Closterkeller

Closterkeller
Closterkeller at Castle Party 2008
Background information
Origin	Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Gothic rock[1][2]
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Metal Mind Records
Website	Official Website
Members
Anja Orthodox Krzysztof Najman Michał "Rollo" Rollinger Mariusz Kumala Janusz Jastrzębowski

Closterkeller is a Polish Gothic rock band from Warsaw. It was formed in 1988 by Przemysław Guryń, Jacek Skirucha, and the vocalist Anja Orthodox. Despite many changes in the band's line-up it has created a characteristic sound. Orthodox is the only member of the original line-up, performing continuously for over 20 years. The band is called one of the forerunners of gothic and atmospheric rock in Poland,^[3] they are also under the influence of music styles such as new and cold wave or even heavy metal. Many other groups like Delight, Moonlight or Artrosis said they took their inspirations from Closterkeller.

Line-up

Current members

• Anja Orthodox - vocals, keyboards (since 1988)
• Krzysztof Najman - bass (1992–1999, since September 2006)
• Michał "Rollo" Rollinger - keyboards (since 1990)
• Mariusz Kumala - guitar (since November 2006)^[4]
• Janusz Jastrzębowski - drums (since July 2006)

Former members

• Grzegorz Tomczyk - drums (1988–1989)
• Przemysław Guryn - keyboards (1988–1991)
• Jacek Skirucha - guitar (1988–1992)
• Tomasz "Wolfgang" Grochowalski - bass (1988–1992)
• Andrzej "Szczota" Szymańczak (dead) - drums (1989–1991)
• Piotr Bieńkowski - drums (1989–1990)
• Marcin "Freddie" Mentel - guitar (1999–2006)
• Paweł Pieczyński - guitar (1992–2000)
• Robert Ochnio - guitar (1992)
• Marcin "Pucek" Płuciennik - bass (1999–2006)
• Gerard "Gero" Klawe - drums (1997–2006)
• Piotr "Pawłoś" Pawłowski - drums (1991–1997)
• Dariusz Boral - keyboards(1995–1996)
• Tomasz "Mechu" Wojciechowski - keyboards, guitar (1996–1998)
• Andrzej Kaczyński - bass (1999)
• Piotr Czyszanowski - bass (1999)
• Tomasz Kasprzycki - acoustic guitar (1992)
• Mikis Cupas - acoustic guitar (1991)
• Jarosław Kidawa - acoustic guitar (1991)
• Zbigniew Kumorowski - drums (1990–1991)
• Krzysztof Dominik - drums (1989), manager (1994–1997)

Guest musicians

• Zbyszek Bieniak - vocals (Blue, Violet)
• Fiolka Najdenowicz - vocals (Violet)
• Edyta Bartosiewicz - production, vocals (Cyan)
• Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki - vocals (Scarlet)
• Michał Jelonek - violin (Scarlet)
• Igor Czerniawski - production, keyboards (Purple, Blue, Agnieszka)
• Agnieszka Płuciennik - vocals (Reghina)
• Maciej Możdżeń - keyboards (Cyan)
• Romek Kunikowski - keyboards (Cyan)
• Stanisław Bokowy - keyboards (Cyan)

Discography

Studio albums

• Purple (1990)
• Blue (1992)
• Violet (1993)
• Scarlet (1995)
• Cyan (1996)
• Graphite (1999)
• Nero (2003) POL #25^[5]
• Aurum (2009) POL #15^[6]

Live albums

• Koncert '97 (1997)
• Bronze (1998, Bootleg)
• Fin de siecle (2000)

Compilation albums

• Pastel (2001) POL #46^[7]

Minialbums

• Agnieszka (1993)
• Reghina (2004) POL #34^[8]

Singles

• Scarlett (sampler) (1995)
• Władza (1996)
• Na krawędzi/Ate (1999)
• Czas komety (1999)
• Zegarmistrz światła (2000)
• Earth Song (2004)
• Lunar (2005)

Videography

DVDs

• Act III (2003)
• Saffron (Bootleg) (2006)
• "Act IV" (2008)

Music videos

Source^[9]

• "Purple" (1990, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Nieuchwytny" (1990, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Maska" (1990, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Czekając na dzień" (1991, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "I jeszcze raz do końca" (1991, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Immanoleo" (1992, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Blue" (1992, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Spokój" (1992, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Iluzyt" (1992, directed by: Marek Jurkowski)
• "Agnieszka" (1993, directed by: no data)
• "W moim kraju" (1993, realization: Katarzyna Kanclerz)
• "Babeluu" (1994, realization: Katarzyna Kanclerz)
• "Supernova" (1994, realization: TVP)
• "Scarlett" (1995, directed by: Jerzy Grabowski)
• "Owoce wschodu" (1995, directed by: no data)
• "Dlaczego noszę broń" (1995, realization: TVP)
• "Władza" (1996, directed by: no data)
• "Cisza w moim domu" (1996, directed by: no data)
• "Dwa dni" (1997, realization: TVP)
• "Na krawędzi" (1999, directed by: no data)
• "Czas komety" (1999, directed by: no data)
• "Zegarmistrz światła" (2000, directed by: no data)
• "A nadzieja" (2000, production: Krzysztof Wasilewski)
• "Poza granicą dotyku" (2003, directed by / realization: Radek "LarryTM" Grabiński)
• "Ktokolwiek widział" (2004, directed by / realization: Radek "LarryTM" Grabiński)
• "Królowa" (2004, directed by / realization: Radek "LarryTM" Grabiński)
• "Lunar" (2005, directed by: no data)
• "Nocarz" (2010, directed by: no data)
• "Nie tylko gra" (2010, directed by, no data)
• "Ogród półcieni" (2010, directed by, no data)

Cover

The band has recorded and performs regularly a cover of Norwegian band a-ha's song Minor Earth Major Sky.

References

1. ^ Closterkeller www.musicmight.com
2. ^ Closterkeller www.allmusic.com
3. ^ "Closterkeller official site". April 21, 2010. http://www.anja.pl/o_zespole. 
4. ^ Change In Closterkeller's Line-Up (pl) muzyka.onet.pl
5. ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=175&lang=pl
6. ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=543&lang=pl
7. ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=14&lang=pl
8. ^ http://acharts.us/album/47598
9. ^ Music videos (pl) www.anja.pl

External links

• Closterkeller official website
• Facebook
• MySpace