"ZERO 5" from RECOGNITION ZERO by Jacek Sienkiewicz - raw techno !

5 tracks from 1996 on limited cassette ! soon !

Before Recognition Recordings emerged, even as an idea, there were experiments in rhythms conducted by Jacek Sienkiewicz in his first bedroom “studio”. “Recognition Zero” brings together some of these tracks, recorded around 1996 without any sequencer, utilising only two machines and some noisy field recordings. 

“Recognition Zero” will be available exclusive from the Recognition Records bandcamp, as digital download and super-limited cassette with custom artwork, and it’s the first in a series of forthcoming re-editions of Jacek’s early works.

RECOGNITION ZERO

"ZERO 5" by Jacek Sienkiewicz (1996)

Tumult Hands "TH" album(R-EP045) out soon on Recognition ! 

The “Tumult Hands” duet is made by Jacek Sienkiewicz and Jerzy Przeździecki - the producers whose composition has - to a large extent- defined the Polish techno music. 

“Tumult Hands” has two EPs on its account – “Tumult Hands EP” (2014) and “Tropic Factory” (2016). Both were published by Recognition. 

The album titled: “TH” (Recognition, 2022) has been prepared for many years. The repertoire was created mainly out of improvisation. As artists themselves say, “it is the result of discovering and accepting a chance event.” For both producers, close contact with instruments was important during their composition; the type of interaction between the maker and an electronic device. Individual works have been maturing for a long time. Paradoxically - the lapse of time did not cause them to be ageing but vice versa - allowed them to mature and gain natural weight.

Tumult Hands "cover story" (R-EP045)

"The sun, kissing the forehead through half-closed blinds…"

"Kristine" is the first single out of the upcoming album „Pristine” by Jacek Sienkiewicz which will be out on vinyl and digital in October 2022 on Recognition Records.

More soon !

Co-Financed By The Minister Of Culture And National Heritage of Poland.

The project has been implemented in co-production with Recognition Records and the National Centre for Culture of Poland.

Pristine

Kristine (edit)

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Kristine" (edit)

Tsar Poloz "I wanna drink" EP - release date 26.05.2014

From the very start, Recognition Digital aims to be a platform for releasing adventurous electronic sounds bordering on club music, also coming from the artists from outside the strictly electronic scene.
Here, we present a brand new release from Tsar Poloz - an extraordinary artist hailing from the bleak, industrial city of Lodz. 
Piotr Poloz is no newcomer - in fact, he's been pretty active on the Polish indie scene, releasing first album in 2001. Apart from a multitude of electronic projects he's involved in, Poloz also sings and plays bass in an indie-rock band Psychocukier.
"I Wanna Drink", his EP for Recognition, is clearly driven by his fascination with some more gritty types of club music, but with a clear pop sensibility - note simple, but catchy melodies and funky bass samples (all played by Poloz on his vintage Polish bass guitar). Somewhere between rough techno and quirky synthpop, Chicago house and cheeky electroclash, three original tunes here are equally amusing and entertaining. These are accompanied by three remixes from well established artists, each providing us with his unique vision of retro-futuristic techno: label boss Jacek Sienkiewicz under his Recognition moniker, up- and coming analogue wizard Chino and a duo of Warsaw veteran DJs - Mic Ostap and Motyl.


Tsar Poloz "I wanna drink" EP (promo snippet) (RED05)

"I" - Repetetive Digital Noise -  AtomTM ! Four tracks of timeless, minimal, acidic techno recorded in 1992 and rereleased on Recognition in 2007. 
Still available on vinyl.

buy it here:
https://www.discogs.com/seller/JRecognition/profile

let the beat control your body !

