Gaba Kulka


Gabriela Konstancja Kulka-Stajewska is an independent Polish artist, songwriter, and performer.
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Biography

Gabriela Kulka comes from a family of musicians; her father was a Polish violinist and professor. She took eight years of classical violin lessons but later gravitated toward playing the piano.
Her early albums, "Between Miss Scylla and a Hard Place" and "Out".
In 2009, her third album, "Hat, Rabbit," was released by the major label Mystic Production. The album achieved gold status in Poland, and the singles "Niejasności," "Kara Niny," and "Got a Song" were played alternative-oriented radio stations. That same year, she collaborated with Polish singer Konrad Kucz on the album "Sleepwalk."

Musical style

Over seven years of writing and recording, Gabriela Kulka developed a singular style of dark musical theater mixed with jazzy flair and a focus on poetic and quirky lyrics—influenced by Danny Elfman and Kate Bush in equal parts. 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, Iron Maiden and Madonna.