Zabawa

Zabawa formed in Poland with vocalist and composer Ewa Malewicz, keyboardist Pawel Mazurek, and guitarist Andrzej Szarek. Their music pulled from classical, folk, and electronic textures, though they avoided easy categorization. Their debut album was simply called 'Zabawa,' and they later released 'The Secret of the Harp.'

One of their best-known songs is 'Butterfly's Repose,' a piece with a lingering melody and reflective lyrics. Another track, 'I Heard An Angel,' shows their tendency toward atmospheric, image-driven writing. Their approach to blending sounds sometimes drew criticism from those who preferred more conventional structures.

They worked with various other musicians over time, which kept their arrangements from settling into a single pattern. The group's recordings have a consistent, dreamlike quality, even as the instrumentation shifted from album to album.