KRYSTOF - DIARIO DI VACANZA

1. Lipiec
2. Gate Passage
3. Waalweg
4. Cueva Pt 1
5. Barranco
6. Waterfront
7. Mewa
8. Callejoncito
9. Cueva Pt 2
10. Passagio
11. Freccia Rossa
12. Muse

An intriguing 12-track full length album from Polish-born musician Krzysztof Skonieczny aka Krystof, which treads the line between ambient and experimental. 'Diario Di Vacanza' was composed using an array of instruments, but the use of modular synthesisers throughout the release is the real stand out in our eyes. A solid addition to the Swims Records back catalogue.

Notes from the label - 

Krystof is the nom de plume of Polish-born composer, producer and DJ Krzysztof Skonieczny. After a decade in London, Krystof relocated to the remote, serrated landscape of La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands. There he came into possession of a piece of land scattered with natural caves - one of which became his home and recording studio.

It was here that Krystof wrote his debut album, Diario Di Vacanza. This record is a paean to the fertile terrain of La Palma, replete with its tangled networks of hiking paths, minas galerias (water tunnels), black sand beaches and banana groves.

Recordings of these locations, melded with modular synthesis and electronic composition, form the basis for Krystof’s work. These are soundscapes that hum with volcanic activity, bubble, burst and chatter - cooling to reveal locations, impressions, and fragments of a shared lived experience on the island.

Recommended if you like: Roméo Poirier, Robert Merlak, Kirk Barley, Bernard Parmegiani.

If you like this why not check out other releases from Swims Records and also recent releases in our ambient music and experimental music categories.