Polski opis

Gatunek :	Alternative Rock
Rok Wydania :	2002
Jakość :	APE
Okładki :	Tak
Ripper :	SurowyTato

Opis:
Live After Death to dwupłytowy album z zapisem koncertów, które odbyły się w ramach pożegnalnej trasy koncertowej Homo Twist. I to właściwie mogłoby wystarczyć za całą recenzję tej płyty. Jaki Homo Twist był na koncertach wiedza wszyscy ci, którzy widzieli Macieja Maleńczuka i kolegów na żywo. Ci którzy nie widzieli, prawdopodobnie i tak tej płyty nie kupią, więc nie ma sensu ich przekonywać co do wartości tej formacji.
O pewnych sprawach warto jednak wspomnieć. Po pierwsze cieszyć może charakter zapisu. Tu rzeczywiście czuje się, że zespól grał dla żywych ludzi, a płyta jest koncertowa, a nie „laboratoryjnie” wyczyszczona do perfekcji. A Maleńczuk jest przez cały koncert sobą, nie udaje, nie przymila się publice, mówi wprost.
„Dowcip o anarchistach polskich opowiem teraz. Spierd*** 100 anarchistów, za nimi biegnie 101. Dlaczego spierd***? A bo skinhead nas goni. Aha, ale dlaczego spierd***, przecież nas jest tak dużo, a on jest tylko jeden. No tak, ale nie wiadomo któremu przypier***” – mówi między piosenkami Maleńczuk.
Przed inna piosenka ilder Homo Twist mówi – „Słuchajcie dziewczęta, jeszcze raz do was coś powiem. Krótko tym razem, taśma się kręci, nie ma czasu na zbędne bzdurzenie. Heroiny nie brać, bo szkodzi na cerę”. A w innym momencie – „O chłopakach z nożami powiem, teraz historię. Wiem, że w Bydgoszczy cos takiego się nie zdarza, ale u nas w Krakowie akurat dziwnie chłopcy nie lubią dziewczyn ale lubią noże. To zupełnie inaczej niż ja”.
Jest też trochę polityki. „Oto historia, która zdarzyła się Nelsonowi Mandeli w jego ukochanym kraju zwanym RPA. Zamknięto go na 28 lat więzienia dlatego ze chciał wolności, wiec kiedy wreszcie wyszedł na tą wolność otrzymał prezydenturę kraju, który więził go przez 28 lat. Być może tego typu losy mogą się zdarzać człowiekowi który ma takie nazwisko. Madela kołem się toczy.”
I tak przez cały koncert. Nie ma żadnych wstawek typu „kocham was”, „jesteście zajebiści”, etc. Jest szczerość, dobra muzyka i słowa pod którymi można się podpisać. Jak choćby to – „nie dla mnie to całe techno. Od techno można z nudów zdechnąć”. Oby jak najwięcej takiej muzyki.

Źródło: Marek Molicki, cgm.pl

 English description

Genre :	Alternative Rock
Year :	2002
Quality :	APE
Covers :	Yes
Ripper :	SurowyTato

Description:
Homo Twist wasn't Malenczuk's first experience with bands. In the mid-1980s, he had a brief stint with Pudelsi. He replaced the late Cracow poet, painter and songwriter, Piotr Marek. After recording Bela Pupa in 1988, the band split up and re-emerged almost a decade later, this time with renewed strength.
Among his many faces, Maleńczuk shows a fascination with Emily Dickinson's poetry, which never fails to find a place on his albums. His third Homo Twist album from late 1997, Moniti Revan, includes his translations of her poems (the latest lineup is: Maleńczuk on electric guitar and vocals, Olaf Deriglasoff, electric bass and Artur Hajdasz on drums).
His record company is called Music Corner, but the name owes nothing to "cornering" him into an easy category. As a songwriter, he shows many sides: philosophical, spiritual, sarcastic, "socially concerned." "I have to admit that sometimes I feel responsible for the fate of the world," he jokes, then adds: "and it seems to me that everybody should feel responsible for Mommy Earth."
Constantly searching, Maleńczuk is not content with existing languages. "It appeared when I started smoking marijuana. When you are high, you invent or come across certain things you are not normally aware of. Maybe smoking weed lets out some mental atavisms and reveals unexplored, archaic structures." The resulting new language, which he is constantly experimenting with, is another chapter in Maleńczuk's complex book. Lyrics like "Open yo cha cha / I be yo dada / Be my diva / I be yo Shiva," show a free-spirited example of what he's trying to get across (to women only in this particular case). (Guy Ferraton with Małgorzata Waleszko, WarsawVoice.pl)

In 1990, after a long and storied career as Krakow's preeminent busker, he finally retired his change-cup and formed his own band. This band became known as Homo Twist. Their first LP, "Caly ten seks" (All of this Sex), became a big hit in Polish alternative circles and Malenczuk finally began to be recognized outside of Krakow. As Malenczuk's star steadily rose, he became progressively more in tune with the fact that he had a lot of music inside of him and needed different groups and mediums through which to let it all out. Therefore in 1995, Malenczuk decided to reunite with Pudelsi. In quick succession they recorded two LP's "Viribus Unitis" and "Narodziny Zbigniewa". These LPs connected Piotr Marek and Dupa's compositions with new Pudelsi material. These records officially put Pudelsi's Dupa period to a rest.
Never to be tied down by one project, Maciek recorded the second and third Homo Twist albums entitled respectively, "Homo Twist", and "Moniti Revan" both in 1996. By this point the group had firmly established a trademark style and was beginning to carve a recognizable image for themselves. Well, actually, for all intents and purposes, the group was more or less Malenczuk himself. For each of the albums Maciek hired a new band and promptly fired them once the LP was completed. This is a tactic that he has become somewhat notorious for.
In 1997 Maciek married a graphic designer, Ewa Mildner. They have a daughter Irma, and Maciek also has two other children outside of his marriage. In 1998, Malenczuk issued his first solo LP with the songs from his "street period". This was quite a symbolic moment in his career as he had traveled a long way from the streets of Krakow to studios of Warsaw. In 1999 Pudelsi recorded "Psychopop", a twisted LP that mixed many genres of music, some previously unknown to the human race. After "Psychopop", Malenczuk decided to leave Pudelsi. Pudelsi searched for a new lead singer, but no one was able to replace Malenczuk. They did find an ersatz lead singer, but when the seemingly fickle Maciek decided to get back with the band, Pudelsi fired the new singer and welcomed Malenczuk back with open arms.
In 2000 Homo Twist played their farewell tour and dissolved. The group then issued a post-mortem live LP "Live After Death". Next, like every erstwhile musician, Maciek began to experiment with computers and samples and this exploration eventually leads to him recording his second solo LP. The album sounds like the devil learning how to play Atari...

Source: Ziemowit Szczerek and T. M. Chase, tamizdat.org