Atom Heart "L.T.B.C.Y.B" R-EP018 (2007)

"Recognition CD" is the first album ever released on Recognition Records - 25years ago. I clearly remember folding the inserts and packing them into jewel boxes. I sent several pieces abroad to my favourite music magazines - the feedback was surprisingly very good. It gave me fuel for further releases and towards fulfilling my dreams of being a creator, producer and publisher of vinyl records. This was the beginning of my label.
There are as many as 15 different tracks on the album. From experiments through Detroit techno and electro to deeper sounds. Today, some of the tunes can be listened to with a gentle smile, while others still work quite well. 
It is only available on Recognition Bandcamp.
https://recognition.bandcamp.com/album/recognition-cd-remastered
Best,
Jacek

Recognition CD

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Part Of My Life" (1999)

Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz "Ridges" (R-EP035)- 30.03.2015.

A: WestRidge
B: East Ridge

"Ridges" is a result of a creative encounter between veteran of improvised avant-electronics Max Loderbauer (among others, co-creator of Sun Electric, member of Moritz von Oswald Trio, and frequent collaborator of Ricardo Villalobos) and spiritus movens of Warsaw-based label Recognition Jacek Sienkiewicz. Meeting takes place not only on the level of investigating pure sound and building complex structures, but also on the level of fascination with mountainside aura and mystique that is common to both artists: Alps (Loderbauer) and Tatra (Sienkiewicz), as well as with the vocal cultures of communities inhabiting theese areas. Deeply introspective and individualistic confrontation between two peer sensibilities and imaginative worlds gave birth to two separate compositions in the vein of contemplative electronic music at it purest.

all tracks by Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz 
processed by Ricardo Villalobos

Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz "Ridges" (R-EP035)

Stand Up

Jacek Sienkiewicz - "Drifting" EP/CD/Digital - 08 JUNE 2015

Jacek Sienkiewicz is back. “Drifting” is the artist's 5th full-length release and the second one on his Warsaw-based label Recognition since 1999. His records were played and strongly supported by renowned artists such as Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin; legendary producers like Ricardo Villalobos, Uwe Schmidt and recently, Max Loderbauer collaborated with Jacek.

“Drifting” takes its listener on a complex but still accessible journey to a state-of-the-art Techno territory where Carl Craig melodies coexist with stark minimalism of Robert Hood, but they serve only as entry points for further exploration. There is no doubt - Sienkiewicz knows all of his roots yet he creates signature sound that results from his highly original approach to modern electronic music production. His new album can be seen as a personal diary that Sienkiewicz uses to invite all listeners, no matter what their listening preferences might be, for a deep and unique ride. Constant drift and dislocation creates imaginary landscapes of future unknown. It is a surprise gift in the times of market flood with predictable releases and tasteless hype.

Above all, this album comes both from the soul and the brain and it shouldn’t be missed. Every listen is a different adventure. Enjoy.

recognition.pl

230 km

Jacek Sienkiewicz - "Drifting" EP/CD/Digital - 08 JUNE 2015

Jacek Sienkiewicz is back. “Drifting” is the artist's 5th full-length release and the second one on his Warsaw-based label Recognition since 1999. His records were played and strongly supported by renowned artists such as Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin; legendary producers like Ricardo Villalobos, Uwe Schmidt and recently, Max Loderbauer collaborated with Jacek.

“Drifting” takes its listener on a complex but still accessible journey to a state-of-the-art Techno territory where Carl Craig melodies coexist with stark minimalism of Robert Hood, but they serve only as entry points for further exploration. There is no doubt - Sienkiewicz knows all of his roots yet he creates signature sound that results from his highly original approach to modern electronic music production. His new album can be seen as a personal diary that Sienkiewicz uses to invite all listeners, no matter what their listening preferences might be, for a deep and unique ride. Constant drift and dislocation creates imaginary landscapes of future unknown. It is a surprise gift in the times of market flood with predictable releases and tasteless hype.

Above all, this album comes both from the soul and the brain and it shouldn’t be missed. Every listen is a different adventure. Enjoy.

recognition.pl

130 mm

Vagrant Blues

Drifting

JACEK SIENKIEWICZ @ Garbicz Festival 2015 (Wald)
3+ hour DJ set... classics : from ambient to detroit techno.
the best summer festival of 2015 ! cu there again...

