- A1: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Polka Biełarauskaja
- A2: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Narodny Vals
- A3: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Mazurka
- A4: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Tanha
- A5: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Polka Viesiałukha
- A6: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Dyjaloh 1
- A7: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Aberak
- A8: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Vals Biežanka
- A9: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Lavonikha
- A10: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Cyhanačhka Z Vykhadam
- B1: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Baćkaŭ Marš
- B2: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Dyjaloh 2
- B3: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Krakaviak
- B4: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Polka Malenčyka
- B5: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Alaksandraŭskaje
- B6: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Kadryl
- B7: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Kazak
- B8: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Polka Žanićba Staroha
- B9: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Łysy
- B10: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Kaketka
- B11: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Ja Ciabie Ždu
- B12: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Małdavanski Šejk
- B13: Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk – Polka “Kareła-Finskaja”
- C1: Giovanni Lami – Zanemakurtza
- C2: Giovanni Lami – Alaska Sundryakea
- C3: Giovanni Lami – Belash Zankav
- D1: Giovanni Lami – Ola Henkalampcyk
- D2: Giovanni Lami – Klaryd
- D3: Giovanni Lami – Aurala Pokayskelb
"There is a suspicion that no one really knows how to deal with the legacy of the past." — Siarhiej Kraŭčanka
Malenčyk / Lami is a double vinyl release pairing previously unpublished archival recordings of Belarusian fiddler Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk with a response to that archive by Italian sound artist Giovanni Lami.
Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk (1928–2007) was a self-taught fiddler from a small village in Western Biełaruś, born on land that was then Polish territory. He never studied music formally and never worked on a collective farm — he supported his family solely through playing, crafting his own violins and harmonicas by hand. The music he played was made for a community: weddings, christenings, a room full of people, a shared life. As life shifted toward the cities and the village dissolved, that music lost the only place it could exist. By the end of his life, Malenčyk — nearly blind — was playing for whoever happened to be there: at the local bazaar, on district buses, moving through the aisles. He simply couldn’t stay home. He had to play.
These recordings were made by ethnographer Mykoła Kozienka in Ščučyn in 1999 and have not been released until now.
Giovanni Lami approaches this archive from a distance that could hardly be greater — geographical, cultural, temporal.
Credits:
Record 1 (Side A/B) — performed by Stanisłaŭ Malenčyk,
recorded by Mykola Kozenka in Shuchyn, Grodno Region, Belarus in 1999.
Record 2 (Side C/D) — produced by Giovanni Lami.
Mastering by Siarhej Cviki and Anton Aniščanka
Archival research by Alaksej Krukoŭski and Alaksandr Baroŭski
Cover Artworks by Volha Savič
Cover design by Ihar Jukhnievič
Project curation by Anton Aniščanka
Project assistance by Alaksiej Šumakovič
Texts by Siarhei Kraŭčanka (essay, editing, translation),
Alaksej Krukoŭski and Alaksandr Baroŭski (Malenčyk biography),
Giovanni Lami (artist statement)









































