Clot Magazine

For the new mixtape polish electronic jazz duo Skalpel brings a selection of the main inspirations behind their music. Skalpel, originally from Wrocław are DJs, musicians and record producers, Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudło, who have been making music since the late nineties. Their musical style is a distinctive blend of local, traditional jazz inspirations and new electronica. Citing influences from the likes of Miles Davis, leftfield avant-garde, minimal, the duo alludes to roots in Polish jazz and trip-hop. This particular mixture caught the interest of Ninja Tune, the legendary record label founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (aka Coldcut), where they released two albums: ‘ Skalpel ’ and ‘ Konfusion ’ gaining recognition worldwide. They became one of the first polish DJs to get recognition abroad. This year they released their third album in NoPaper Records/!K7, HIGHLIGHT, which has marked a significant shift in their creative technique, a shift away from samples to virtual instruments. For this mixtap