Tomasz Krakowiak A / P

"On one hand, Krakowiak's recordings should not be a surprise to those who follow his activity on the free-improv scene, after all his recordings continue to penetrate the acoustic properties of individual percussion instruments. However, when this scene is slowly moving in the blind alley of predictability, and critics increasingly yearn for newer sounds and surprising collaborations, the latest Bocian Records release is a strong contrast. First, Krakowiak deliberately departs from the hi-fi aesthetics being associated with recordings of artists applying a similar approach to the percussion instruments (such as Christian Wolfarth, Jon Mueller or Jason kahn). These two pieces, recorded without any effects or processing are the sound of a single cymbal recorded with an old cassette tape. But this is not a tribute to the trendy, lo-fi aesthetics and Hypnagogic, the imperfections and the characteristic "analog" sound is Krakowiak's goal in itself, not a postmodern game of the genre convention (which many show in recent years). Finally, precision and attention of theserecordings make me think of Harry Bertoia's sculptures, or vitality of ideas and textures of Morphogenesis. A vitality, which often is to be sought among contemporary drone music publications." Daniel Broek