JACEK SIENKIEWICZ @ Garbicz Festival 2015

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" - Roman Flügel - Remix

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" Remixes. (R-EP037)

A: Roman Flügel - Remix
B: Ricardo Villalobos - Remix

release date 18.01.2016

distribution: wordandsound.net

Drifting Remixes

18/01/16

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" by Roman Flügel

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" - Ricardo Villalobos Remix

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" Remixes. (R-EP037)

A: Roman Flügel - Remix
B: Ricardo Villalobos - Remix

release date 18.01.2016

distribution: wordandsound.net

Drifting  Remixes

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Drifting" by Ricardo Villalobos

"Snowdrift" free  download by jacek sienkiewicz

"Snowdrift" free download by Jacek Sienkiewicz

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Modern Dance" Mix (2009) - CORCD020 - Free Download mp3 (192) - Enjoy ! &#13;
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01 Double Secret&#13;
02 All Yours&#13;
03 Jeden (by DWA)&#13;
04 Time Starts Now&#13;
05 Connections&#13;
 06 Modern Dance&#13;
07 Never Landing Story&#13;
 08 My Little Place (Digital Mix)&#13;
 09 Beacon&#13;
10 Skazka (with Pier Bucci)&#13;
11 Forgot To Tell You&#13;
12 Eastern Promises (with Pier Bucci)&#13;
13 Green River&#13;
14 Good Luck (Midas Mix)&#13;
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https://jaceksienkiewicz.bandcamp.com/album/modern-dance

Jacek Sienkiewicz Modern Dance Mix

Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz “END” (Recognition)(R-CD005)

1. est
2. tib
3. hak
4. sir
5. tuk
6. gnd
7. noe
8. wet
9. hut
bonus cd tracks:
10. west ridge
11. east ridge

"End" marks the meeting of two incurable individualists, who use various tools of their trade to come up with a surprisingly atemporal effect, an insistent pulse of detail on an ever-morphing background. Core of tracks included on the record has been produced on the occasion of Max and Jacek appearing as a live duo during 2015's Berlin Atonal festival, which resulted in well received “Alpine-Tatra-Himalaian" EP "Ridges". Remaining compositions are natural conclusion of their friendship, conversations, meetings, trips and recording sessions that operate according to the rule of free improvisation with a reduced instrumental setup.

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Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz "END" (R-CD005) - OUT NOW !

Jacek Sienkiewicz "step!" (Recognition)(1999)

NEW ALBUM: "9702" (R-CD006) release date : 02/06/2017

Recognition opens up its archives and invites to a futuristic sentimental journey with respective stages set by the “9702”. Entirety of mastered-anew content encompassing both records, contains all principal trademarks which distinguish Jacek Sienkiewicz's creations and his label Recognition - utmost care about depth of sound sphere, experimental inclinations and focus on complex motoric aspect of the rhythmical base. This collection of music from Recognition's first five years, surprising for its freshness and sheer impetus, is a must for all fans of Jacek Sienkiewicz and Polish electronic music of the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. 

video by Wojciech Bąkowski : https://youtu.be/WQlclGxNDeA

http://recognition.bandcamp.com

www.wordandsound.de

recognition.pl / info@recognition.pl

Jacek Sienkiewicz "step!" (Recognition) - 02/06/2017 (edit)

jacek sienkiewicz @ barka / warszawa classic 90s set  (22.07.2017)

after party after "140bpm exhibition" (The exhibition 140 Beats per Minute explores the links between rave culture and contemporary art in Poland in the 1990s.)

https://artmuseum.pl/en/wystawy/140-uderzen-na-minute-museum-on-the-vistula

"The title is a reference to the number of beats per minute in classic techno music. Jacek Sienkiewicz, a pioneer of techno in Poland, whose works are presented in the exhibition, played in this tempo in the 90s. The term “rave” is used to refer to underground dance events with electronic music—mainly techno which took hold in Poland along with the transformation in the political and economic system in the early 1990s. On one hand they were an expression of the authentic if often naive optimism of the period of transformation. On the other hand they manifested the anxieties of those times of civilizational and technological acceleration."

jacek sienkiewicz @ barka / warszawa - classic 90s techno set

Who Told You That ? R-EP029 on Recognition 

Who Told You That ?

