„Out” is Gabriela Kulka’s second independently released album.
Much like her debut, it is firmly rooted in a very Kurt Weill’esque sense of cabaret, but the new arrangements, varying instrumentation, and a far more confident production, have expande [+]„Out” is Gabriela Kulka’s second independently released album.
Much like her debut, it is firmly rooted in a very Kurt Weill’esque sense of cabaret, but the new arrangements, varying instrumentation, and a far more confident production, have expanded its scope of mood and style into diverse, often surprising directions.
And so, we have the fast, jazzy piano romps of old, and dark serenades depicting fairytale visitations, but right next to them are the 80’s influenced pop of “Krolestwo i pol”, Beach Boys style backing vocals of “Shark”, operatic (s)punk of “Death won’t save the day”, and mysterious, filmic climates in the likes of “Out” and “An Orange”.
What remains a constant is Gabriela’s rich and flexible vocal style, rising and plunging with the music, nailing the emotional undercurrents of the album.
And just like the music, in turn intimate and rapacious, the songs’ subject matters cover a broad range of attitudes - some distance themselves with irony and tongue-in-cheek cool, others plunge right in and go straight for the throat (or heart). Lovers are shunned, cities fall, artists sell out, fairytale-entities seduce little girls, people die… that sort of fun. It’s all in there.
As far as lyrics are concerned, “Out” marks the first time four songs in Gabriela’s native tongue, Polish, have been included. You can find the lyrics’ translations on her website www.gabakulka.com .
In short, what ‘Out’ sets out to be, is a trip to the fringes of what a dark musical theatre should be, a delicate music box and a tumultuous rock performance wrapped into one.
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Gabriela Kulka was born and lives in Warsaw, Poland. For over 6 years now she has been writing and performing her music in diverse places, from luxury liners at the coasts of Africa and South America, to local jazz-clubs and cafes. Her first album “Bewteen Miss Scylla and a Hard Place”, in CD-R format, is also available from CDbaby.
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