Paprika Korps
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Paprika Korps is a heavy reggae band from Silesia
and among the hardest touring Polish bands, domestic as well as abroad.
Their touring list over the last three years includes over 200 performances in 20 European countries. In the summer of 2003, Paprika Korps played live in Moscow
, Germany
, Belgium
and Ireland
, Poland
as well as on the arctic circle in Finland
. This heavy touring schedule has earned the band the nickname "The Heavy Reggae Travellers".
The music has been described as a combination of reggae
, dub
and punk rock
.
The band was established in April 1996. It is the date when Paprika Korps played their first concert in Opole
.
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
and among the hardest touring Polish bands, domestic as well as abroad.
Their touring list over the last three years includes over 200 performances in 20 European countries. In the summer of 2003, Paprika Korps played live in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
as well as on the arctic circle in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. This heavy touring schedule has earned the band the nickname "The Heavy Reggae Travellers".
The music has been described as a combination of reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
and punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
.
The band was established in April 1996. It is the date when Paprika Korps played their first concert in Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
.
Band
- Marcin Matlak: vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Piotr Maślanka: keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, MelodicaMelodicaThe melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,... - Łukasz Rusinek: GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Tomasz Krawczyk: Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Aleksander Żeliźniak: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jakub Łukaszewski: Sound Engineering
Albums
- Kolejny KrokKolejny KrokKolejny krok was the first album of Paprika Korps. "Kolejny krok" means "the next step", because the album probably the biggest step of small band from small town from Poland called Paprika Korps. After releasing "Kolejny Krok" on MC in 1999, they gathered dozens of positive reviews and were being...
(Studio Czad, 1999. This album was remastered in StudioToBrzmiDumnie and published on CD in 2005) - Przede wszystkim muzykiPrzede wszystkim muzykiThe second album of Paprika Korps.The album has been released in Lithuania by Kablio Muzika, in Russia by One Drop and in Finland by Kamaset levyt on a LP.-Track listing:# "Mind Explorer" - 3:08# "Commin Inna" - 4:39# "High Expectation" - 3:19...
(Studio Czad, 2001) - TelewizorTelewizorTelewizor is the third album by Paprika Korps.The album contains 11 songs. The horn section in one song was recorded by the former legendary German ska band Yellow Umbrella. The title song, "Telewizor", contains exclusive samples from the first anti-American demonstration in Baghdad, recorded...
(Studio Q, 2004) - Konsertti TampereellaKonsertti Tampereella2006 is a 10th anniversary of Paprika Korps - heavy reggae band from Poland. Because of that fact Karrot Kommando, their own label and the band itself decided to release on 1 March limited edition live album „Konsertti Tampereella“ recorded on previous tour in 2005....
(Klubi, 2006) - Magnetofon (Punkt G, 2007)
- Metalchem (2010)