come check them all out with navigation buttons above you!!!!<br />
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Pierwotnie wydany w 2013 roku, obecnie poprawiony i wzbogacony o 12 fotografii solarnych tomik wierszy impresjonistyczno-eksperymentalnych "O Spaniu". </div>
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<br />jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-69825574913892666322016-09-09T03:33:00.001-07:002016-09-09T03:33:40.457-07:00The flora of Poor Thing<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All the flora (so far) of <a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/computer-games.html">Poor Thing</a>.</span><br />
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<br />jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-39347054476413336832016-02-18T23:52:00.001-08:002016-02-18T23:52:20.331-08:00New Computer Game - There ThereMy new short game, "There There" made for the "Slice Of Life" event on Glorious Trainwrecks, is available for free download. If you like animals howling in the snow, stick spirals, auroras and choral music, you might want to check it out!<br />
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<a href="http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/10059">Available here</a></div>
jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-50850690718500661922016-02-05T05:56:00.000-08:002016-02-05T05:56:55.026-08:00Underpolen website is up!<div style="text-align: justify;">
So you may not know this but for a couple of years Underpolen had a legit, dedicated homepage starting with www and ending with .com, and with Underpolen in the middle. Don't go there now, please. I shelled heavy-earned cash each month to keep it running but got defeated by spambots, malicious things and my host not really helping me out. So I ditched the site and for a while we were bandcamp and facebook only. But now, Underpolen site is back, only in the form of a free blogspot page. Basic content is there with album lists and artist infos. Again, bilingual to encourage my Polish fans to communicate. More stuff will be added soon!</div>
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jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-80236088089625875892016-01-07T06:23:00.004-08:002016-01-07T06:23:52.583-08:00Music listsHello and welcome to the New Year.<br />
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Hey, do you listen to musics? I sure do. And also, I like lists. That is why for the past few years I have been amassing this list of my favorite albums, which has now grown to gigantic size. If you ever wondered what makes me tick musically, here is the full selection. I update it few times a year, and have just passed 400 positions. There are no prejudices here and the modern and well known is juxtaposed with obscure weirdness. And you can see what my main musical loves are, just by looking at the density of Zappa, Nurse With Wound, Grateful Dead, Cardiacs and GBV.<br />
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<a href="http://www.listology.com/janstrach/list/jan-strach-favorite-albums">http://www.listology.com/janstrach/list/jan-strach-favorite-albums</a><br />
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Also! I am reviving my old blog "Album of the week" in which I aim to publish the album that made a lasting impression on me every week. And I want to actually keep it up for all 52 weeks of 2016! Last time I tried (in 2009 I think) I made it to week 31 and ran out of albums - not gonna happen this time! I am leaving these 2009 selections in for nostalgia's sake. The first selection for 2016 is in, and I already have some candidates for week 2! So things are looking promising so far.<br />
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As for me, new music, arts and videos coming soon to their desgnated safespaces up above!jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-47645961750757840602015-11-16T00:56:00.001-08:002015-11-16T00:56:09.396-08:00New computer game - The Grey Nether<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you who do not know, I have spent half of September and whole of October taking a break from Poor Thing and instead creating a survival horror platformer, The Grey Nether - in order to complete it in time for Halloween, as part of "Underneath the Sidewalk" challenge on Glorious Trainwrecks.<br />
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I was immensely pleased with the final result - although bathed in ever-present Greyness, the hero is equipped with a flashlight to provide limited visibility and a handgun to protect himself (and his granddaughter) from the evils lurking beneath.<br />
