BARTOSZ KRUCZYNSKI レコード& CD

Review: Emotional Response bring you some truly healing sounds from Polish producer Bartosz Kruczynski, who first teamed up with the label as The Phantom for the first round of the Schleissen series back in 2015. He's since delivered a debut album to Growing Bin and released as Earth Trax on Rhythm Section and others. The mood across this collection of pieces produced for Polish studio TVP Culture opens up a rich seam of inspiration around the ambient end of Kruczynski's work through short pieces rich in sonorous delights. From fluttering fourth world-isms to hazy dub soundscapes, this is pure listening pleasure from start to finish.

Review: For their second edition, Athens based Into The Light Records present Warsaw-based producers Sasha Zakrevska (Poly Chain) and Bartosz Kruczynski (aka Earth Trax/The Phantom). After their recent debut albums, the pair collaborated on an album project and live performance featured on this LP. The result is a bunch of featured live segments from the show redacted into these seven parts. To get a sense of their performance, listen to the kosmische electronics of vibrant opener "Jacana", the evocative and introspective ambient bliss of "Solacious" or "Velicious" (reminiscent of artists like Ulrich Schnauss or Gonno) and the slo-mo acid trips heard on "Fluxional", which explores a more 'out-there' territory.