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370 copies.

Composed and recorded by Robert Piotrowicz in 2009, mixed in 2011.
All instruments: modular synthesizer, guitar, piano, vibraphone, software by Robert Piotrowicz.

Design and graphics: Robert Piotrowicz
Visual adviser: Igor Krenz
Mastering and cut: Rashad Becker / D&M Berlin

”When Snakeboy is Dying” is the first album of Robert Piotrowicz in which he deploys a broad spectrum of instruments. Most of his previous published compositions were committed to creating a multilayered electronic sculpture built with analogue modular synthesizer.

Performing on all instruments by himself alone and using a variety of composing methods, Piotrowicz created an album which strikes with internal integrity and organic complexity whilst leaving the recipient with an impression of listening to an ensemble. In terms of tonal reduction and assigned function of individual instruments, the score recalls the spirit of minimalism, however the density and dynamics of narration remains in vivid contrast to such associations. The strength of Piotrowicz's work reveals itself in the complexity of events as well as the rich palette of colours and the mobility of architecture in the overall sound picture. The instruments are organized in careful relations with each other, to build not only the horizontal tensions but the vertical ones as well. The beauty of microtonal constructions is amplified by strong impacts and vitality of electronics. What at first might seem like a fragile recording, with every further second it builds and maintains drama and intensity.



The Necessary bite

Robert Piotrowicz, a solitary figure on the Polish music scene, is primarily known for his fierce electronic compositions and improvisations of coarse-grainded texture, which hit the music mass with a direct blow. With the new album "When Snakeboy is Dying" he catches us off-guard with electronic and acoustic subtlety of the matter, a mutual weaving of these membranes, which combined form a radical structure. Contrary to a straightforward assault, they bring relentless yet scrupulous intensity. What is at stake here is the intensity of Piotrowicz's unique and idiosyncratic language, which resists comparisons with other ver.......
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Bartek Chaciński (polifonia.blog.polityka.pl):
pierwsza rzecz, jaka w nim uderza, to oczywiście paleta dźwiękowa i przestrzeń, jaką daje to zaskakujące zestawienie instrumentów. Piotrowicz nie ogranicza się tu do syntezatorów, przeciwnie – buduje całość w oparciu o barwy wibrafonu, fortepianu i gitary, w paru momentach mam wrażenie, że słyszę też jakieś instrumenty dęte, a nawet przetwarzany głos
(...) w każdym z urządzeń – czy nowych, czy tych tradycyjnych – autor znalazł kilka dodatkowych gałek, które pozwalają to brzmienie podkręcić, odszukać nową mikroskalę pokazującą najsubtelniejsze zmiany charakterystyki dźwięku (...) Piotrowiczowi udaje się je [napięcie] znaleźć nie w natężeniu dźwięku, tylko w samej jego zaburzonej materii, w jego stanowczości – bez względu na głośność.
(...) Jak dla mnie – najlepsza dotąd płyta Piotrowicza.


”When Snakeboy is Dying” is the first album of Robert Piotrowicz in which he deploys a broad spectrum of instruments. Most of his previous published compositions were committed to creating a multilayered electronic sculpture built with analogue modular synthesizer.

Performing on all instruments by himself alone and using a variety of composing methods, Piotrowicz created an album which strikes with internal integrity and organic complexity whilst leaving the recipient with an impression of listening to an ensemble. In terms of tonal reduction and assigned function of individual instruments, the score recalls the spirit of minimalism, however the density and dynamics of narration remains in vivid contrast to such associations. The strength of Piotrowicz's work reveals itself in the complexity of events as well as the rich palette of colours and the mobility of architecture in the overall sound picture. The instruments are orga.......
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