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I added the game on the "<a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/computer-games.html">Computer Games</a>" Page - check it out, enjoy! Tell your friends!jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-39761038080257416842015-10-05T04:59:00.001-07:002015-10-05T04:59:49.829-07:00The Making Of the front cover for Jan Strach's new album "Trawiaste Miasto"The album is here: <a href="http://janstrach.bandcamp.com/album/trawiaste-miasto">http://janstrach.bandcamp.com/album/trawiaste-miasto</a><br />
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The front and back cover was made with a combination of techniques - cutting and pasting both digital and analog, collage, additional details in MS-Paint, oversaturated crayon drawings for titles.<br />
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The source materials all came from my extensive collection of old city maps and plans (<a href="http://strachisalways.tumblr.com/">some of which you can find here</a>)<br />
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Here is how it went down.<br />
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<br />jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-64373513676168307012015-07-22T03:28:00.000-07:002015-07-22T03:28:24.838-07:00My computer games finally available for download!Great news! After much procrastination I made my 2 complete computer games into 32 bit version which makes them possible to play on modern computers! At last!<br />
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Head over to the <a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/computer-games.html" target="_blank">Computer Games</a> section and download Storm is Coming and Le Sunset Salto for free!<br />
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jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-62244776652934407492015-06-11T02:42:00.004-07:002018-01-09T02:31:01.521-08:00Wywiad z Janem Strachem - Overmusic Sensations Blog<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-review-of-jan-strach-piszczy-w.html">English version of this interview here </a><br />
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Blog "Overmusic Sensations" który zamieścił wspaniałą recenzję mojej epki "Jan Strach Piszczy w Narożniku" oraz przeprowadził ze mną wywiad, przestał niestety istnieć. Wobec tego tu zamieszczam dla potomności udzielony wówczas wywiad, który ukazał się 27.4.2015.</div>
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Z początku miałem obawy czy chciałbym aby to właśnie ten
albumik był pierwszym, który doczeka się recenzji w języku rodzimym. Po ponownym
jego przesłuchaniu stwierdzam jednak, że to dobra „baza wypadowa” do reszty
mojej dyskografii jak również przegląd moich upodobań jako kompozytora. Mamy tu
nieregularne rytmy i struktury oraz nawarstwione chmury gitar i syntezatorów,
ale i też melodie proste i czyste z nutką Casio-nostalgii. Teksty zarówno
przemyślane jak wymyślane na bieżąco, punkowa energia oraz partie perkusji na
sprzętach ogrodowych. Wszystkiego po trochu.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wiem, że Epka to zaledwie jedno z ponad
50 wydawnictw sygnowanych przez Ciebie, rozmaite inne projekty i netlabel
Underpolen. Powiedz nam więcej o netlabelu, i o tym, co Cię napędza i motywuje
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Tworzenie to moja pasja, choroba, hobby, ulubiony sposób
spędzania każdej chwili wolnego czasu. Zapadłem na to we wczesnym dzieciństwie,
pisząc komiksy, nieukończoną powieść młodzieżową oraz nagrywając techno które
polegało na tym, że puszczałem bit z organów i dawałem młodszemu bratu znaki
kiedy ma krzyczeć wokale do wiadra. Mimo że montuję i kombinuję w mediach
rozmaitych to muzyka jest miłością pierwszą. Dopiero w roku 2003, już mając
przesypującą się szafę nagranych kaset, odkryłem że możliwe jest podłączenie
magnetofonu kabelkiem do komputera i zapis w formie mp3. Tu zaczyna się
historia Underpolen – niezbędne bowiem stało się ponazywanie tych dzieł i
uszeregowanie w różne projekty. Od samego początku wiedziałem też, że chcę na
zawsze zachować ducha tych początkowych lat – szum kasety, falstarty, wybuchy
śmiechu, buczenie wzmacniacza, odgłosy palców na instrumentach i oddychający
żywi ludzie zamiast komputerowo wymiętoszonych głosów nagrywanych po 40 razy w
dźwiękoszczelnych puszkach. Choć z kaseciaka w końcu przerzuciłem się na
rejestrator, to przypadek oraz improwizacja nadal są mą główną inspiracją w
procesie nagrywawczym. Underpolen był pierwotnie terminem-parasolem który
gromadził wszystko co opublikowałem. Potem stał się netlabelem i każdy album
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Obecnie Underpolen dorósł, dojrzał i trochę się uspokoił.
