Ciśnienie

Founded by Maciek Klich, Kacper Kowalczuk, Michał Paduch and Michał Zdrzalek, Katowice-based Ciśnienie aims to create the most harrowing and intense musical climaxes imaginable. Their sound is a mixture of post-rock, orchestral music and hypnotic jazz, with inspirations oscillating between bands like Swans, Fire! Orchestra and Mogwai, and the music of Henryk Górecki or Arvo Pärt. French horn, violin and keyboards combine with seemingly incongruous distorted bass and frenetic percussion, resulting in exceptionally colourful and varied soundscapes: from improvised, psychedelic ambient to rhythm-driven, ostinato walls of sound. Ciśnienie have performed at many festivals, including Enjoy Jazz in Mannheim, Hradecký slunovrat in the Czech Republic, or at the finale of the Move Your Brass festival, where they played in the company of the KWK Murcki Brass Orchestra. In 2021, they released their debut LP Radio Edit. In 2021, they released their debut album Radio Edit; they've since followed it up with 2023's Zwierzakom, which received critical acclaim and sizeable attention from online music communities.