“This is the second album as a leader by Polish Jazz pianist / composer Mateusz Palka and his first solo piano effort. The album presents fourteen relatively short pieces, five of which are even shorter untitled “variations”, all composed by Palka. The album was recorded at the splendid Monochrom Studio and engineered by Ignacy Gruszecki, offering a spectacular sonic experience.
The music is absolutely wonderful, floating gently between romanticism and modernism, with strong ties to Polish / European Classical tradition, full of beautiful minimalist melodic motives, harmonic structures and inspired improvisations. In many respects the music is only partially Jazz oriented, being Jazzy more spiritually than formally, and it remains always beyond any attempt of being clearly categorized.”
ADAM BARUCH http://www.adambaruch.com/reviews_item.asp?item=106942