This event featured two sessions of live improvisation, each showcasing a distinct set of Polish and Berlin-based artists chosen for their diverse backgrounds and unique approaches to sound and music. Their sounds were spatialized live using the 4DSOUND instrument amplified by the large-scale 4DSOUND system housed at MONOM.
Adventurous Music Plateaux (AMP) is a platform dedicated to showcasing Polish musicians in Europe and fostering collaboration between jazz and electronic artists from Poland and six other countries involved in the project. Leveraging Poland's rich jazz heritage, AMP aims to create lasting partnerships among emerging musicians and music professionals across Europe. The project focuses on building cross-border connections through a gradual, sustained process, encouraging the formation of enduring multinational music groups and networks. On this edition of the AMP, Monom hosted an inspiring lineup of artists and collaborative sessions."
Artists:
Antonina Car is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist dedicated to exploring new sound worlds and sound design. Her work has been distinguished by creating rich, immersive experiences that weave together complex soundscapes and diverse textures. She combined ambient, experimental and neoclassical music elements, creating an ephemeral atmosphere inspired by Icelandic sounds.
One of her latest projects is “TOÑ,” a collaboration with Nika Jurczuk, combining contemporary electronic sounds with traditional elements of the Polish-Belarusian borderland, such as white singing and violin. The project was created thanks to the initiative of the Up To Date festival in Bialystok. Antonina has also participated in conceptual projects such as “Black Room,” inspired by the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio and Kazimir Malevich's work “Black Square,” creating Poland's first sound gallery with installations by national and international artists. The artist regularly collaborates with musicians from all over the world, participating in various projects.
Łukasz Czekała is a violinist known for his distinct and resonant tone on both acoustic and electric violins. A versatile musician, he creates evocative melodies, immersive soundscapes, and intricate string arrangements, showcasing his expertise as a composer for theatre and film. Łukasz is also an accomplished improviser and session musician, collaborating widely across genres from jazz to pop and rock.
Beyond performance, he is passionate about recording techniques, studio microphones, and the art of capturing sound, as well as photography, literature, and embracing a slower pace of life.
Paweł Pruski is an electronic music producer and composer specializing in ambient and experimental sounds. For years, he has been creating unique compositions that blend organic elements with subtle synthetic layers and field recordings. His music, synonymous with depth and immersion, has gained recognition from both listeners and critics alike. Pruski’s work takes various forms—ranging from concerts and gallery exhibitions to film soundtracks and producer albums. He has released seven albums to date, collaborating with labels such as Whitelabrecs (UK), Crisalisound (Italy), and Four Tapes Rec (Poland).
Pruski’s performances are unique, improvised sonic experiences that harmoniously integrate with visual spaces. He has performed at numerous festivals in Poland and abroad, including the Ambient Festival, Freeform Festival, and Tauron Festival, as well as in China, Italy, Germany, Norway, and the Czech Republic. In his creative process, Pruski combines practical musicianship with a solid theoretical foundation, utilizing a self-designed modular system that gives his sounds a distinctive character. His theoretical interests include probabilistic relationships, which he weaves into his compositions, introducing elements of surprise and unpredictability. In addition to his concert and production work, Pruski is actively involved in music education, leading workshops and sharing his knowledge with other electronic music enthusiasts. He is a recipient of numerous artistic and academic scholarships (including from the National Science Center).
Albert Stensen is a composer with a passion for the cornet and upright piano, known for his distinctive approach to blending a wide range of musical spaces—from illustrative music and free jazz to ambient, hardcore, folk, and sound design—into innovative, contemporary compositions. Enthusiastic about writing in the third person, Albert has an extensive portfolio, collaborating with various artists and bands and contributing music and sound design to dozens of audiovisual projects, commercials, documentaries, and theater productions.
His talent has been recognized in numerous composition competitions, most recently with the Grand Prize at the 2023 Oticons Faculty International Film Music Competition. When he's not composing, Albert spends time with his cat, who, in his words, is an uncredited muse for his creative endeavors.
William Russell is a spatial sound artist, creative director, founder and lead spatial sound designer of MONOM. Born in Australia, William Russell has emerged as an important figure in the realm of spatial sound design and performance. In 2017 he co-founded MONOM in Berlin, Germany, a studio, known for its residency and exhibition programme utilizing state-of-the-art 4DSOUND spatial sound technology.
At MONOM William has collaborated with over 200 artists to produce new works utilizing the 4DSOUND system. As an artist, Russell's focus is profoundly tied to the interplay between human experience and natural phenomena, using spatial sound to explore this relationship. Exploring this work, William has worked with the New York Times Climate Hub, UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab, Apple, and Google on various projects aimed at increasing awareness of humans' profound relationship to nature. His contributions extend to various festivals and installations worldwide, showcasing his versatility and commitment to the development of new ways to express and experience sound and space