Artistic Director of the Off Festival, Artur Rojek He announces that the new scene will be dedicated to Polish jazz artists: “I can proudly announce that during this year’s edition Off Festival A new stage will play, fully dedicated to Polish jazz music – mBank off jazz Clubon which already recognized and the most interesting new artists will appear “
Katowice will become the capital of Polish jazz in August. Musicians breaking the conventional sound, weaving inspirations with hip-hop or electronic music and showing how great creative strength lies in young people, show how much jazz has evolved over the years.
“We are witnessing a fascinating generational change and I am very happy that we can show it on OFF,” says Artur Rojek.
Who will perform at the Off Festival?
Among the new artists representing the jazz scene are:
Raphael Rogiński Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes
His performance can be described in one sentence: “masterpiece, live version”. The PitchFork portal appreciated the performance of classic jazz songs for the unprecedented devotion of the mystical sound John Coltrane. Raphael Rogiński During this year’s Off Festival, he will present his own interpretations of iconic compositions. On the material released in 2015, we can hear pieces of Coltrane enriched with elements of African music. An addition to the composition are elements of jazz poetry Langston Hughes.
So jazz boysband, as they say about themselves. According to the others, this is one of the most interesting bands in improvised music. Last year, the group won the plebiscite of the sled “Gazeta Wyborcza” dedicated to new artists. It is worth noting that they have been the first team over the last 6 years of the prize.
“Jazz is also very punk in its assumption. Everything connects with each other and there is no rules, you can do everything,” say that you can expect this from their performance in Katowice!
The team from Krakow is strongly inspired by hip -hop music and street culture. The team had the pleasure to perform, among others with the American group Slum Villageplay in the London club Ronnie Scott’s and play a concert with Peja. They work on their debut album in Astigmatic Records known among others from publications Eabs Whether Mud. Interestingly, during this year’s Omasta we will see twice! The team will present their premiere material and their own interpretation of the hip-hop classic, i.e. “Madvillains” From Madliba and MF Dooma.
Commanded by a pianist, composer and producer Mider’s raspberrywhich is thriving with the Tri -City jazz scene. Midi 4 will take listeners into the dream world of fairy tales, presenting the album “Cats, Dogs and Dwarfs”. The material mixes subtle melodies with bits and improvisation.
Drummer duo Miłosz Berdzika and guitarist Adam Jędrysik will present songs from his debut album “Lynxtape I” published in 2024. They describe their work as a packet of hip -hop bits in an experimental edition. Adam Jędrysik was recently nominated to Fryderyk for the phonographic debut of the year Jazz, for the album “No soloing, please”. As a duo, they had the opportunity to play, among others With Paktofonica in the live band, Brand Pospieszalski Whether Paulina Newcomer.
Uncle Hzg co -creating Eabs, Mud and Steps and Tymek Papaewhich you can know with We do not pretend or warehouses Alana MakPisza and Paweł Pańta After joint jammies in Warsaw’s jazz clubs, they decided to join forces. Lumbago is strongly rooted in hip-hop culture. You can hear slack and groove, from which older works of this species are known. They recorded their debut album in just three hours in a home studio.
“The album is undeflent, because it was never supposed to be like that. We didn’t improve the mistakes, we only sailed with Vib,” they said in an interview with Polish Radio.
Don’t be fooled and expect an unexpected, cover of the debut album “All Thoughts are bad thoughts” She could indicate that we are dealing with a metal team. Rumors say that their initial name was to be the episcopate itself, but it had too polite, so they added ninja to the name. Over time, their music went from free jazz to electronics and hip-hop. Today, avant -garde and club elements weave into it. Young musicians will show the experimental face of jazz in Katowice.
She began her adventure with music at the age of 6 when she learned to play the piano. Only 4 years later she had composed her music, and in the age of 14 she received a distinction at the National Competition for young artists. The material that we can hear on the album released in 2024 was also written in the high school diploma. Earlier, she released as many as 7 albums about the illustrative and film style. Her open mind, great creativity and, above all, huge skills do not allow her to close to one species, so we can expect many experiments at off.
In their work they combine the element of dub, jazz, Afrobeate and club music. Such surprising connections go hand in hand with live improvisation and testing, which works and what does not. This is what we will experience in the Three Ponds Valley, where the Daltonists will play material from the debut mini album and the upcoming album.
Who else will appear at the 2025 off Festival?
Among previously announced artists at the Off Festival 2025 are: Kraftwerk, James Blake, Fontines DC, Ecco2K, Snow Strippers, Pa Salieu, Machine Girl, Kneecap, Seun Kuti Amd Egypt 80, Jann, Have a Nice Life, The Hellp, Alan Sparhawk (of Low), Fat Dog, Panchiko, Nilüfer Yanya, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Soft Play, Os Mutantes, Benny Sings, Two Shell, Los Camsinos!, Geordie Greep, Yaeji (DJ), MJ Lenderman, Portrayal of Guilt, Blank Banshee, Elias Rønnenfelt (of Iceage), || Ala | Meda |, Wednesday Campanella, Frost Children_, María José. Llergo, Envy, Nala Sinephro, Iglooghost, Lambrin Girls, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Omasta Plays Madvillana, Hypnosis Therapy, Mong Tong, Ralphie Choo, .bhp, Berlin Manson, Sunnbrella, Hinode Tapes.
The event will take place on August 1-3, 2025 in the Valley of the Three Ponds in Katowice. On the official website of the organizers there are 3 -day tickets for PLN 692.