Hania Rani, Piotr Kurek

Two Polish artists come together on a single lineup for the Unsound New York opening night, presented with Pioneer Works.

London-based pianist, composer, and singer Hania Rani was born and raised in Poland, where she went through classical training in Warsaw before relocating to Berlin. And it was there, at the heart of Europe's club scene, that she fell in love with electronic music, eventually figuring out a way to integrate her ornate solo piano compositions with delicate synthesized elements. With her Chilling Bambino alter-ego, Rani explores electronic sounds even more rigorously, focusing on her beloved Prophet synthesizer and augmenting her fluttering melodies with psychedelic rhythms.

Opening is Piotr Kurekl with new music related to his Unsound-released album Songs & Bodies,  best described as hypnagogic post-rock, an impressionistic blur of dissociated riffs, jazzy rhythms, and half-heard voices that casts a beguiling digital silhouette of '90s indie music. It’s the closest he’s come to old-fashioned songwriting, but the music is full of blemishes, wrinkles, and personal touches that position them very much in the present. Piotr will appear on stage with local musicians Justin Frye on bass and Greg Fox on drums.

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