posts on the norient space by Jacek Szczepanek

In this second part of our short review from the Off Festival in Katovice, Poland, South African music producer John Wizards talks about his music and his producing process, geography and money.

First part of a short festival review about Off, a three day long feast for lovers of alternative music, that takes place every year in Katowice in Southern Poland. Our author interviews DakhaBrakha, an ethno band from the Ukraine.

It is importation to which disco polo, Poland’s domestic electronic dance music genre, owes most of its sound. It was the political system flip of 1989 that shaped its troubled fate within Polish society. Part two of Norient’s guide to disco polo: History.

Disco polo became popular in the early 1990s. It is still doing well and growing. Norient presents this Polish electronic dance music culture in a series of four posts. Part one: Disco polo today.