Projects:
Percival Schuttenbach:
Founded in 1999 in Poland, play folk-metal music – a mix of Slavic culture and strong, heavy sounds. The main members of the band are charismatic two leaders: the cellist and singer Katarzyna Bromirska and the guitarist Mikołaj Rybacki, who – together with the rest of the band – create amazing, energetic shows. Percival is known mostly as a co-composers of the “Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” soundtrack, which was awarded multiple times and is considered one of the best game soundtracks ever made. The group gave their shows all over the Europe, had many their own tours in Poland and abroad and also supported such stars as Marylin Manson, Paradise Lost or Arkona and Korpiklaani.
PERCIVAL:
This project was founded as a result of fascination with history and culture of ancient Slavs. Percival is known as the co-author of the “Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” game soundtrack – awarded, world-wide famous music. The band is also the co-composer of “Równonoc” album, which was the mix of Slavic sounds with hip-hop and which became a Diamond Record. Percival released five official albums, including “Slava” albums triptych, but their music can be found on various records, like audiobooks: “Vikingaasaga” and “Borek and the god of Slavs”. The band gave shows all accross the Europe, but not only – they also visited such distant places like Canada. Percival’s music can be heard in many documentaries related to history and old times of Slavs and Vikings. The band is known worldwide as promotours and lovers of Slavic culture and history.
PERCIVAL WILD HUNT LIVE:
It’s the amazing musical show performed by Percival group – co-authors of the “Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” game soundtrack, multiple award winners (i.a. MocArt 2015 together with Marcin Przybyłowicz and Mikołaj Stroiński), who performed all over the Europe and world. During the Wild Hunt Live show the group presents music that is perfectly known to any Witcher game fan – songs that became a part of the soundtrack, mostly in their original, initial versions.
The video projection was created specifically for the show from game fragments and video materials that hasn’t been published before. Beautiful lights, stunning dance plus aerial acrobatics, wonderful costumes and scenography altogether create magical atmosphere. Wild Hunt Live got lots of positive reviews – both from journalists and from the audience. It’s a treat not only for fans of computer games, but for all those who love beautiful music, amazing voices, interesting instruments, folk and fantasy world.
Percival Schuttenbach is created by:
Mikolaj Rybacki (electric guitar, saz, mandoline, plugged string instruments, vocal)
Katarzyna Bromirska (electric cello, Byzantine lyre, accordion, flutes, vocal)
http://www.percival.pl
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Pocałunek
Percival Schuttenbach Lyrics
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Gdziezes to byla - mow, coreczko
Bylam, matusiu, tam nad rzeka,
Gdzie szara struga wody cieka
Pod olowiana nieba powieka
I ostry swiszcze wiatr
Cozes widziala, moja corko
Lodke widzialam - to ci powiem -
Gdzie szeleszczace drzy sitowie,
Gdzie wody plusk jak przy polowie
I ostry swiszcze wiatr
Kto plynal lodzia, moja corko
Ktoz to nia plynal - mow, coreczko
Byl w niej ktos ubrany na bialo
W zrenicach swiatlo mu jasnialo
Jak ogien gwiazd pod nieba powala
I ostry swiszczal wiatr
Coz ci powiedzial, moja corko
Coz ci powiedzial - mow coreczko
Nic nie powiedzial, lecz bez slowa
Trzykroc mnie w usta ucalowal
O, coz za rozkosz niewymowna!
A wkoło swiszczal wiatr
Czemus tak zziebla, moja corko
Czemus zbielala - mow, coreczko
Nie rzekla slowa ani cwierc
Glowa spadla jej na piers
Z oczu wyjrzalo widmo smierci
A wkoło swiszczal wiatr
The song "Pocałunek" by Percival Schuttenbach tells a story of a young woman who goes somewhere near a river, where she meets someone dressed in white who kisses her three times without saying a word. The lyrics start with the mother asking her daughter where she had been, and the daughter answering that she had been near the river where the water flows under the leaden sky, and the wind whistles sharply. The mother asks what she had seen, and the daughter answers that she saw a boat with rustling reeds and splashing water, and someone dressed in white with shining eyes like the stars kissed her three times without speaking, while the wind whistled sharply. The mother then asks why her daughter looks so pale, and the daughter doesn't answer, but her head falls on her chest, and she looks like death while the wind still whistles.
The lyrics of "Pocałunek" depict a mystical encounter, leaving the story open to interpretation. Some might interpret it as a ghostly encounter of a long-lost lover who kisses the woman three times before disappearing. Others could see it as a poetic representation of the freedom of love, which has the power to transcend language and communication. The melody and the atmosphere created by the instruments and the vocal performance add to the mystical and haunting effect of the lyrics. The song's emotional intensity conveys a sense of both ephemeral transcendence and inevitable sadness.