Reprezentuje wszystkie moje albumy – na tę chwilę jest ich 53, i 10 projektów
muzycznych pod którymi tworzę (3 zespoły i 7 solowych, każdy w nieco innej
stylistyce). Swego czasu wydałem też epkę zespołu Lugol’s Iodine oraz kilka
albumów Proyect? Moone Jazzers – „tajemniczego muzyka z Europy Zachodniej”.</div>
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Lo-Fi, kórą bardzo oryginalnie i bezkompromisowo prezentujesz w swoich
produkcjach?</b><br />
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DIY jest to absolutna wolność twórcza i absolutna kontrola
artystyczna, ale i wyłączna odpowiedzialność autora za całokształt. W dobie
rzeczy ujednoliconych i dążenia za sztampą i pewnymi standardami, również w
dziełach dźwiękowych, DIY oferuje to, za czym ludzie się stęsknili – dzieła
własnoręczne, osobiste, może i czasem toporne ale przez to urocze i jedyne w swoim
rodzaju. Każdy taki album to nie po prostu kolejny zestaw piosenek obliczony
przez grono specjalistów dla konkretnej grupy docelowej. Tutaj jest jak
widokówka wysłana od nieznajomego do całego świata, kartka z pamiętnika
upstrzona odciskami palców – rzecz, którą ten ktoś po prostu musiał wydrzeć z
siebie, a często pozostaje niesłuchana przez nikogo. Duch artystyczny w
najczystszej postaci i przemożna potrzeba dzielenia się swoją wizją ze światem.</div>
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się wstydzili – szum taśmy, samochód za oknem, bzyczący mikrofon, trzeszczenie
w głośniku – i czyni z tego rys charakteru i efektowny środek stylistyczny.
Tysiące „sypialnianych” kompozytorów pozbywają się kompleksów i poczucia, że
jeśli coś nie jest krystaliczne, to nie jest dobre – i z dumą publikują i
wpisują się w nurt lo-fi, a ludzie to kupują, bo też stęsknieni są poczucia
autentyczności,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>obcowania z prawdziwą
istotą ludzką, gdzieś w prawdziwym pokoju w prawdziwym świecie, gdzie rzeczy
rzężą, skrzypią, oddychają. I bardzo dobrze.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bardzo podoba mi się
naturalność i bezpretensjonalność Twojej muzyki, a jednocześnie wrażenie
przemyślenia i dokładnego zaplanowania każdego nagrania. Czy stoisz gdzieś
pośrodku, czy bliżej Ci do jednego z wymienionych przeze mnie biegunów?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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W rzeczach nagrywanych z zespołami stawiam na improwizację i
rozjechaną melodykę. W składzie zespołu Projekt Luty przykładowo zawsze jest co
najmniej jedna osoba bez przygotowania muzycznego (zazwyczaj jest to mój
przyjaciel Staszek, którego serdecznie pozdrawiam) – co zapewnia stałą obecność
przypadku, przedziwnej synchronizacji i nieoczekiwanych przygód w „studiu”. W
projektach solowych jednak muszę powiedzieć, że myślę, myślę, zmieniam,
kombinuję. Rzeczy bywają nagrane gorączkowo i pod wpływem chwili, co nie
znaczy, że nie przeciągam ich potem w inne miejsca w komputerze, bo przychodzi
mi do głowy jakiś ciekawszy obrazek.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Czym zajmujesz się oprócz muzyki, zdaje
się, że nie tylko ona wchodzi w skład Twojej sztuki?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Lubię tworzyć rzeczy wizualne – moje okładki są
odzwierciedleniem głównych inspiracji w sferze graficznej – grafika PETSCII
(rodem z komputera C64), piksele, kolaż, fotografie niskiej jakości, fragmenty
starych okładek książek czy planów miast.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Robię gry komputerowe w programie Klik n Play z 1993 roku.
Piszę teksty różne, kilka angielskich można znaleźć wpisując „Out Of Strach” w
wybranej wyszukiwarce. Obecnie, na przekór mojej bardzo fragmentarycznej
osobowości, wziąłem się za dwa wielkie projekty – tworzenie wielkiej gry komputerowej
i pisanie wielkiej powieści. Idzie dobrze, ale powoli.</div>
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Ostatnio też zabrałem się za montowanie teledysków do muzyki
z Underpolen. Kilka można już znaleźć na Youtubie. Myślę że najnowszy teledysk
do piosenki „Dzban” Projektu Luty dobrze przedstawia naszą stylistykę i
filozofię. Komu spodoba się „Dzban”, ten, jak mniemam, przekona się do całej
reszty Underpolen.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jaki instrument jest Twoim preferowanym?
