The idea for the duet arose from the desire to transform previous musical experiences into a bipolar form. The group performs original compositions inspired by melodies and songs from the Polish-Belarusian border region, as well as a broad spectrum of World Music and electronic music. DUALITY’s instrumentation includes violins, a percussion set, electronics, and white singing.
Members: DARIA BUTSKAYA (Hajda Banda, Pokrzyk) – violin, white singing SPACEPIERRE (Beltaine, Krzikopa) – drums, keyboards, electronics
Daria Butskaya – violinist, vocalist, graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, intern at the Moscow Conservatory, lover of world music and improvised music. She was born in Minsk, Belarus. She had the opportunity to perform concerts in countries such as Italy, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. She is a laureate of international competitions in Moldova and Romania (“Remember Enescu”) and won the “Grand Prix” at the international competition in Italy: in the solo string instruments category and in the chamber ensembles category (“27th Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Musicisti ‘Citta di Barletta'”). Since 2000, she has been collaborating with the International Theater “Schola Węgajty,” performing in Poland, Spain, Estonia, France, and other countries. She is also involved in performing and reproducing traditional music from old sources. She received a special award for the best instrumentalist, “Golden Geese,” at the Polish Radio New Tradition Festival in 2021 and the 1st Prize named after Edward Mojsak at the 7th Tournament of True Musicians in Szczecin. She is the founder of the band Hajda Banda, which received the 3rd Prize, the “Storm of Applause” Audience Award, and the Special Award of the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin at the Polish Radio New Tradition Festival (2022). The album “Hajda!” was released in 2023 by the Karrot Komando label.
spacepierre – drummer, composer, music producer, founder of many formations including MEQ, Beatweens, and hipiersoniK. Pillar of Muariolanza, Beltaine, Krzikopa, Olek Klepacz, and many others. For many years, an advocate of combining electronics with live playing. He has performed with artists of various genres, including Hawkwind (UK), Acoustic Ladyland (UK), Hans Peter Salentin (D), Raz Dwa Trzy (PL), Olek Klepacz (PL), and has produced both on record releases and in theatrical productions and fashion shows. In 2012, he founded the cyberpunk trio hipiersoniK. The group twice played with the British trip-hop star Tricky (co-founder of Massive Attack). After releasing the album “Czarna Skrzynka” in 2013, the band presented their material at the Open’Er Festival and then went on a 30-concert tour in the UK, accompanying the legendary group Hawkwind. The music video for the song “Zwolniony” received the Grand Prix at the Yach-Film Festival 2013 and the “Innovation” award. Since 2015, spacepierre has played in the electro-Celtic band Beltaine, and since 2016, in the Silesian electro-folk formation Krzikopa, with whom he recorded two albums and represented Polish culture at the Winter Olympics in South Korea in 2018. He also performs in Olek Klepacz’s band (Formacja Nieżywych Schabuff).
Selected productions:
2009 – Muariolanza – album “Wszystko będzie inaczej” // producer, composer, performer //
2010 – Muariolanza – album “Muafrika” // producer, composer, performer //
2011 – Neo Fashion Jamboree 2011 // composer, music producer //
2012 – Fashion project “Modny Śląsk” //composer, music producer, performer //
2012 – Film Spring Open Krakow // music producer, composer, performer // 2012 – Raz Dwa Trzy – preparation of contemporary versions of the band’s songs as part of the Men’s Granie Festival 2012, and a club tour in early 2013 // producer, performer //
2012 – modern soundtrack for the silent film “Nosferatu” from 1922 // arranger //
2013 – hipiersoniK “Czarna Skrzynka” // composer, producer, performer //
2015 – Beltaine – album “Live 15” // producer, performer //
2017 – Beltaine – concert at Radio Katowice // composer, producer, performer //
2018 – Krzikopa – album “Krzikopa” // co-arranger, co-producer, performer // 2019 – Krzikopa – album “Śląskie powstaje” // co-arranger, co-producer, performer //
2020 – “Gdziekolwiek” – a recital by actor Mariusz Kiljan with songs by Marek Grechuta in contemporary arrangements, Polish Theatre in Wrocław // co-arranger, performer //
2022 – Hajda Banda – “Hajda!” – // producer //
2023 – Beltaine – “Observer” – // co-composer, producer //
2023 – DUALITY – // producer, co-composer, performer //
