AES Europe 2026 · Chopin Residue talk
Panel on creation, production and mastering of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition of Chopin Residue.

Removing the piano leaves a harmonic shadow — a residue that becomes the score.
A panel conversation on the creation, production, and mastering of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition of Chopin Residue — recording, mixing, and spatial design across two parallel discs.
Panellists: Michael Romanowski, Morten Lindberg, Jacek Gawłowski, Mariusz Szypura. Further details to follow.


























Original compositions written around what remains when the piano is removed from a Chopin prelude or étude. Performed by 17 collaborators.
Nine reworks of Disc One by producers and instrumentalists — Herbert, Utley, Fennesz, Fujita, O'Hagan, O'Rourke, Ott, Pioulard, Mogard.
R1 · HerbertPrelude Op. 28 No. 22 · Practice Dub▶
R2 · UtleyÉtude Op. 25 No. 12 · Rework▶
R3 · FenneszBerceuse Op. 57 · Rework▶
R4 · FujitaPrelude Op. 28 No. 20 · Rework▶
R5 · O'HaganPrelude Op. 28 No. 4 · Rework▶
R6 · O'RourkePrelude Op. 28 No. 2 · Rework▶
R7 · OttNocturne Op. 72 No. 1 · Rework▶
R8 · PioulardPrelude Op. 28 No. 9 · Rework▶
R9 · MogardPrelude Op. 28 No. 15 · Rework▶
Panel on creation, production and Dolby Atmos mastering of the immersive edition. Romanowski, Lindberg, Gawłowski, Szypura.
Full-album pre-release presentation on the Atmos stage in Studio A. Press & label partners.
A/V installation with large-scale projection and lathe-cut thread canvases. Close: Yoshinaga, Fujita, Szypura.
2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital. Two discs designed for simultaneous playback.
BE 012Large-scale visual works and one-night-only live ensemble: Ranaldo, Stanier, Amba, Szypura.
Multimedia installation. Nine turntables synchronised with light and music. Each panel a stanza, each thread a sustained note.
Live vinyl-cutting performance · 81 records · 9 per track · 9 tracks · 9 artworks.
Each moment.
Panel on creation, production and mastering of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition of Chopin Residue.

Pre-release presentation of Chopin Residue in its complete 11.1.6 channel Dolby Atmos format on Fab Factory's Atmos stage.

A/V installation with large-scale projection and lathe-cut thread canvases. Close: Sugar Yoshinaga, Masayoshi Fujita, Mariusz Szypura.

2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital. Two discs designed for simultaneous playback — deconstructions and reworks layered in parallel.

Large-scale visual works and one-night-only live performance with Lee Ranaldo, John Stanier, Zoh Amba, Mariusz Szypura.

Multimedia installation. Nine turntables synchronised with light and music. Each panel a stanza, each thread a sustained note. TOP CHARITY Art 2025 commission.

81 records cut live; the thread waste from each cut harvested into thread canvases. 9 records per track · 9 tracks · 9 artworks.
