Gosia Winter

Music:

Member Since: 06/04/2006
Band Members: Gosia Winter (previously Gosia Basinska) - guitar, vocals, toy piano, zipper, harp

Live in Australia as Gosia and the Red Autumn Fall, with:
Natalia Lizama - piano accordian
Mat Marsh - percussion / drums
Rachael Aqualina - violin
Gypsy Jeff - double bass
Michael Killian (Melb) - double bass
Misha (Melb) - violin

In Europe and on albums I play with:
Mikael Hakkarainen - guitars, bass, banjo, organ, piano, percussion, vocals
Tuomas Hakkarainen - drums and percussion
Felicity Groom - vocals and autoharp
Risto Tiittula - violins
Rella Riikonen - cello

And of course my goose!
Influences: 40's Jazz (especially swing with female vocals), Feist, Emiliana Torrini, The Kings of Convenience, Joan as a Police Woman, Goran Bregovic, Camile, Bjork, Hanne Hukkleburg, Fiona Apple, bossanova, gypsy music, Belle and Sebastian, Tori Amos, New Buffalo, Elysian Fields, Handel, Chopin...
Sounds Like:
Debut album, "Small Inconsistent Truths" distributed by Firestarter Music, January 2009.

"What is good about this album is its uniqueness and range of different moods and sceneries; bold experimentation and contrast are rife throughout the listening experience, and it sounds as though the subtle arrangements have been carefully crafted." - Oliver Rouhianien, Metior Magazine, April 09
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"Bare" EP released May 2008

Only 26 of the limited print of 200 left.

............................................................ ......................................................."Gosi a Basinska began her set solo using the looping mechanism made famous by the headline act [Final Fantasy - Owen Pallett] and effectively transposed it to her nylon-string guitar. It was a charming homage to Pallett's signature and a captivating performance in its own right, and one that was compounded once her band was on stage. Expertly backed up by Natalia Lizama on piano accordion and Mat Marsh on percussion Gosia's avant-folk songs were not only a fitting precursor to the headliner but incredibly impressive compositions in themselves, pairing Gosia's distinctive vocal approach with gorgeously ornate arrangements that drew out the best of each musician."
- Adam Trainer, Drum Media, 18th December 2009

"The tone of the night had been set from the moment punters entered the venue with the albums in a small treasure chest next to an iron teapot, and empty rustic bird cage above the songstress as she worked the door in a yellow dress, corset and small hat. This timelessness mixed with a touch of Alice In Wonderland set the mood off perfectly to the eclectic mix of music that goes in to each Basinska composition. ... The mixture of gypsy style textures, Eastern European influences and no electric instruments all adds to the timelessness of Basinska's music. At times the music leant heavily on Basinska's Polish heritage, at other times the mucis conjured throughts of the interwar years with a distinct Edith Piaf vibe."
- Jason Kenny, Drum Media, 7th February 2009 album launch.

Record Label: Firestarter(AU dist.)Tartaruga(UK) Autopoesis(MX)
Type of Label: Indie