Line by Line Meaning
Gdziezes to byla, moja corko
Mother asking daughter where she was
Gdziezes to byla - mow, coreczko
Mother asking daughter where she was
Bylam, matusiu, tam nad rzeka,
Daughter responds she was by the river
Gdzie szara struga wody cieka
Daughter describes the river with flowing gray waters
Pod olowiana nieba powieka
Daughter describes the sky with a leaden eyelid
I ostry swiszcze wiatr
Daughter describes the sharp whistling of the wind
Cozes widziala, moja corko
Mother asking daughter what she saw
Cozes widziala - mow, coreczko
Mother asking daughter what she saw
Lodke widzialam - to ci powiem -
Daughter saw a boat on the river
Gdzie szeleszczace drzy sitowie,
Daughter describes the rustling of the reeds
Gdzie wody plusk jak przy polowie
Daughter describes the splashing of the water
I ostry swiszcze wiatr
Daughter describes the sharp whistling of the wind
Kto plynal lodzia, moja corko
Mother asking daughter who was in the boat
Ktoz to nia plynal - mow, coreczko
Mother asking daughter who was in the boat
Byl w niej ktos ubrany na bialo
Daughter saw someone in white clothes in the boat
W zrenicach swiatlo mu jasnialo
Daughter describes the bright light in the person's pupils
Jak ogien gwiazd pod nieba powala
Daughter describes the light as fiery stars falling from the sky
I ostry swiszczal wiatr
Daughter describes the sharp whistling of the wind
Coz ci powiedzial, moja corko
Mother asking daughter what the person said
Coz ci powiedzial - mow coreczko
Mother asking daughter what the person said
Nic nie powiedzial, lecz bez slowa
Daughter responds that the person said nothing but kissed her thrice
Trzykroc mnie w usta ucalowal
Daughter describes the person kissing her three times
O, coz za rozkosz niewymowna!
Daughter expresses the indescribable pleasure from the kisses
A wkoło swiszczal wiatr
Daughter describes the sharp whistling of the wind
Czemus tak zziebla, moja corko
Mother asking daughter why she is trembling
Czemus zbielala - mow, coreczko
Mother asking daughter why she turned pale
Nie rzekla slowa ani cwierc
Daughter didn't say a word
Glowa spadla jej na piers
Daughter hung her head on her chest
Z oczu wyjrzalo widmo smierci
Daughter describes seeing a specter of death
A wkoło swiszczal wiatr
Daughter describes the sharp whistling of the wind
Contributed by Alexandra O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Cyhyraeth
Oh, where has thou been, my daughter?
Oh, where hast thou been this day
Daughter, my daughter?'
'Oh, I have been to the river's side,
Where the waters lie all gray and wide,
And the gray sky broods o'er the leaden tide,
And the shrill wind sighs a straining.'
"'What sawest thou there, my daughter?
What sawest thou there this day,
Daughter, my daughter?'
'Oh, I saw a boat come drifting nigh,
Where the quivering rushes hiss and sigh,
And the water soughs as it gurgles by,
And the shrill wind sighs a straining.'
"'What sailed in the boat, my daughter?
What sailed in the boat this day,
Daughter, my daughter?'
'Oh, there was one all clad in white,
And about his face hung a pallid light,
And his eyes gleamed sharp like the stars at night,
And the shrill wind sighed a straining.'
"'And what said he, my daughter?
What said he to thee this day,
Daughter, my daughter?'
'Oh, said he nought, but did he this:
Thrice on my lips did he press a kiss,
And my heartstrings shrunk with an awful bliss,
And the shrill wind sighed a straining.'
"'Why growest thou so cold, my daughter?
Why growest thou so cold and white,
Daughter, my daughter?'
Oh, never a word the daughter said,
But she sat all straight with a drooping head,
For her heart was stilled and her face was dead:
And the shrill wind sighed a straining.
Galik
+Kia Coffey - Here! Take this :)
Where you were, my daughter?
Where you were-tell me, daughter
I was, mummy, there, over the river
Where gray stream of water flows
Under lead skies eyelid
And harsh wind is whistling
What did you saw, my daughter?
What did you saw-tell me, daughter
Boat I saw-that's , what I tell you
Where rustling rush trembles
Where water's splashing, as when fishing
And harsh wind is whistling
What he told you, my daughter?
What he told you-tell me, daughter
He told nothing, but without single word
Triple kissed me in my lips
Oh, what a unspeakable pleasure
And wind is whistling around
Who was sailing in the boat, my daughter?
Who was manning the boat-tell me, daughter
There were someone dressed in white in it
Light were in his pupils
Like star's fire under sky celling
And harsh wind is whistling
What he told you, my daughter?
What he told you-tell me, daughter
He told nothing, but without single word
Triple kissed me in my lips
Oh, what a unspeakable pleasure
And wind is whistling around
Why did you gone so cold, my daughter?
Why did you gone white-tell me, daughter
She said not even word quarter
Head fell on her breast
From her eyes death looked out
And wind whistled around
Mushroomdespot
This music is magnificent! Greetings from Hungary!!!!
Quester91
Greetings from Italy, love your music.
Małgorzata Gwara
Guarda a un nuovo video di "Svantevit" o "Wodnik". Mi spero ti piace ;)
OldWaysFollower
genialny zespół, a tekst też świetny. Na pewno jest to stara pieśń, wywołująca dreszcze, gdy się jej słucha... Trochę w klimacie "Króla Olszyn" Goethego - tu upiór przychodzi po duszę dziewczyny, tam - po duszę chłopca (syna jadącego konno z ojcem przez las).
666demonangeleye
I just found this great Polish band on youtube. They are Awesome!!
OldWaysFollower
Skąd pochodzi ta pieśń? Pierwszy raz zetknąłem się z nią w "Wesołych przygodach Robin Hooda" Howarda Pyle. BRAWO dla Percivala za jej wykonanie!!
Jurek Baton
Wiara w muzę polską została przywrócona... Dziękuję :)
TorukMakto6
Świetne... Aż się doczekać nie mogę najbliższego koncertu :D To będzie OGIEŃ! Leśne Licho i Percival! Moc!
KLAJD 84
Sława!chciałbym kiedyś osobiście Was poznać..dzięki że jesteście ,że robicie kawał dobrej roboty w uświadamianie i przywracanie starosłowiańskie motywy..Sława!!
Евгений Буданцев
Очень красивая песня.\Beautifull song.\Bardzo piękna piosenka.