Gaba Kulka

Gabriela Kulka
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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
Out	Released: November 12, 2007 Label: Eblok Formats: CD, digital download	47
Hat, Rabbit	Released: May 4, 2009 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download	7	POL: 15,000+	POL: Gold
Wersje	Released: November 4, 2013 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download	25
The Escapist	Released: September 8, 2014 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download	9
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL
Sleepwalk (with Konrad Kucz)	Released: October 26, 2009 Label: Jazzboy Records Formats: CD, digital download	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 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 Label: Mystic Production Formats: DVD

Music videos

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

External links

• Gaba Kulka official site