Krzysztof Topolski / Tomasz Duda – Cluster

Krzysztof Topolski aka Arszyn
Electroacoustic improviser, author of soundart projects, drummer, field recordist . Key concepts in his work are noise and soundscape. He explores the area of percussion and live electronic, improvised and electroacoustic music. He composes with the use of computer, creates interactive and sound installations, organizes presentations and lectures on contemporary music and sound art and also runs workshops. Curator of Soundplay project in CCA Laźnia in Gdańsk. Published his music and sounds on labels: Post_Post, Nefryt, Monotype, Audiotong, Sqrt, Lado Abc, Plg, Konkretourist, Sangoplasmo, Bółt.
He was awarded a sholarship of Museums Quartier in Vienna (2004), Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2007, 2010, 2013),Visegrad Fund residence program at Skolska 28 Gallery, Prague (2011) and ArtsLink residency program in Ohio Sate University Chool of Music, USA (2013). Took part in many festivals: Unsound, Line_in : Line_out, Wien Modern ’03 , Stimul ’05, Echofluxx ’11, ’12, Prague, Jazz and Experimental Music from Poland, ’11, ’12, London, OSA festival 2013, Sopot.

Tomasz Duda
Graduate from the State Primary School of Music in Debica, the State Secondary School of Music in Rzeszow and Academy of Music in Krakow where he studied the saxophone with Professor Andrzej Rzymkowski. Participated in workshops led by Bruno Chevillon (2004), workshops and sessions of improvised music at the Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg (2004), a seminar and a master’s class led by Professor Günter Priesner of the Hochschule für Musik Nürberg-Augsburg (2002), the International Courses of Electronic Music Accanthes/IRCAM in Krakow (2000) as a scholarship holder of the French Government and the Muzyka Centrum Art Society, International Jazz Workshops in Gdansk (1999), International Jazz Workshops in Pulawy (1993) and in numerous Jazz Workshops in Brzozow. Has worked with Bruno Chevillon, Marek Chołoniewski, Tadeusz Sudnik, Frideric Blondy, Tomasz Stańko, Rafał Mazur, Michał Górczyński, Ireneusz Socha, Tworzywo sztuczne, Bassisters Orchestra, m.bunio.s, Fisz, Raphael Rogiński, Paweł Szamburski, Patryk Zakrocki, Kasia Nosowska, Smolik, Tomasz Gwinciński, Krzysztof Knittel. Member of Baaba, Mitch and Mitch, Tołhaje.