Holy Høly is the brainchild of Ewa Baran (NOCE, and She Fits Me), a talent associated with Barcelona’s Diffuse Reality Records and Italy’s Cultural Bridge. Currently, she’s juggling the creation of her solo album #262626 and an ambient duet project with Daniel Löwen. Ewa’s versatile voice graces the works of many producers. The coming months promise a flurry of creative exchanges between Krakow and Luxembourg.
Behind the pseudonym DXCV3R is Bartosz Brzeziński, best known as one-half of the duo ThunderFuzz. Their album Anti Body garnered attention in the trip-hop scene, with the track Horizon featured on Down Tempo Fix Vol. 1 by H1 Massive. Bartek also collaborates with Ashes and Dreams and TabInStereo, and has started making waves on the Polish music scene with reworks for Ania Sama and a collaboration with Polaczek.
Their latest collaboration, RUN!, offers a sneak peek into DXCV3R’s upcoming solo album, with Ewa Baran lending her sultry vocals. Their mutual love for trip-hop and industrial beats pulses through RUN! and Ewa’s solo project, #262626.
RUN! is a gritty, trip-hop industrial track, with Baran’s powerful voice slicing through the thick, pounding rhythm like a blade through fog. Her vocals echo the moody tones of Recoil, adding a raw edge to the track’s sluggish, relentless backdrop. The video paints a haunting picture—Baran, draped in a horned skull mask, wanders through wheat fields, summoning the eerie essence of ancient pagan rites and forgotten deities. There was a strange synchronicity in the production, as if fate itself had a hand in its creation, weaving a mysterious thread through the music and visuals, tying the old with the new, the past with the present.
“The song was recorded very fast, and we made the video for one day remotely — me in Poland and Bartek in Luxemburg. We wanted to keep the style of Blair Witch Project. Everything was so fast. My friend printed the mask in 20 hours on a 3D printer, and I took it on the evening before shooting. When we came back from the forests, it turned out that this day was the 25th anniversary of the film!”
Watch the video for “Run!” below:
Go! Boys Records rolls out Music from Poland—a compilation that stands apart from the usual fare, worth every minute of the wait. A lineup of a dozen or so artists band together to paint a sonic picture of the world around us, capturing the reality, emotions, and moods that seep into our daily lives. Leading the charge is OHMS, Shagreen, Smogg, Agressiva69, Astheria, Wieża Ciśnień, Lady Extasy, Monofonika, and more.
Expect unconventional, electronic beats in all their varied forms, merging into an alternative mix of the best this genre has to offer.
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