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JAKUB ZYTECKI

Beauty, beats and sneaky techniques from the chilled Polish progressive

Jakub Zytecki uses a guitar like no one else we know. The guitarist and songwriter cut his teeth with proggers DispersE, but it’s his laid-back new solo record Nothing Lasts, Nothing’s Lost that feels positively box fresh.

“It’s changed over the years,” admits Jakub of his playing. “But I’m interested in making music that may be an easy listening experience at first, but if you give it

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