...short radio dj set 17 /02 /2012 : Program 4 Polskiego Radia

Recognition short radio dj set 17/02/2012

NEW ALBUM ALERT !

Sroczyński "Ajulella" (Recognition) (R-CD007) - 29.06.2018

After last year's expansive and critically very well received "Symphony No 1.Resurrection", and many interesting collaborations in post-jazz territory, 30-year old composer and violinist Tomasz Sroczyński comes back with an album packed with fable-like and enigmatic electronics. Tapping on such disparate sources as Matthew Herbert's crispy rhythmatics and The Residents' mutant pop, Warsaw-based Sroczyński invites his listeners to a wild ride into unknown territory. Nine concise and multilayered compositions included on his new album "Alujella" (Recognition) form a vision of hybrid musical modernism where unexpected elements melt and interweave. It's a constant process, and definitely a kind of escape route from formatted banality, too often evident in today's
"electronica".

https://recognition.bandcamp.com

cover design by agnieszka dybowska

Sroczyński "Ajulella" (Recognition) - OUT NOW !

Ostrowski “Primary Fluctuation” (R-EP041) 29.10.2018 - vinyl / digital

“It’s Maths classes. A red-haired boy sits in the back, rhythmically tapping his fingers on a table like a madman. Although other students’ eyesight is focused on the formula being written on the blackboard, the boy could not care less. Out of a corner of his eye he notices as the sequence of numbers slowly begins to melt off the blackboard, glittering with colours, and finally spills all over the floor like a fractal leakage from some other dimension. Students from the first rows, scared, put their legs up - and then you start to hear the rhythm. The sounds, once set free, feedback from the walls and find their way to all chinks and cracks, circle all around to finally reach the teacher’s ear. The lady cannot stop the upcoming fury, grabs Krzysztof Ostrowski (number 28) by his ear and circumventing the leakage she leads him out of the classroom. It’s not the first nor the second time such thing happens. Years later, the boy finally sits by the machine; subtle light comes through the window slightly ajar, the curtain dances with the wind. Krzysztof, bent, is programming the rhythm.”

It’s warm and bright Autumn of 2018 and Krzysztof emerges again, this time on vinyl released by Jacek Sienkiewicz’s label Recognition. The experimental style of “Primary Fluctuation” might come as a surprise to many of Jacek’s followers, but there are surely some common features for the two artists - from attention to detail to a kind of serious melancholy present in their music. Ostrowski’s record is a journey through futuristic polyrhythm, with enough space for menacing basses or unorthodox samples, reminding the aesthetics of fusion of broken techno and bass music championed recently by the labels like Timedance or Livity Sound. Four tracks (five in digital version) make up a cohesive, intriguing and surprising record, announcing series of special releases prepared by Recognition for the forthcoming months.

Krzysztof Ostrowski lives in Bygdoszcz; for years he’s been creating all forms of electronic music, from elusive sonic research to forthright techno with an experimental twist. Additionally, his work as a trumpeter in a military marching band surely broadens his musical scope. He records solo as Freeze, or in duets with Piotr Cisak or Mateusz Wysocki/Fischerle (as IFS).

Primary Fluctuation

Ostrowski “Primary Fluctuation” (R-EP041) preview

Jackname Trouble "Learnt" (Recognition)

released for Jacek Sienkiewicz and his Recognition records, Warsaw 2018
mastering by Sebastian Imbierowicz @ 600v studio, Warsaw 2018
graphic design by Michał ‘Bizon’ Lasota @ Dat Beton Bastard, Dublin 2018
all tracks composed and recorded by Jacek Tworkowski,

Learnt

Jackname Trouble "Kordone" (Recognition)

Remember “Drifting”? Four years after releasing one of his most popular tracks Jacek Sienkiewicz is suddenly back with another tune, also bound to become a soundtrack to many summer nights - or mornings.

