Tell us the story about your journey with music.
It started early in my life with playing the piano, joining some bands, orchestras and percussion ensembles. I always loved performing. As a teenager I went to a lot of concerts and club nights which lead to collecting records and listening more to electronic music. It took me a moment until I got into synths, as I was busy with dj-ing, organising events and running a project art space in Krakow. I tried to produce music in Ableton but it wasn’t so satisfying until some day I went to a studio in Prague and touched the Juno-60 for the first time. From that point I started to build my LIVE set up (still optimising it!) and doing what I do.
You often perform live. What do you find different about performing live vs. non-live?
Live is definitely a bigger challenge, but mostly it’s something that no one else can do the same way. It’s my music and my voice and it just makes sharing something more intimate. I feel the more the crowd gets into it the more I can open up (while staying focused of course!), therefore there are more feelings in the room and that makes it a special connecting experience. Naturally there are more things that can go wrong as well, and the concern for that is more stressful than in a DJ set. I love everything about it though!
What is your process of making music?
Usually I look for a sequence, a melody or some harmonies at the piano to start with. For programming sequences and putting it all together I use the Cirklon Sequencer that’s my heart and brain in the studio. Currently I use mostly the Ob6 and the Syncussion. Once the groove and a few scenes in the track are done I open the computer and record. In the end I play over some stuff by hand.
Besides music what do you love doing?
There is nothing I love as much as music, but I try to balance my life with sport, art, travel, culture, hiking in the mountains, friends, family and a glass of wine.