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The Homeless Band

Homelessness in music. Eclectism. Improvisation

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The Homeless Band has emerged many years ago (near 2000) in Warsaw, Poland. It evolved a lot and it still does. Current concept has appeared, somewhere in 2003. Members changed often too. From broadest (about seven person) to current (two persons plus). Although thanks to friends THB music become richer.One winter or summer morning, or evening Stanislaw Maksymowicz (guitar, electronics) has called Milosz Ostrowski (bas) and asked him, if he could play on bass in a new assembled band. Milosz (till that day a guitarist) answered „ Why not ”, though he had bass guitar maybe twice time in life in his hands… Experiences with different members (inter alia Michal Kedziora, tragically captured by the aliens) have left mass of ideas and materials. Being and working on Warsaw Summer Jazz Days Festival (and others) has given us big openness.In march 2006 THB recorded EP - "While looking for a place to...". 2007 has brought the theater performances with Teatr Napiecie from Lodz, playing live to theatrical spectacle "A guidebook for homeless", based on Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki poetry, and cooperation with Warsaw Electronic Festival. In the meantime, THB slipped over the Warsaw club scene and institutions, seeking its place to ...
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The Homeless Band powstal w Warszawie juz wiele lat temu (okolo 2000r.), duzo ewoluowal i nadal to robi. Aktualna koncepcja pojawila sie, a wlasciwie jej zarys, gdzies w 2003 roku. Zmienial tez czesto swoj sklad. Od najszerszego (jakies siedem osob) do aktualnego (dwie osoby plus). Jednak zawsze dzieki przyjaciolom muzyka THB stawala sie bogatsza.Pewnego zimowego albo letniego poranka albo wieczora Stanislaw Maksymowicz (gitara, elektronika) zadzwonil do Milosza Ostrowskiego (bas) i spytal sie czy nie zagral by on na basie w aktualnie montowanej kapeli. Milosz (do tej pory starajacy sie grac na gitarze) odpowiedzial „Czemu nie” chociaz bas mial wlasciwie ze dwa razy w zyciu w swoich rekach... Przejscia z roznymi czlonkami zespolu (inter alia z tragicznie porwanym przez kosmitow Michalem Kedziora) pozostawily po sobie mase materialu i pomyslow, a bywanie (i praca) na Warsaw Summer Jazz Days (i innych...) dalo nam duza otwartosc.W marcu 2006 HB nagral EP - "While looking for a place to...". 2007 rok przyniósl wystepy z Teatrem Napiecie z Lodzi, grajac na zywo do spektaklu "Przewodnik dla bezdomnych", opartego na poezji Eugeniusza Tkaczyszyna-Dyckiego, oraz wspólprace z Warsaw Electronic Festival. W miedzyczasie THB przesliznal sie przez sceny Warszawskich klubów i instytucji, szukajac swojego miejsca, aby... [email protected]
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Member Since: 4/23/2006
Band Website: thehomelessband.com
Band Members: Staszek Maksymowicz "tigh" - guitars, sound-modyfications, effects
Milosz "bezdomny" Ostrowski - bass guitar, effects, sounds

captured by the aliens (inter alia): Michal Kedziora, Mikolaj Stefanski, Piotrek Sadkowski, James Brown, Konrad, Mikolaj... to name a few...

Influences:
THB video, tanczacy Piotrek / dancing Peter (ex drummer) :)
THB at Akwarium Jazzarium - december 2007
Record Label: eggplantsheep rec
Type of Label: Indie