Music Radar: Me in my studio – Skalpel

Inside the Polish electronic jazz duo’s creative space

08 Apr 2020

Skalpel: "Virtual instruments aren’t always a faster way to compose"

Having broken through with two jazz-infused, sample-based albums for Ninja Tune, Polish DJ/production duo Skalpel have just released their fourth LP, Highlight.

While the jazz influences remain, Skalpel – Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudło – have now broadened their sonic palette, citing influences ranging from Miles Davis to avant-garde artists and trip-hop. The result is an album that offers everything from frenzied breakbeats to lounge grooves.

Igor tells Music Radar a bit more about how the record was made, as he shows some of the most valuable contents of the Skalpel studio.