Gosia Winter (previously Gosia Basinska) - guitar, vocals, toy piano, zipper, harp
In Australia you may have seen Gosia with the Red Autumn Fall:
Natalia Lizama - piano accordian
Mat Marsh - percussion, drums
Rachael Aqualina - violin
Gypsy Jeff - double bass
Michael Killian (Melb) - double bass
In Europe and on albums:
Mikael Hakkarainen - guitars, bass, banjo, organ, piano, percussion, vocals
Tuomas Hakkarainen - drums and percussion
Felicity Groom - vocals and autoharp
Risto Tiittula - violins
Rella Riikonen - cello
Influences
40's Jazz (especially swing with female vocals), Feist, Emiliana Torrini, The Kings of Convenience, Joan as a Police Woman, Goran Bregovic, Camile, Bjork, Hanne Hukkleburg, Fiona Apple, bossanova, gypsy music, Belle and Sebastian, Tori Amos, New Buffalo, Elysian Fields, Handel, Chopin...
Sounds Like
Collaborative release through Tartaruga Records (UK) August 2009
Bleeding Heart Narrative and Gosia Winter - Wire and String
"Bleeding Heart Narrative & Gosia Winter use ‘real’ instruments in spades, with each contributing all sorts of extra-curricular oddities, including the harp and kalimba, to the point that it’s not really clear who does what. The warmth and the personal touches present on this record defies the distance between the two musicians involved – they function so well as one unit that you’d never believe that they made this record in completely separate parts."
- Rob Evens, August 09, http://thefourohfive.com/reviews/978
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Debut album, "Small Inconsistent Truths" distributed by Firestarter Music, January 2009.
"What is good about this album is its uniqueness and range of different moods and sceneries; bold experimentation and contrast are rife throughout the listening experience, and it sounds as though the subtle arrangements have been carefully crafted." - Oliver Rouhianien, Metior Magazine, April 09
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"Bare" EP released May 2008
SOLD OUT.
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"Gosia Basinska began her set solo using the looping mechanism made famous by the headline act [Final Fantasy - Owen Pallett] and effectively transposed it to her nylon-string guitar. It was a charming homage to Pallett's signature and a captivating performance in its own right, and one that was compounded once her band was on stage. Expertly backed up by Natalia Lizama on piano accordion and Mat Marsh on percussion Gosia's avant-folk songs were not only a fitting precursor to the headliner but incredibly impressive compositions in themselves, pairing Gosia's distinctive vocal approach with gorgeously ornate arrangements that drew out the best of each musician."
- Adam Trainer, Drum Media, 18th December 2009
"The tone of the night had been set from the moment punters entered the venue with the albums in a small treasure chest next to an iron teapot, and empty rustic bird cage above the songstress as she worked the door in a yellow dress, corset and small hat. This timelessness mixed with a touch of Alice In Wonderland set the mood off perfectly to the eclectic mix of music that goes in to each Basinska composition. ... The mixture of gypsy style textures, Eastern European influences and no electric instruments all adds to the timelessness of Basinska's music. At times the music leant heavily on Basinska's Polish heritage, at other times the mucis conjured throughts of the interwar years with a distinct Edith Piaf vibe." - Jason Kenny, Drum Media, 7th February 2009 album launch.
Carefully unravelling sudden bundles fallen from some other place, Gosia Winter cradles new ideas for music, sometimes for months, as strange ephemeral melodies unfold. Landscapes of feelings, rivers of words, an unassuming honesty that topples forth and leaves her on the edge of a little-known feeling of embarrassment.
What happens next is summarised by what you hear now, but especially by what you would witness at one of her live performances.
Gosia taught herself to use guitar, harp, percussion, vocals and pretty much anything lying around to bring music forth and many a talented musician has helped her to give voice to the wonderful auditory packages that are sent to her by unknown benevolent spirits.
Bleeding Heart Narrative from the UK in a project named 'Wire and String' (www.myspace.com/bleedingheartnarrative)
(http://www.tartarugarecords.com/tartaruga/releases/ttrdd006)
Lee Noyes and David Holmes from New Zealand in a project named 'Dhialogue' (www.myspace.com/dhialogue)
Mikael Hakkarainen from Finland (http://www.myspace.com/kasparband)
Natalia Lizama, Felicity Groom and others in Red Forest Shoes in Australia (http://www.myspace.com/redforestshoes)
Jesse Williamson and Jaya Penelope in Australia in a performance trio named The Elegant Pedlars. (Music, poetry, storytelling).
Nicolai Nicolov from Italy (www.myspace.com/nickolaidnickolov)
Gosia's album 'Small Inconsistent Truths' was mixed by Mikael Hakkarainen and his Siberians (www.myspace.com/mikaelmusic) and mastered by Sami Kukka (www.myspace.com/samikukka) in Finland.
So nice to meet you too, I'll write more to you as soon as I'm sobering up after taking my cough syrup. I'm much better now though. Believe it or not but I haven't barely had any coughing attacks at all last two nights. Have you looked into Lano & woodley yet?? Love, Thomas
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
hello! thanks for finding us...i like your songs too, most eerie and ethereal, lovely sounds. were not planning a tour in australia or berlin, but would love to come to both, if you have any ideas! x Hannah Moulette
Just letting you know, my EP "Imaginary Mind" has finally arrived! It can be bought from my website for $10, which is found on my page, and along with that i have also uploaded two songs from it! So please have a listen if you have time, would be great to hear what you think!
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schoenholz wünscht ein bombastisches wochenende!!
