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

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Freeze (Krzysztof Ostrowski) is a musician, producer and instrumentalist from Bydgoszcz, most frequently associated with broadly defined electronic scene.

Many sound related experiences contribute to his artistic activity: music education, years of music production, audiophile passion and even... regular performances in a military band.

He efficiently travels through various music areas, such as techno, experiment, ambient, dub, jazz, kraut, improvisation. His extensive set of instruments and broad artistic imagination are the identifying marks of the artist who often leans toward experimental and analog solutions like modular synthesizers, VHS samples and cassette releases.

He acts solo, as a duo of audio-visual collaboration Soundscape Mirror (with Tom Skof), and in many other configurations usually related with Bydgoszcz-founded alternative scene from the club Mózg. Together with Mateusz Wysocki Fischerle he creates the IFS duo. He recorded and performed with: Piotr Cisak, Grzegorz Pleszynski (Transmemories), improvised orchestra Come Down to Earth, and many others.

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

complex structures | rhythmic grooves | minimalism
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Jacek Sienkiewicz, born in warsaw, makes textural, melodic, experimental music and more... 
contact / booking : info@recognition.pl

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