I am pleased to bring you this interview with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, a member of the Polish psychedelic post-punk band Trupa Trupa, and the author of several books of poetry that address history, remembrance, and ethics. His latest poems will appear in the review Rain Taxi in November. Kwiatkowski’s musical and literary works have been published and reviewed in The Guardian, Modern Poetry in Translation, Rolling Stone, and the BBC and other places. Trupa Trupa’s songs have denounced Holocaust denialism, as in the tracks Remainder and Never Forget. The band has performed at Desert Daze Festival, South By Southwest, Iceland Airwaves, and Haldern Pop Festival. In 2020 they took part in an NPR Tiny Desk session. Their latest EP is I’ll Find. Our conversation was held on March 23, 2021, and has been edited for clarity and flow.
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Stanford University
Stanford University cordially invites you to “I Say It Burns: Poet / post-rock musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski in Conversation with Cynthia Haven”. The meeting will be held on Friday, October 8.
It Sings Therefore We Are: Philosophy and Music in Conversation
Oxford Philosophy Professor Paul Lodge hosts an evening with legendary music journalists Sylvie Simmons and David Fricke, BBC Radio 6 DJ Gideon Coe, and poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.
Haldern Pop Festival / Louder Than War
Ploughing up this Garden of Good Intentions, like some industrial digger carving through a site of special scientific interest, were Trupa Trupa. The four piece rock band from Gdansk have a formidable new record in the offing, and we got the odd number: poppier and more direct in approach.
My Favourite Album / Gigantic
Speaking to those with excellent taste, My Favourite Album connects with musicians around the globe to ask about the records that inspire them. We are very pleased to talk to Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, leader of experimental rockers Trupa Trupa.
Haldern Pop Festival
Gig alert! Or, rather, double gig alert! Join us at our two German gigs at the great Haldern Pop Festival. See you next week on the 13th and 14th of August in Rees!
Meeting at the Galicia Jewish Museum
The Galicia Jewish Museum invites to a meeting with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski devoted to the book “Karl Heinz M.”. The meeting will be chaired by Professor Karen Underhill from the University of Illinois in Chicago. The event will be online and will take place on Friday, July 2nd at 18.00.
Fitzcarraldo
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
Witness Trupa Trupa’s postpunk triptych in the video for “Fitzcarraldo”.
The music made by Gdańsk’s Trupa Trupa covers a wide range, both musically and emotionally. “Fitzcarraldo,” from their 2020 EP I’ll Find, is more on the blissed-out side of things, juxtaposing nimble guitar melodies with an airy musical backdrop. The brand-new video (also available below) finds the band crossing the United States, and includes some footage shot at their show at Union Pool.
Soundrive Festival
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