Brunette Models is a Polish-Cypriot musical project for experimental electronic music and sound sculpture, in the style of

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, atmospheric,

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, deep listening music, and is one of a pioneer of this kind of music in Poland, although outside the media and without publicity.Weychert-Waluszko, Monika (2005) „Torun to...”, Algo, , p. 129-142Brunette Models
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Piotr Krzyżanowski

Brunette Models is the

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of the artist Piotr Krzyzanowski, who was born (1974) and grew up in Toruń (Poland). He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy ( Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń). He was involved in projects for the Warsaw Electronic Festival (WEF), and Contemporary Electronic Soundscapes (CES). He also was a journalist of the „Estrada i Studio” magazine.
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Krzyzanowski is active in music production ( Agnes de Venice, Xenia Agapene) and the implementation of sound, too. He performed live at the International Ambient Festival in Gorlice, 15 July 2004Newsweek Polska, No. 29/2004 (18 July 2004), ISSN 1642-5685, p. 106. and many more. The music of Brunette Models has been played by radio stations. In August 2009 a video-clip by Polish multimedia-artist Joanna Cholascinska was released with a track from the „Apsychastenia” album. Krzyzanowski designed and constructed hardware and software for high-resolution recording ( Digital eXtreme Definition) on a 24-bit/352.8 kHz workstation. Krzyzanowski founded the Cypriot label Anadyomene' Secret Records. After 10 years this site was closed by a massive hacker attack. From 2018 April, the web-portal has been made fully working again.

Πρόβατοφωνή

Since 2018, Brunette Models as Ερημίτης Κατώτερος (

Eremites Katoteros Brunette Models is a Polish-Cypriot musical project for experimental electronic music and sound sculpture, in the style of ambient music, atmospheric, hesychasm, deep listening music, and is one of a pioneer of this kind of music in Poland, althou ...

) alias, creates with Xenia Agapene a musical duet named Πρόβατοφωνή ( Provatofoni).

Musical development

A characteristic of Brunette Models music is that it homes in on the dominant tone color, as a fundamental aesthetic value, which is a trait of synesthetes. For the past few years he has not officially published pressed albums. He withdrew from the world and focused on music only, without promotion, A&R, PR and without even connection to the internet. In his artistic manifesto he motivated this

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, that today's world looks more at the name of the composer, than at the music. BM thinks it is not a good. In music he sees mysticism as a possible prayer to God, a kind of

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Discography

As Brunette Models

*1995 - 97 – Magnus luctus in ergastulo – The first album. *1999 – Apsychastenia – The second album. *2000 – Impressions of whispers – The third album. *2002 – Apsychastenia 2. *2002 – Historia jednej chwili (History of one moment) – ANR0017. *2002 – City Songs 7 – compilation. *2004 – 6th International Music Presentations of Ambient 2004, 15 July, P5:00, presenter: Jerzy Kordowicz. *2008 – Last poem – The fifth album – GEN CD 007. *2010 – Αυτάρκεια (Autarky) ingle – Studio Master 24-bit/96 kHz technology *2011 – Ατλαντίδα (Atlantis) ingle – Studio Master 24-bit/96 kHz technology *2012 – Παρουσία (Parousia) ingle – Studio Master 24-bit/96 kHz technology *2014 – Aναστενάζοντας στον Θεό axi-single – Studio Master 24-bit/96 kHz technology *since 2019 – Πρόβατοφωνή ( Provatofoni) etc.

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Eremites Katoteros Brunette Models is a Polish-Cypriot musical project for experimental electronic music and sound sculpture, in the style of ambient music, atmospheric, hesychasm, deep listening music, and is one of a pioneer of this kind of music in Poland, althou ...
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*2021 – Album from May 5, which has non–writable secret titles. See inlay for details.

References

Sources

*Polscy producenci muzyczni (Polish music producers), PL edition aperback Publication Date: 3 September 2011, , . *Kalejdoskop polskich twórców (Kaleidoscope of Polish artists), „Astral Voyager” Magazyn Muzyki Elektronicznej (Electronic Music Magazine), 2001, No. 1. *Czym jest dla mnie muzyka, czyli co ma Chopin do ambientu, „Astral Voyager” Magazyn Muzyki Elektronicznej (Electronic Music Magazine), 2001, No. 2. *El-Skwarka, Impresje Szeptów (''Impressions of whispers''), „Estrada i Studio”, No. 5, 2001, ISSN 1427-0404, p. 96. *AUDIOPHILE Sound Numero Speciale Top Audio 2011 p. 6.

External links

Art manifesto by Brunette Models
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