MONIKÉ is a naive musical legend recording the fate of all the homeless dogs that have evolved from immigrants to tourists. It is also a mocking of earlier pseudonyms and alter egos of Robert Skrzyński (Mikrodepresja, Micromelancolie, 3HDSafxri). The artist for the last 17 years has been working with cassette tapes, microsamples, prepared field recordings, feedback techniques and Roland samplers. MONIKÉ is a memory of intriguing dreams of individuals coming from small, coal-mine settlements. Skrzyński released numerous albums on such labels as Aurora Borealis, Instruments of Discipline, Natural Sciences, SEAGRAVE czy Where to Now? MONIKÉ is music travelling the peripheries of imagination, interweaving dreamlike notions of rhythm inspired by traditional music of Egypt, Greece, Tunisia, as well as genres such as hard drum, global bass, kuduro, funk neurótico czy changa tuki. Robert Skrzyński had the pleasure of working with Antonina Nowacka, Mia Zabelka, Zofia Hyjek, Bartosz Zaskórski, Boris D Hegenbart, Jean-Sébastien Truchy, Jerzy Mazzoll, Krzysztof Topolski, Mateusz Wysocki czy Michael Bjella. MONIKÉ is a sum of experiences, that allows to reflect on the past with a smile and a distance. It is a confidence resulting from the awareness of one’s limits, an energy flowing from the inspirations, a courage allowing the turning of weaknesses into strengths, virtues and advantages. It is a hymn about building one’s identity.

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