Ireneusz Socha (born 1964 in

Dębica Dębica (; yi, דעמביץ ''Dembitz'') is a town in southeastern Poland with 44,692 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it had previously been in ...

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. Co-editor of ''DRUT'' (1985–1987) – one of Poland's first artzines. The mastermind behind Kirkut-Koncept (1986–1990) – a group performing original compositions bordering on rock song,

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and

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. Took part in many other

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Polish groups of the 1980s including: Przestrzenie (art songs),

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, Na Przyklad (group

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) and Hiena (

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). Collaborates with Jarosław Bester, Bolesław Błaszczyk, Marek Chołoniewski,

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, Piotr Czerny, Tomasz Duda, Joane Hétu, Tomasz Krakowiak,

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, Raphael Roginski and Yuriy Yaremchuk. Translated into Polish

's ''

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'' (Zielona Sowa Publishing House, 1999). In 2000, founded Dembitzer Music. Between 2004 and 2014, completed translation of the Sefer Dembitz to Polish for

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. Wrote the script and the music for the short documentary titled "Nothing remains forever" (Society of Friends of the Land of

, 2004).

Selected discography

*Najduchy "Lament świętokrzyski" (CD, Requiem Records/Dembitzer Music, 2014) *VA "SLEEP WELL chapter IV - Glad I was young in the 80's" (CD, Requiem Records/Dembitzer Music, 2013) *Ireneusz Socha "Polin" (CD, Mathka/Dembitzer Music, 2012) *KITS "Four Years In Pieces" (CD-R, Dembitzer Music, 2007) *

The Cracow Klezmer Band The Cracow Klezmer Band was a Polish jazz quartet formed by accordionist and composer in 1997 in the city of Kraków, and recorded for Tzadik Records. The group performed at Jewish Culture festivals in Hungary, Finland, Poland, Prague, and the Cz ...

" Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5" (CD,

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

, 2006) *Ireneusz Socha "Sztetlach" (CD, Dembitzer Music, 2005) *

"Twice Around The Earth" (CD, ReR, 2005) *VA "Radio Swietlicki" (CD, Lampa i Iskra Boza, 2004) *Najduchy "Porzadek : Chaos" (CD-R, Dembitzer Music, 2003) *Ireneusz Socha/Tomasz Krakowiak "KITS" (CD-R, Dembitzer Music/Dobosz Records, 2002) *VA "City Songs 3" (CD-R, Requiem Records, 2001) *Ireneusz Socha/Barbara Socha/Joane Hétu/Marek Choloniewski/Boleslaw Blaszczyk "With/Without" (CD-R, Dembitzer Music, 2000) *Ireneusz Socha/Piotr Czerny "Microaudioplays" (CD, Soror Mystica, 1998) *Kirkut-Koncept/Na Przyklad/Przestrzenie "Nowe zycie" (MC, OBUH Records, 1996) *Na Przyklad "Jazz zmartwychwstania" (MC, 1991) *Kirkut-Koncept "Kamien na kamieniu" (MC, 1989) *VA "Polish Road" (MC, Organic Tapes, 1989) *VA "Proba orkiestry - FAMA '88" (MC, Radio Szczecin, 1988) *Przestrzenie "Praca kolektywna" (MC, 1988) *Kirkut-Koncept "Kirkut-Koncept" (MC, ARS, 1988) *Kirkut-Koncept "Piknik na kirkucie" (MC, 1987) *Kirkut-Koncept "Piesenki" (MC, Anti-Musik Der Landsh, 1986)

External links

Dembitzer Music

The Cracow Klezmer Band

Chris Cutler ReR

Zielona Sowa

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