Andrzej Korzyński
Diabeł
Finders Keepers Records
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2023
LP
25.99
FKR112LP
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Tracklist
1The Devil 1:54
2Freedom For A Promise 0:24
3Wartorn Wasteland 0:57
4Wretched Woodland 1:32
5Wedding Dance Macabre 1:48
6A Mute Reunion 2:46
7The Devil Fits-God In His Youth 0:30
8Through The Door-Theador 1:27
9Your Father Is Dead Young Lord Be Cursed 1:12
10Broken Boudoir 0:27
11Theador And The Rifles 0:45
12The Bordel 0:31
13Mother 1:08
14Daughter Of The Sin 0:35
15Zakonnica 1:55
16Rope Him To The Horse 1:25
17Around You Is A Void Circle Save For The Stinking Corpses 1:30
18Understand Nothing 1:26
19No Blackberrys In Winter 2:31
20Cancel The Evil Gently 2:37
21Mother Snake Edit 3:19
22The Fiery Sword 1:11
23The Duel 0:46
24Not The Horse 0:51
25The Quill-Whats Not Written Does Not Exist 0:57
26The World Is Beautiful Climb The Tree 1:20
27Theador Go Back To God 0:42
28The Black Dog 1:52

Wipe your blade clean. The bloodline of Eastern European kosmische and groundbreaking, grinding cinematic psych rock finally emerges from fifty years of forbidden forestland to fill your thirsty grails. Poland’s prime progressive provocateurs Andrzej Zuławski and Andrzej Korzynski finally expose the jagged roots of Possession and The Silver Globe and give the devil his due via this historical vinyl release.

If an opening strapline that reads “Forget everything that you thought you knew about the history of psychedelic rock and horror movies” appeals to you, then further potentially hyperbolic phrases like “Lost Grail” and “Banned Forever” will surely clinch the deal, leaving the hugely significant wider context of this dream come true release surplus to requirement. But as we hope you have come to expect from Finders Keepers releases “The devil is in the detail” and the fact that any mention of the perpetually elusive original master tapes to a 1972 project entitled Diabeł and the phrase “Holy Grail” have become synonymously associated only adds the twisted irony that surrounds this genuine masterpiece of both aforementioned fields.

For those fastidious enough to pursue the hunt, these unearthed recordings represent the crowning glory of the lifelong unison of Maestro Andrzej Zuławski and filmmaker Andrzej Korzynski, two genuine mavericks of Polish experimental cinema who challenged artistic and societal norms, on both sides of a politically restricted regime and on an international artistic stage, without compromise. Friends since childhood, Korzynski and Zuławski may have become divided by limelight and geography (Zuławski the intrepid emigre), but they remained united in their kaleidoscopic creative vision, resulting in a fractured stream of troublesome and mind-bending golden era collaborations such as Possession, The Silver Globe, and Third Part Of The Night. This long-awaited liberation of the psychedelic masterpiece known as Diabeł finally completes the duo’s full vista with what many consider the most vital piece of the prism.