Na jakich instrumentach grasz?</b></div>
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Mimo że z pewnością duszę mam rockmena to moje ukochane
kilkunastoletnie Casio jest na pierwszym miejscu. Ale tylko odrobinę przed
gitarą. Radzę sobie na tych instrumentach przyzwoicie. Co jakiś czas łapię za
flet, lub małe zabawki typu stylofon. No i sporadycznie wspomagają mnie sprzęty
AGD, sample, i szereg pedałów efektowych.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jakie są początki Twojej twórczości,
czy, a jeśli tak, to gdzie można je usłyszeć?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Kto chce usłyszeć najstarsze moje dzieła, tego zapraszam do
płyty „Jan Strach Otwiera Szafkę”. Jest to właśnie takie archiwum, gdzie
zebrałem najciekawsze dokonania z moich młodzieńczych, kasetowych lat. Na
okładce jest moja szafka z kasetami. Piosenki tam zebrane nagrane były w wieku
pomiędzy 16 a 20 lat.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jak żyje się artyście DIY/Lo-Fi w
Poznaniu, w Polsce? Jakie okazje i możliwości dla takich artystów oferuje to
miasto i ten kraj? A dokładnie jego media, kluby i sale koncertowe?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Żyje się dobrze, aczkolwiek samotnie. Kilkakrotnie
próbowałem wyszukać informacje na temat jakichkolwiek forów, blogów, stron
zrzeszających domowych nagrywaczy. W języku polskim nic nie znalazłem.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Czy są inni lokalni artyści działający w
zgodzie z tym etosem, których możesz nam polecić?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Z Poznania na pewno Grupa KOT – niepokojący rap na tle
zapętlonych kaset magnetofonowych.</div>
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Polecam też zespół Krzyż Kross z Częstochowy, energiczny
rock grany na komputerach Commodore – ale widzę, że dawno nic nowego nie
publikowali.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Przede wszystkim zaś polecam Rzonkila z Krakowa i jego
wydawnictwo Weakie Discs! Świetny człowiek, całą duszą oddany estetyce DIY –
własnym sumptem nagrywający kolejne albumy, własnoręcznie tworzący masę
limitowanych edycji kaset dla siebie i innych artystów. Bez ustanku promuje,
publikuje, anonsuje – a sztuka jego, szczera i z pazurem – to ucieleśnienie
filozofii która Ciebie, A.J., i mnie pasjonuje.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Które z wydawnictw Underpolen są Twoimi
personalnymi faworytami? Podaj proszę 5 ulubionych pozycji.</b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Jan Strach – „O.O.S.” oraz Jan Strach – „Fale” – komu podoba
się ep, tutaj znajdzie to samo, ale więcej, lepiej, dłużej.</div>
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poj.wlkp – „Północ Półsen Półdzień” – wybieram płytę
najnowszą, bo najnowsza zawsze jest ulubiona, ale dumny jestem ze wszystkich.
Poj.wlkp to projekt dla którego rezerwuję najlepsze teksty, najpiękniejsze
melodie, najgłębsze przemyślenia i całą masę mrocznej melancholii.</div>
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<br /></div>
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A.Z.P. – „Dżon” – Ta płyta to ADHD pomysłów, bitów,
klimatów, nonsensu, chwytliwych melodii. Do tej pory lubię jej słuchać od deski
do deski. Foniczny eklektyczny strumień świadomości.</div>
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Projekt Luty – „Rejestrator” – Mój zespół - po raz pierwszy
nagrywany na rejestrator a nie na kaseciaka, dzięki czemu można było podrasować
każdą ścieżkę i wzbogacić naszą muzę warstwami perkusji, basu, syntezatorów.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Czego możemy spodziewać się po Tobie i
netlabelu w przyszłości?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Bliskie plany: Album SOT45 stworzony w całości przy użyciu
nagrań ekspresu do kawy. Album Deftechnixks na którym każda ścieżka została
zaplanowana przy użyciu generatora liczb losowych. Koncept album o facecie,
który przykuł się kajdankami do drzewa. Nowy album Jana Stracha prawdopodobnie
jeszcze w tym roku. Dalsze plany: Piosenki o wakacjach z wokalami mojej żony,
zestaw preludiów pianinowych opartych na wykresach temperatur. Bardzo chciałbym
też nagrać album blackmetalowy.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I ostatnie pytanie, czego słuchasz
prywatnie, i co lubisz czytać?</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Najukochańszym zespołem jest Cardiacs, a idolem - lider
formacji czyli Tim Smith. Ucieleśnienie wszystkiego co pasjonuje mnie w muzyce.
