"A HIGH FLYING POLISH IMPROVISING COLLECTIVE GATHERED FOR SOME SONIC, AND CULTURAL, BORDER CROSSING".
Kevin Le Gendre - jazzwise.com
L.A.S. COLLECTIVE
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L.A.S. Collective is more than just a band presenting a specific musical style. It is a collective of artists associated with the L.A.S. Foundation (Listening and Sounding), which organically emerged during a concert tour promoting the L.A.S. Listening and Sounding label in Europe in 2024. The musicians continually propose new artistic combinations depending on where they are and in what constellation they create new art. They are characterized by complete openness, an awareness of creating new concepts, forms, sounds, conscious and deep listening, and coherence of expression regardless of any stylistic limitations.
Their inspiration comes from the journey, courage, responsibility, and the error naturally inherent in this path, which is more than just a lifestyle. As Polish writer Rafał Księżyk wrote, "A lifestyle is an adaptation to reality, the art of living grows from transcending it (…) Popular music is designed, produced, and sold as a lifestyle attribute. It’s about a good product, not a great work (…) A lifestyle is sufficient as an authority and confirmation of identity (…) But what to do when it turns out that there is emptiness in this depth? Then, better than style, better than psychology and philosophy, the art of living (…) which, amidst liberated possibilities, must develop on the edge of alternating acts of construction and deconstruction."
The collective's goal is to create musical journeys and eclectic works within the ecosystem of musical art, developed in symbiosis with nature and the energy of each creator and listener involved in the act of creation. A musical journey is more than a concert tour where performers present their work. It is a journey into the unknown, where, by inviting local artists to collaborate, new music is created, and the community is built and expanded.
An important aspect of the collective's activity is the element of spontaneity, adventure, and experimentation. The latter is well explained by American writer Robert Anton Wilson: "We live in such rapidly changing times that the only sensible approach to art is experimentation, which allows us to observe how new reality tunnels—new ways of organizing our perception of the world—are created and dissolved."
L.A.S. Collective
Piotr Damasiewicz – trumpet, piano, organ, composition, artistic direction
Krzysztof Kasprzyk – saxophones, composition, electronics
Grzegorz Lesiak – guitar
Justyna Miguła – violin, voice, graphics
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