Rafał Gorzycki
Ecstasy Project

„Gorzycki looks at music through its twentieth-century struggle. Starting with improvisation and jazz he turns his attention towards the experiences of the European chamber music of the previous century. This is where he tries to find substantial solutions for his musical experiments. The music of mature Europe digested in the atonality, neo-Romanticism and minimalist experiments seems to be great support in his poetic excursions towards Europe Impossible, Europe with no Chaos, Europe of philosophers, artists and craftsmen. And this is this vision that makes him study the rich heritage of the last century avant-gard. With his band, whose members come from the cultures of classical music, yet again does he discourse about the beauty and lyricism devoid of the pressure of the noisy commerciality.

Ecstasy Project tells us how beautiful and wise Europe is with its experience. Let us listen, although so difficult it is sometimes to believe in this beauty…” 
[by Zbigniew Zielinski]

Now artist present the latest album – They were P – premiere 30.10.2011
The Band established by a drummer and composer Rafal Gorzycki in 1998 (Bydgoszcz/Poland) is one of the bands connected to Club "Mozg" (eng.: “Brain”) named by top European newspapers as "the most creative place of recent years".

The group performs modern jazz inspired by European jazz legacy and modern chamber contemporary. The band’s first album was released in 2001 by famous jazz label - Not Two Records (Krakow/Poland). 

The second Ecstasy Project Trio album "Realium" is released by polish-American label "Polish Jazz Network" by Cezary Lerski, (USA)
"I worked over one year on the conception of my second album. I meant to describe some kind of melancholy. I exposed visions appearing during my stay at the countryside. This is European jazz - my favorite." Rafal Gorzycki

After PJN released a compilation album called: "The Best of Polish Jazz 2005" with an Ecstasy Project piece, Rafal Gorzycki started its European career.
The previous Rafał Gorzycki`s Ecstasy Project Trio album “Realium" was very well reviewed and recommended by the most important American jazz media. The biggest jazz website "All About Jazz" recommended Ecstasy Project as one out of a couple of hundred premieres in "new releases albums" section on the starting page. The June issues of JAZZIZ and CADENCE magazines (USA) (06.2006) gave great reviews of  the album "Ecstasy Project Trio - Realium". That is why, "Gazeta Wyborcza" - the biggest polish newspaper, "Playboy" magazine and "Onet.pl" in their 2006 summary classified Rafal Gorzyckiego and his "Ecstasy Project" and "Sing Sing Penelope" as the most interesting and most important musical appearance of recent years.

Next albums from Rafal Gorzycki: “Europae“ and “Reminiscence Europae” were successfully received all over the Europe  where artists played the concerts and festivals from Portugal to Ukraine and from Scotland, Norway to Grecee and Asia (India)

www.rafalgorzycki.com
www.ecstasyproject.com