DisWojDas Orkiestra

Folk Jazz Avantgarde OrchestraThe avant-garde Jazz Quartet disguise (Berlin, Essen/DE) and the Modern Folk Ensemble Swoja Droga (Warsaw/Pl) met during the summer of 2003 at the International Folk festival in Förde, Norway and musically fell in love. In April 2004 their combined Ensemble Swoja Droga & disguise was founded and they performed with resounding success on Polish TV and Radio, at festivals in Danzig and Berlin. This was followed by a recording at the Polish Radio in January 2005 when they decided to integrate the improvisational String quartet daskwartett (Essen, Düsseldorf, Berlin)Thus was born DiswojDas OrkiestraSwoja Droga (Polish: ’in your own way’) are an inspired new interpretation of traditional Polish and Bulgarian folk music, heavily influenced by their strong style of free improvisation. Disguise work their unique folk influenced sound though a variety of exciting interpretations ranging in style, from Modern Jazz through Pop to Avant-garde but always with a beautiful and humorous melancholy. DASKwartett’s characteristic trait is their jocular improvisation and their ability to both evoke and play with moods, sometimes funny, always atmospheric and often bizarre.In 2005 DiswojDas Orkiestra was honoured by the ’JazzwerkRuhr-Award’, and performed critically acclaimed concerts in Essen, Bochum and Dortmund (Domizil, WDR-Radio transmission). Supported by the ’Kulturamt Düsseldorf’ and WDR Radio Cologne they also performed a very successful concert in the ’ZAKK’ cultural centre (Düsseldorf).The beautiful idiosyncrasies of each ensemble, but also the differing cultural and musical roots of every single musician are the very threads that make up the fabric of the music, and are woven together by the compositions and arrangements of Katrin Mickiewicz written specifically for this orchestra. It is this fascinating combination that comes alive when ensemble plays together melting into a fresh, energetic and extraordinary sound.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)