Lublin Jazz Festival

Scalpel provides constant innovation, but they do not lack humility and source. Their music is jazz as well as drum’n’bass, downtempo and electro, trip-hop and balearic, breakbeat, hiphop, krautrock. For years, the inspiration of the local jazz tradition has been combined with the fascination with the possibilities of new electronics. The duo’s first two releases, “Skalpel” and “Konfusion”, recorded for Ninja Tune, resulted in excellent reviews in prestigious music titles: from NME, through Pitchfork, The Wire to DJ Magazine and concerts around the world. The discs from the Ninja Tune catalog are today considered classics of jazztronics, and the next “Transit” (2014) and “Highlight” (2020) are an excellent update and modification of the duo’s unique analog-digital sound. Skalpel’s albums hit the Polish list of Olis bestsellers, and vinyl editions are bought by collectors from the farthest corners of the globe. They have listeners all over the world on their music services.

Igor Pudło – electronics

Marcin Cichy – electronics

Rafał Dutkiewicz – drums

Piotr Rakowski – vibraphone, malletkat

Damian Kostka – double bass