Niestety seria wylewów sprawiła, że nigdy biedak nie podniesie już gitary. Ale
muzyka jaką zdążył skomponować to świat sam w sobie.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Poza tym, pan Zappa rzecz jasna jest bogiem wagi ciężkiej.
Niesamowicie inspirujący pod względem całokształtu jest Steven Stapleton ze
swoją formacją Nurse With Wound. Wszystko czego się tknie Ron Jarzombek.
Wszystko gdzie palce macza Rob Crow. Nie sposób nie wymienić ojców chrzestnych
Lo-Fi czyli Guided By Voices. Poza tym, już bardziej wybiórczo: Califone,
Inquisition, Sonic Youth, mnóstwo mnóstwo innych.</div>
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Co do książek, odkąd dziateczki moje kochane przyszły na
świat, przynosząc dużo radości i zabierając ¾ wolnego czasu, mam wielkie
zaległości w lekturach. Lubię Umberto Eco, Stanisława Lema, a gdy trzeba się
pośmiać i rozerwać, niezastąpiony jest Pratchett. Co roku czytam opowiadanie
„Enigma” Johna Fowles’a - działa na mnie jak żadne inne dzieło pisane. <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />
Dziękuję serdecznie za rozmowę!</b></div>
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I ja dziękuję i pozdrawiam wszystkich czytelników. Może jest
wśród nich również paru przyszłych słuchaczy!<br />
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jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-70355560141694514182015-05-07T06:27:00.002-07:002015-05-07T06:27:40.612-07:00New solar photos!<div style="text-align: center;">
4 new solar photos uploaded under "<a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Solar Photos</a>", of all things.</div>
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3 days in the garden with alternating sun, clouds and rain. These ones are really great, each one is different.</div>
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<br />jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2658720500315296990.post-17171931577712326122015-04-30T06:20:00.000-07:002015-11-16T00:58:44.515-08:00A review of my album "Jan Strach Piszczy w Narożniku", and an interview!Hello family. Big news! I gave my first interview recently to a tremendous polish music blog <a href="http://overmusicsensations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Overmusic Sensations</a>, whose editor, A.J. Kaufman is a big DIY and Lo-Fi enthusiast, coincidentally, from my hometown! And also a <a href="http://ajkaufmann.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">prolific lo-fi music maker</a> in his own right.<br />
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<a href="http://janstrach.blogspot.com/2015/06/wywiad-z-janem-strachem-overmusic.html" target="_blank">Here is the Polish version</a> of the "Jan Strach Piszczy w Narożniku e.p." review with accompanying interview, and below is my lo-fi translation to English. <br />
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<b>Text</b>: A.J. Kaufmann, <b> </b></div>
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<b>Translation</b>: Jan Strach<br />
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Editor Kaufmann went through a nervous breakdown while looking for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lo-fi DIY</b> artists in his home town.
Fortunately, he remembered about the existence of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bandcamp</b>, entered the right search terms and boom – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jan Strach whined in the corner</b> [„Jan
Strach Piszczy w Narożniku” = „Jan Strach is whining in the corner”]. And
opened with the sounds of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Casio</b>. The
opening tune „<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2006</b>” transports us to
the world of electronic childhood – I think every person who dabbled in music
in their childhood, had in their possesssion a better or worse Casio keyboard.
