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One summer evening, it seems, on Midsummer Night, in the company of skylights, in the garden next to the tenement in Bielsko-Biala where we both live with our families, we made the decision to pour our common musical chemistry onto an album. Get to know the announcement of the album we co-wrote with Krzysztof Maciejowski – it’s a duet of two distinct musical characters, where different influences and inspirations clash. It’s an album where we didn’t want, by design, to repeat anything that inspired us as listeners.

The premise behind our lengthy discussions is a concept album that tells a story about the world from a child’s perspective. These are various stories of characters fictionalized or inspired by literature to convey some universal truth about the relationship between an adult and a child. For adults, it’s an opportunity to immerse themselves in the emotions being accompanied by childhood memories and lost sensitivity, carefree and fresh perspective in the world around them. An opportunity to return to the values that were the meaning of existence when we were younger. We want to share with the listeners our perspective on this issue. We tread on the sinuous line between the dreams of childhood and the reality of adulthood. This is a musical journey through the meanders and backstreets of life. It’s a musical landscape painted with the emotions of growing up.

Musically, we have never been able to precisely pigeonhole what would define the style of the album’s contents. Our friends, who had the opportunity to listen to fragments of recordings and demos, defined it on the borderline of classical ambient, contemporary, with distinct influences of art-rock and improvised music. The music is extremely concrete, without unnecessary long-windedness, full of content and precisely planned moments, with scrolling references to French impressionism or the Romantic period. Most of the motifs for the songs were created while jammingg in my apartment – during often spontaneous meetings without any preparation. It gave the effect of incredible freshness in the music aspect.

We play with the consonance of my 60-plus-year-old piano, which sounds unique to us, and Krzysztof’s violin, resulting in a very tasty mix. There is no shortage of experimentation, which is definitely not the pure sound of the piano, but can be brought out with this instrument. There will be additional arrangements on the album, but the focus is on the two instruments.

Scheduled for release in the first half of 2024, but there will be previews and more spicy details before then.

Stay tuned!