Ananke (1995) by FATE

In the early years of Polish d.i.y. punk scene (meaning early 1990s) before crust boom there was a huge wave of bands incorporating ska / reggae / folk sound to its version of Polish classic punk (think of Armia / Dezerter early stuff meets the Clash-y reggae sound and ska-punk). Alians and Swiat Czarownic were touring heavily (and sharing a bass player), 200km south the band named FATE started to play numerous gigs, released a demo in 1992, followed by 2 live tapes next year - all on small DIY labels, one run by the band non-playing member Pinio.
In 1994 they recorded 16 tracks in Gold Rock Studio (run by Armia / Izrael / Brygada Kryzys guitarist, late Robert Brylewski) with assistance of Post Regiment crew - their guitarist Smok actually recorded the session. That sound is easy to recognise.
The CD includes 4 live tracks with guest appearance of Alians / Swiat Czarownic bass player - FATE covers Polish punk and reggae classis from Deuter and Izrael as well as Basque Kortatu (with their own anti-fascist lyrics).
Soon after "Ananke" album was released Agnes - their singer decided to leave the band. They remained active, recorded a 7" and another album and went on hiatus for some years. In 2013 the band reformed, remains active and plays within d.i.y. punk circuit on regular (but not very intense) basis, 2022 saw their new album.

Most of the artwork of their releases is based on works of Krzysztof Owedyk (Prosiak) - important person in Polish comics scene, whose early work saw the daylight through d.i.y. punk publishing efforts, NNNW co-financing his first non-punk graphic novel "Osma czara" first release.

Double LP vinyl release with tracks remastered by the same person, who assisted their first studio (Post Regiment's Smok) and artwork built by Petr (IL62 , Human Rights) brings another evidence of vivid 1990s scene.

Regular black vinyl and limited tellow and blue version both come in colourful gatefold sleeve and include a fold out poster to fit the cassette version artwork (different than the CD), photos, stories, lyrics and their English translations.

FATE = Fly And The Evolution - guitar / singer's nick is Mucha, which is Polish for "fly")

Tracklist

1.	Ananke (Fate)	3:38

2.	Anti (Anti Nazi Song)	2:01

3.	Kilka Słów O Przyjaźni (A Few Words About Friendship)	3:46

4.	Wieczorem (In The Evening)	1:28

5.	Wiara (The Faith)	6:14

6.	Nadzieja (The Hope)	2:58

7.	Miłość (The Love)	4:05

8.	Wizyta (The Visit)	4:28

9.	Do mięsożerców (To the meateaters)	4:25

10.	Za głosem (Follow the voice)	2:25

11.	Przez ptaki, drzewa, wiatr... (Through the birds, trees and the wind...)	5:20

12.	To nie jest piosneka antyklerykalna (It isn't an anticlerical song)	4:56

13.	Nie mów nic (Don't say anything)	2:14

14.	Marzyciele (Dreamers)	2:30

15.	Generacja '94 (Generation '94)	2:07

16.	Przez smoki, drzewa, wiatr... (Through dragons, trees and the wind...)	5:23

17.	Nienormalny (Different)	4:32

18.	Płonie Babilon (Babilon Is Burning)	3:53

19.	DREADMISSION "Walcz o swoje prawa" (Fight for your rights)	2:26

20.	Tchórz - na dobranoc... (Coward - for goodnight)	4:36

Credits

released July 1, 1995

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