The little melody flowing here is carefree, situated somewhere between elevator
music and the works of, for example, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">La
Dusseldorf</b>. The timbre makes me go back
among the socialist block apartments, where, bathed in a timid sunshine, Jan
Strach is warming up his fingers, gazing into the lo-fi blue skies. A great
introduction, but also standing well on its own as a composition.<br />
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The songs „<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Karty</b>” [„Playing Cards”]
resembles more the sound of New York no wave, as well as cassette tapes from
the former DDR, that I adored so much, on which musicians, similar to Jan,
recorded their performances. You would only have to stand Jan Strach inside <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tacheles</b>, joined by a performance
art.ist painter and nothing more would be needed – here it sounds like a Poznań
version of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Herr Blum</b>. Unpretentious
lyrics, no stress, loose sound, and a heapful of positive energy – I’m
impressed by the enthusiasm and energy, easy to spot in this one.<br />
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<b>"Smerfny"</b> [„Smurf-like”] just what it says on the tin. It resembles
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the Residents</b> a bit, skewed just
enough, and at the same time cartoonish and quirky – it does away with the
drums, which is fine – in my opinion, drums would make it sound like something
out of a cheap disco – but instead we get lo-fi electro prog or whatever, maybe
somthing akin to early-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kraftwerk</b>,
german<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>school of thought. Well done!</div>
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„<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kokosowe Buzie</b>” [Coconut Faces] take us further into the cartoon
world, or maybe the world of early computer games, Atari, Amiga, no idea –
never toook interest in that. I liked the uncompromising guitar sound, as well
as overall. The vocals are without any pressure. Yo yo yo. Although this piece
is the leaset convincing for me – this is just a matter of taste – on the
whole, the level of satisfaction remains stable.</div>
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<b>„Może Koniec Świata” </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">[„Maybe the end of the world”] is more like
sound poetry, and to me seems to be the most „serious” moment of the e.p.
Simple, sparse lyrics, just as well as everything else in this recording, and
uncompromising production. It reminds me of the fact, that we, lo-fi / DIY
artists often put too much emphasis on production gimmicks, while simplicity is
often the right way to go. Jan succeeds in avoiding wrong paths with this work,
although the musical matter is brave and uncompromising – it seems the artist
does not seek anyone’s approval. „Może Koniec Świata” is a great ballad, which,
if arranged in a more conventional manner, could be a part of <b>Robert
Calvert’s</b> repertoire, from the era of „<b>The Kid from Silicon Gulch</b>”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As last, comes „Walentynka” [ „A Valentine”], which reminds me, in a
funny way, that this is a polish production – guitar melody characteristic for
the 80-ties behind the iron curtain plus easy-listening arrangement, the tune
bringing to mind Omega and Scorpions – this is by no means a bad thing. And Jan
Strach is an exceptionally prolific artist, who I will surely write about a
couple more times. For now, I invite you to read my interview with him, and to
visit his bandcamp page! As it seems, in Poznań the lo-fi artists are doing
pretty well.</span><br />
<a href="http://underpolen.bandcamp.com/">http://underpolen.bandcamp.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://janstrach.bandcamp.com/">http://janstrach.bandcamp.com</a></div>
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<b>Hi Jan, could you please tell us about the „Jan Strach
Piszczy w Narożniku” e.p., what can the listener expect from this recording?</b></div>
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<b>Jan Strach:</b> At first I
was concerned whether I would like this exact album to be the first one
reviewed in Polish. However, wfter re-slitening to it, I have to say it is a
good starting point for the rest of my discography, as well as a nice review of
my composing style. There are irregular rhythms and structures, layers of
guitars and synths, but also silmple, pure melodies with a tinge of
Casio-nostalgia. Some lyrics are well-thought out, others improvised on the
spot; there’s punk energy and percussion bits recorded using gardening
equipment. A little bit of everything.<b> </b></div>
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<b>I know that the e.p. is only
one from over 50 albums that you had published, by various of your music
projects, on the Underpolen netlabel. Could you tell us more about the
netlabel, as well as things that drive you and motivate you to create?</b></div>
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Creating things is my passion, my sickness, a hobby,
favorite way to spend free time. It started in early childhood, when I kept
making comic books, an unfinished novel and recording techno tues, meaning I
played a rhythm on my keayboards and gave signs to my brother when to scream
the lyrics into a bucket. Although I tinker and dabble in various media, music
is definitely in the first place. It was only in 2003, when I discovered that
it was possible to connect a cassette player to a computer via cable in order
to upload songs to the harddrive. I already had a full cabinet overflowing with
recorded tapes. This would be the start of Underpolen – it became necessary to
give these tunes titles and group them into different recording projects. Also
since the very beginning I knew that I want to always keep the spirit of these
beginner years – tape hiss, false starts, laughter outbersts, buzzing amps,
fingers knocking on instruments, living breathing people instead of digitally
enhanced lines recorded 40 times until perfection inside soundproof boxes.
