Paulina Owczarek, Peter Orins - You Never Know (2021) Hi Res

Paulina Owczarek and Peter Orins met in 2015, when they were both invited by pianist and conductor Satoko Fujii to participate in the creation of the Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin. A few concerts and two records of the orchestra later, the two musicians, one living in Krakow in Poland, the other in Lille in France, keep in touch or cross paths at concerts...

In 2019, the saxophonist invites the drummer to play his solo in Krakow, and the two take the opportunity to try the duet experience: the meeting is luminous. Both musicians are fond of a total and unlimited freedom, and of a research on timbres and sound experimentations. Close-up sound, play on the breaths and squeaks of objects, minimal approach but also raw energy that reminds a certain tradition of the saxophone-drum duo in the history of free-jazz...

In 2020, enthusiastic, they insist in spite of the pandemic, and, as being unable to perform in public, meet in Lille at the beginning of 2021 to record.

Paulina Owczarek – saxophonist and improviser, graduated from the Academy of Music in Krakow. She plays the alto and baritone sax. Interested mainly in free improvisation, she also performs contemporary chamber music, having premièred numerous new works for saxophone in Poland.
She is an active member of improvised and experimental music scene, taking part in Krakow free improv projects (such as Institute Of Intuition, Muzykoterapia) and international festivals of contemporary and improvised music (Ad Libitum, Hurta Cordel, Musica Electronica Nova, Ostrava Days, Lublin Jazz Festival, AudioArt, Sound Exchange, Krakow Jazz Autumn, Mirror Mirror, Discordian Community Riot, No Woman No Art, Unsound, Soundance, Saalfelden Jazz Festival).
The founder and conductor of Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to conducted improvisation. Currently she is also involved in groups such as Morświn, Human.error, Dust Mite Paradise and Sambar. She has been a member of London Improvisers Orchestra and Satoko Fuji Orchestra; she has worked with theatres: Teatr Stary, Teatr Sztuk and Krakow Opera and has improvised with poets, dancers and painters.

Peter Orins is a French drummer and one of the founders of the Muzzix collective. He’s developed his playing over the years, performing in various jazz bands in Lille since the early 90’s, and participating in experimental and improvised music projects. In addition to serving as an artistic director of Muzzix and helming the record label Circum-Disc, he leads several bands including Kaze, Toc, Abdou/Dang/Orins. Among the musicians he plays with, both inside and outside the Muzzix collective, are Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Ikue Mori, Dave Rempis, Sophie Agnel, Didier Lasserre, Joke Lanz, Jasper Stadhouders, Petr Vrba, Maciej Garbowski, Jarry Singla, and Didier Aschour, among others.