Comments on: Agnieszka Chylinska’s Toxic Voice

By: Nadya

Nadya — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:48:32 +0000

Calluna: Interesting! Was it a good fuss or a bad fuss?

I have not heard Kasia Nosowska, but will look her up right now. V. Blame, I am going to look up Lunacy as well.

By: Calluna

Calluna — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:37:20 +0000

OMG, the braces..I remember all the fuss they made about it in Polish media back then.
She is one of the last Polish musicians who actually stick to heavy guitars, so even if I prefer the Coptic Rain to everthing else she did, I’d be a bit disappointed if she switched to electronics.
BTW, I suppose you know Kasia Nosowska’s music?

By: Nadya

Nadya — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:02:50 +0000

I’m glad you guys liked her. I want to like more of her music… if only she’d worked with Coptic Rain and the like more, instead of sticking just to guitars.

CYBORG MOUTH! You know, I watched this video maybe a dozen times before posting it here, and I NEVER noticed the braces. I thought there was something weird about her mouth and her teeth but I think I just subconsciously made the decision to believe it was some weird thing, and not braces. But I think she looks cute with them.

Paul, your description was dead-on.

By: Paul Komoda

Paul Komoda — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:42:10 +0000

Zoe, you hit it with the low-tech appeal.

It reminds me of something I’d catch at 3:00 in the morning on cable back in the 80′s,
fall completly in love with, and never see again.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:14:52 +0000

She has braces! Cool.

By: Zoetica

Zoetica — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:20:35 +0000

So tempted to blast this throughout the work-zone right NOW. I especially dig the low-tech feel of the video and the varying textures of her voice. What a great find!

By: wchambliss

wchambliss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:54:50 +0000

Very cool. In addition to the Brothers Quay influence, I can see echoes of Brakhage, Kubrick, and late-80′s Siouxsie and the Banshee videos too.

By: V. Blame

V. Blame — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:58:45 +0000

She can make those sounds because she has a CYBORG MOUTH. Or… wait. Oh, those’re braces. Cool.

I still get chills from “Can’t Go Wrong Without You”. Love for HNIA. Love for the Quays. And, influentially speaking, love for Svankmajer. Have you seen “Lunacy” yet?

By: Paul Komoda

Paul Komoda — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:45:45 +0000

Love the song…love the video… and the growl in her voice sends me to all kinds of funny places.

And I’ve gone completely cynical on just about everything recently.