Although cassette recording eventually gave way to a digital 8-track, accidents
and improvisations still remain my main inspiration in the recording process.
Underpolen was initially an umbrella term for all the things I had published.
Then it transformed into a netlabel and each album got its own serial number,
category and cover.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for today,
Underpolen has grown up a bit, matured and settled down. It represents all my
albums – as of now there are 53 of them, spread across my 10 musical monikers
(3 bands and 7 solo projects, each in a different style). Some time ago I also
published an e.p. by Lugol’s Iodine and a couple of albums by Proyect? Moone
Jazzers – „a mysterious musician from western Europe”.</div>
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DIY means absolute creative control; absolute artistic
freedom, but at the same time, exclusive responsibility of the author for the
work. In the time of uniform things, a tendency to fit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>particular molds and meet particular
standards, also regarding audio works, DIY offers what people have been missing
– handmade stuff, personal stuff, sometimes maybe a bit crude but that makes
them charming and one of a kind. These albums are not simply sets of songs,
calculated by a professional committee to meet expectations of various
demographics. No, each of them is like a postcard, sent from a stranger to the
whole world, a page torn from a diary, specked with colorful fingerprints –
athing that the author simply had to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>tear out from themselves, yet often it remains not listened to by
anybody. Artistic spirit in its purest form and overwhelming need to share your
vision with the world.</div>
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Lo-Fi takes everything that amateur recording artists have
long been ashamed of – tape hiss, a car passing outside the window, buzzing
mics, crackling speakers – and makes it into a character trait, a powerful
stylistic choice. Thousends of bedroom composers shed their complexes and the
nonsense notion that things are worthless if any less than
crystalline-sounding. And they proudly enter the lo-fi current, which more and
more people invest into, because the listeners are missing the feeling of
authenticity and urgency, meeting another human being, inside a real apartment
room inside the real world, with things whining, creaking, breathing. And that
is a good thing.</div>
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<b>I really enjoy the natural and non-pretentious feeling of
your music, yet the recordings seem well-thought out and planned in detail.
Where are you as a musician – ni between those two poles, or leaning slightly
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When recording with bands, my choice is always improvising
on the spot and going far-out with the melodic choices. For instance, my band
Projekt Luty always has to include at least one person with no prior musical
experience (more often than not the other bandmate is my friend Staszek, whom I
would like to say hi to) – this ensures that the music will be brimming with
accidents, otherworldly moments of synchronisation and all around unexpected
sonic adventures in the „studio”. As for my solo projects I would have to say
that I think all the time, change stuff, reconstruct. Things may be initially
recorded hastily and within a spur of the moment – that does not mean, however
that later I do not move them about in my computer, when a better picture comes
to mind.</div>
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I like making visual things – my album covers mirror my main
inspirations regarding graphic art. – PETSCII graphics (as in C64), pixels,
collage, low quality photos, pieces of old book covers and city maps.</div>
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I make computer games using software called Klik n Play from
1993. I write various texts, some english texts can be found by typing „Out Of
Strach” into a browser of your choice. Currently, in contrast to my very
fragment-oriented personality, I embarked onto two long-term projects – making
a huge computer game and writing a huge novel. It is going well, but terribly
slow.</div>
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Recently I also started making music videos to songs from
Underpolen – some of them can be found on Youtube, the newest being a video for
the tune „Dzban” by Projekt Luty.</div>
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Although I am decidedly a rock musician at heart, my Casio
keyboard has been my favorite for the last dozen years. However, the guitar is
not far behind. I do well on these instruments. Sometimes I grab a flute or
tiny musical toys like stylophone. I am also supported by household objects,
samples and an array of effect pedals.</div>
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If you would like to hear my oldest songs, I recommend my
