RAFAL SMOLEN - musician, sound enginner, sound producer and sound designer. Graduated from Sound Engineering Dept. at Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music (Warsaw, Poland) on Music Recording and Film Postproduction programs in October 2007. His musical sensitivity based on classical and jazz music education, plus keenness on experiments and developing sound engineer’s craft, makes him a versatile music engineer and producer. He's major projects take place in Sound and More Studio in Warsaw. So far he’s worked with many acclaimed Polish and foreign artists:
Afromental (6th March 2009!)
Ania Szarmach (release 2009)
Tomek Grochot Quintet w/Eddie Henderson (release 2009)
Sokol feat. Pono "Ty przeciez wiesz co" (2008)
Mariusz Lubomski "Ambiwalencja" (2008)
Dorota Miskiewicz "Caminho" (2008)
Zbigniew Preisner "Anonyma" O.S.T
Michal Jurkiewicz "Srubki" (release 2009)
Robert Kubiszyn
Anita Lipnicka & John Porter (producer Chris Eckman, mixing engineer Phil Brown) "Goodbye" (2008)
Modfunk "Emofunk" (2008)
Sokol feat. Pono "TPWC" (2007)
DIGITALLLOVE (2007)
Miloopa (2005)
Leszek Mozdzer (Mozdzer – Danielsson – Fresco) "Between Us and the Light" (2006)
Jarecki
Mario Szaban
De Mono
Stanislaw Sojka
Kanal Audytywny (L.U.C., Spaso)
Fisz
Katarzyna Skrzynecka (composer and producer Judd Friedman)
Gordon Haskel
Voo Voo
Karimski Club
Smolik
Mech
Snowman
Film score and film music projects include:
"Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny" (Konecki/Saramonowicz) - music by Wojciech Lemanski - recording and mix
"Anonyma" (Max Farberbock) - music by Zbigniew Preisner - recording and mix
„Secret“ (Claude Miller) – music by Zbigniew Preisner
„Job, czyli ostatnia szara komorka“ (Konrad Niewolski) – music by Sebastian Skalski and Rafal Hofman - mix
„Tylko mnie kochaj“, „Dlaczego nie!“ (Ryszard Zatorski) – music by Maciej Zelinski
„Jutro idziemy do kina“ (Michal Kwiecinski) – music by Misza Hairulin - recording
„Lejdis“ (Tomasz Konecki)
Rafal is also experienced live sound engineer on biggest venues in Poland, Europe and USA, where he worked with Zakopower, Miloopa, June, Kayah, Voo Voo, and others.