Laboratorium Pieśni

Laboratorium Pieśni – Song Laboratory (world/ethno/spiritual/mystic folk music) is a female group of singers from Poland, created in 2013. Using traditional, polyphonic singing they perform songs from all over the world, mainly: Ukraine, Balkans, Belarus, Georgia, Scandinavia, Poland and many other places. They sing a capella as well as with shaman drums and other ethnic instruments (shruti box, kalimba, flute, gong, zaphir and koshi chimes, singing bowls, rattles etc.), creating a new space in a traditional song, adding voice improvisations, inspired by sounds of nature, often intuitive, wild and feminine.

The traditional songs are often brought from their source – different regions of Poland, Europe and world, by the members of the group – having their unique history and evolving in the course of work. Finally, they are performed in a new form – traditional or enriched.

The group has also created  theatre performances, where using traditional songs they tell stories about disappearing rites: ‘Pory Roku’ (Seasons) 2013, ‘Puste Noce – Pieśni, które już się kończą’ (Empty Nights – Songs that have come to an end) 2014.

Laboratorium Pieśni collaborated with Polish valued and known musicians, for example participated in music recordings composed by Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski to a painted film “The Peasants” – Polish candidate to Oscar award; music recordings for new album by Miuosh x Zespół “Śląsk” – “Pieśni Współczesne. Tom II”.

Two albums of the group titled: “Rasti” and “Hé oyáte” where nominated to most important music award in Poland – the Fryderyk Award (in 2020 and 2024), in the category of Album of the year – World music. The ensamble is also a winner of TRYTON PRIZE on FAMA Festival 2014 for the greatest artistic personality of the festival.

The group has already visited 20 countries with concerts and workshops (for example: USA, India, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, Israel, Iceland, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, United Kingdom). The video with Belarusian song ‘Sztoj pa moru’ has reached over 15 mln views, and the group is followed by more than 155 thousand fans on Facebook.