Gaba Kulka

Gabriela Kulka
Background information
Born	1979 Warsaw, Poland
Genres	pop, indie pop, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	piano, vocals
Labels	Mystic Production
Associated acts	The Saintbox, Konrad Kucz, Młynarski Plays Młynarski
Website	www.gabakulka.com

Gabriela Kulka (known as Gaba Kulka, born 1979 in Warsaw, Poland) is an independent artist, a songwriter, and performer.

Biography

Gabriela Kulka was born to a family of musicians, her father, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, is a well known Polish violinist and a professor at Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. Following in her father's footsteps, she endured eight years of classical schooling in violin, but still ended up embracing the piano as a weapon of choice in her songwriting and performing activities.

She recorded her first full-length album, Between Miss Scylla and a Hard Place, in 2003, available in CD-R format. The year 2006 saw the release of her second LP, Out, a full-colour, professionally pressed affair. Both albums were completely independent releases. Aside from these, Gaba contributed to a (private?) compilation of covers called Songs for Wolf, containing covers of the likes of Björk, Ozzy Osbourne, Neil Diamond, Stevie Nicks and The Church).

In 2009 her third album, Hat, Rabbit, was released by major label Mystic Production and therefore Gaba Kulka gained wider popularity. The album went gold in Poland and with her singles "Niejasności", "Kara Niny" or "Got a Song" the singer became successful in more alternative-oriented radio stations. In the same year she issued her next album, Sleepwalk, a collaboration with Polish singer Konrad Kucz.

Musical style

Over seven years of writing and recording, Gabriela Kulka developed the singular style of dark musical theatre mixed with a jazzy attitude, and a focus on poetic and quirky lyrics - influenced by Danny Elfman and Kate Bush on equal part. Her output is strongly influenced by classical music, jazz and pop.

Artists she names as her closest inspirations are, firstly and undeniably - Kate Bush and Tori Amos, but also Peter Gabriel, Kurt Weill, Danny Elfman, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Chroma Key, Queen, ABBA, Bruce Dickinson, and Iron Maiden (whose songs she performs live) and Madonna.

Discography

Solo albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Out	Released: November 12, 2007[7] Label: Eblok Formats: CD, digital download[8]	47
Hat, Rabbit	Released: May 4, 2009[9] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[10]	7	POL: 15,000+[11]	POL: Gold[12]
Wersje	Released: November 4, 2013[13] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[14]	25
The Escapist	Released: September 8, 2014[15] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[16]	9
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [1]
Sleepwalk (with Konrad Kucz)	Released: October 26, 2009[17] Label: Jazzboy Records Formats: CD, digital download[18]	11
Rebeka nie zejdzie dziś na kolację (with Młynarski Plays Młynarski)	Released: October 10, 2010 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD	14
Baaba Kulka (with Baaba)	Released: March 21, 2011[19] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD	14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title	Album details
Live Rabbit	Released: November 26, 2010[20] Label: Mystic Production Formats: DVD

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album	Ref.
2009	"Niejasności"	—	Hat, Rabbit	[21]
	"Got a Song" (with Konrad Kucz)	Filip Kovcin	Sleepwalk	[22]
2014	"Wielkie wrażenie"	Mads Hemmingsen	The Escapist	[23]

References

1. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
2. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
3. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
4. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
5. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
6. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
7. "Gaba Kulka - Out - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
8. "Out by Gaba Kulka on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
9. "Gaba Kulka - Hat, Rabbit - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
10. "Hat, Rabbit by Gaba Kulka on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
11. http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/regulamin.php
12. http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php
13. "Gaba Kulka - Wersje - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
14. "Wersje (Bonus Tracks) by Gaba Kulka on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
15. "Aktualności - GABA KULKA nowy album "The Escapist" już 8 września! - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". mystic.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
16. "The Escapist by Gaba Kulka on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
17. "Gaba Kulka - Sleepwalk - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
18. https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/sleepwalk/id579365917
19. "Gaba Kulka - Baaba Kulka - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
20. "Gaba Kulka koncertowo: Wzloty i upadki na DVD - muzyka.interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
21. "Gaba Kulka "Niejasności" - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
22. "Gaba Kulka i Konrad Kucz - Kucz/Kulka "Got a Song" (oficjalny teledysk) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
23. "Gaba Kulka - Wielkie Wrażenie - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

External links

• Gaba Kulka official site