2. Three Kings
3. Amazing Grace
4. Jezus Malusienki (Polish)
5. Lulajze Jezuniu (Polish)
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Aided by her husband, Jacob Israel, a master of electronica and production, and assorted other very talented musicians, Ola's style is quintessential folktronica. And how you take to the music of Fulka is likely going to depend on how you feel about folk music with techno beats and electronic noises. For me, sometimes it's very very good--as on "Silent Night" and "Amazing Grace"--and sometimes s'not ("Three Kings", to me, sounds like a Martian funeral procession). Rounding out the EP are a pair of instrumental Polish folk numbers for the season, and I'm pretty much always up for exotic Christmas music from faraway lands.
Fulka's debut album, from 2010, is "The Mystery Of The Seven Stars" and--maybe it's just that the music is original--that worked a lotbetter for me as folktronica. The free download from that album, "Dancing In Our Darkest Days", is truly terrific, I think. Your mileage may vary, of course. While Fulka works on a follow-up, enjoy the Christmas EP, a free download through Bandcamp.