album „Jan Strach Otwiera Szafkę” [„Jan Strach Opens the cabinet”]. It is just
this, an archive in which I collected the most interesting recordings from my
youngest, cassette-tape years. On the cover there is the very cupboard. The
songs collected therein were recorded by me between ages 16-20.</div>
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<b>How does life look for a DIY/Lo-Fi artist living in Poznań, in Poland? What
opportunities, possibilities are preared for this type of artist, considering
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Life is good, but it
feels lonely</span>. A couple of time I tried googling information on any
forums, blogs, pages uniting home recording artists – I found nothing in
Polish.</div>
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From Poznań, certainly Grupa KOT – unsettling poetry/hip-hop
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I also recommend the band Krzyż Kross from Częstochowa –
energetic rock played with Commodore computers – however I see thay have not
updated anything for a long time now.</div>
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However, most of all I would like to recommend Rzonkil from
Cracow and his label Weakiediscs. A great guy, wholeheartedly devoted to the
DIY esthetic – constantly recording numerous albums, single-handedly crafting
countless limited eitions of cassette tapes for his and other musicians’
recordings. Constantly promoting people, publishing music, announcing new stuff
– and his art. remains honest and raw – emobying the philosophy that you, A.J.
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Jan Strach – „O.O.S.” and Jan Strach – „Fale” – who enjoyed
the e.p. will find music of the same sort, but far more, better and longer.</div>
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poj.wlkp – „Północ Półsen Półdzień” – I choose the newest
one, the newest always being the fave, but I am equally proud of all of them.
For poj.wlkp I always st aside the best lyrics, the most heartfelt melodies,
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A.Z.P. – „Dżon” – This is an ADHD of ideas, beats, genres,
nonsense, catchy melodies. I still like to listen to it back to back. A Sonic,
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Projekt Luty – „Rejestrator” – My band, for the first time
recorded to an 8-track instead of tape recorder – which made it possible to
bump up some tracks and enrich the songs with additional drums, bass, synth
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Near future: A SOT45 album made entirely out of sounds of
coffee machines. Deftechnixks album with each instrumental part planned using a
random number generator. A concept album about a guy handcuffed to a tree. A
new Jan Strach album probably still this year. Far future: Holiday songs with
my wife on vocals, a set of piano preludes based on temperature graphs. I would
also love to record a black metal album.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Last question – what do you listen to
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My most beloved band is Cardiacs, and my biggest idol and
role model would be Tim Smith, the leader. His style encompasses all that
thrills me in music. Unfortunately a set of strokes made the poor guy unlikely
to ever pick up the guitar again. However the music that he had composed is a
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Besides that, Frank Zappa is of course a heavyweight god in
my world. I find Steven Stapleton with Nurse With Wound incredibly inspiring.
Everything done by Ron Jarzombek. Everything touched by Rob Crow. Not to be
left out are the lo-fi godfathers, Guided By Voices. And then, more
selectively: Some Califone, Inquisition, Sonic Youth, plenty others.</div>
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As for books, since my beloved children came to this wolrd,
bringing much joy and taking away 3/4ths of my free tim, I have been lagging
behind in the reading department. I like Umberto Eco, Stanisław Lem, and for a
laughter nothing is better than som eTerry Pratchett. Every Year I go back to
the story „Enigma” by John Fowls – it makes me feel feelings that no other book
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Thank you too and greetings to all the readers. Maybe some
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I realise I have not been very active lately not-music-wise. I made <a href="http://www.underpolen.com/" target="_blank">music </a>but not much more since August.</div>
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My New Year's resolution this year was to change it and to motivate myself to create more art of all kinds I started the Out Of Strach series.</div>
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I will be uploading the OOS episodes here every month. They will also be published on the <a href="http://www.underpolen.com/" target="_blank">Underpolen</a> website.</div>
jan strachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148358383048545116noreply@blogger.com0