“Lightin’” is decidedly different from Jacek’s serious, experimental albums released earlier this year - lightweight, soft, gentle and tuneful, seems just perfect for a summer festival afterparty - but equally appropriate for a romantic evening for two. As “Drifting”, it’s also accompanied by a pastel video by Michał Marczak, evoking afterimages of a carefree time filled with warmth, friendship, and love.

Is “Lightin’” just a one-off diversion from Jacek's latest sonic experiments? Or a forerunner for something bigger? We’ll get to know this sooner or later, right now let’s enjoy the sunny glare...

https://recognition.bandcamp.com/track/lightin

graphic by agnieszka dybowska

LIGHTIN

Jacek Sienkiewicz "LIGHTIN" (preview)

Recognition

Jacek Sienkiewicz "TRAKER" (Recognition EP043)

Robert Piotrowicz – "Euzebio" LP / DL - 25.11.2019
MG V9, BR 1060, black vinyl, 140 gr,
Musica Genera / Recognition / Bôłt Records

The new album by Robert Piotrowicz does not fit any category. What this multicoloured electronic instrumentation aims to channel is the acoustic experience and energy of the performing musician. As a result of a wide range of creative means used, the narrative language of the compositions bursts with tension and mystery.
The album includes slow hypnotic passages of stone electronics (“To Fleh”), vigorous tempos and circular repetitions (“Euzo Found Gitar”), sprawling artificial soundscapes, back-to-origins ethnicity (ethnical subsoil and elements) liberated from any geographical identity (“Ocarina Wars”), as well as dreamlike minimalism with unpretentious cinematographic traits (“Flares Et Wasser Hole”). Some of these unusual melodic patterns may resemble the corporality of the animal throat rather than any human-created instrument (“Electros Spong”).
Although Euzebio was recorded with synths, the final shape of individual tracks and the album’s overall acoustic image go far beyond any electronic genre. The instruments have not become a goal in itself. They were merely a building block, a tool that helped achieve the album’s extended structure - a diverse whole with rich spatial features.

Robert Piotrowicz "To Fleh" from EUZEBIO album - 31.01.2020

Jacek Sienkiewicz “IMOW” (Recognition) (R-EP042)

“In My Own Wave” is a moody record. Clocking in only 35 minutes and comprising of eight tracks, “IMOW” is several years of work distilled into a dense, concise whole. Atmospheric, cinematic, stirring and utterly engaging, this is surely Sienkiewiczʼs most personal work to date.

IMOW

Jacek Sienkiewicz "IMOW" (R-EP042)

Atom TM & Jacek Sienkiewicz "Cerrobend" from STAL album ! 
out now on double vinyl @ sklep.moremusicagency.pl

ATOM™ & JACEK SIENKIEWICZ – STAL 2LP
MMA007
2020

A1 Invar 04:51
A2 Reynolds 531 5:57
B1 Cerrobend 5:44
B2 AL-6XN 6:27
C1 Bulat 4:10
C2 Spiegeleisen 3:21
C3 Bergman Phase 4:59
D1 Celestrium 3:59
D2 Staballoy 4:46
D3 Fernico 5:16

All titles written by Atom™ & Jacek Sienkiewicz
Recorded at Recognition S2 HQ, Warsaw
Mixed and mastered at the Bowman Suite, Santiago de Chile

STAL

Atom TM & Jacek Sienkiewicz "Cerrobend" from STAL album !

Jacek Sienkiewicz "Reveal" R-EP001 (28.02.2000) 

24 YEARS ON VINYL WITH RECOGNITION RECORDS !

Recognition EP

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Jacek Sienkiewicz "Reveal" R-EP001 (28.02.2000)

Recognition Recordings was founded in 1999 by Jacek Sienkiewicz as a platform for releasing his very own vision of electronic music. 
contact: info@recognition.pl

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