Chopin Residue by Mariusz Szypura
BE 012 · 2025.11.28
● Most recentLondon · Cadogan Hall · 26 Sept BE 012 · The Black Element Label

Removing the piano leaves a harmonic shadow — a residue that becomes the score.

25Collaborators
18Tracks
11.1.6Dolby Atmos
↓ Enter
01
The ensemble.
25 collaborators · played in parallel

Twin disc.

Disc One · 17 performers · Disc Two · 9 reworkers

Disc One.

Deconstructions · 9 tracks · 17 artists
D1·9Lee Ranaldo
D1·8Zoh Amba
D2·5Joey Waronker
D2Justin Meldal-Johnsen
D2·4·6Charlie Draper
D2·3·7·8·9Miłosz Pękala
D3·7John McEntire
D3Blanket Swimming
D3Jacek Gawłowski
D5·7Adrian Utley
D5Carolina Eyck
D6·9John Stanier
D6Sugar Yoshinaga
D7Gail Ann Dorsey
D7·8Nailah Hunter
D7Peter Pichler
D8David Pajo
D1Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 · feat. Ranaldo · Amba
D2Étude Op. 25 No. 12 · feat. Waronker · Ranaldo · Meldal-Johnsen · Draper · Pękala
D3Berceuse Op. 57 · feat. McEntire · Blanket Swimming · Pękala · Gawłowski
D4Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 · feat. Draper
D5Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 · feat. Utley · Waronker · Eyck
D6Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 · feat. Stanier · Yoshinaga · Draper
D7Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 · feat. Dorsey · Utley · McEntire · Hunter · Pichler · Pękala
D8Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 · feat. Pajo · Amba · Hunter · Pękala
D9Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 · feat. Ranaldo · Stanier · Pękala

Disc Two.

Reworks · 9 tracks · 9 artists
R1Matthew Herbert
R2Adrian Utley
R3Christian Fennesz
R4Masayoshi Fujita
R5Sean O'Hagan
R6Jim O'Rourke
R7Christine Ott
R8Benoît Pioulard
R9Abul Mogard
R1Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 — Practice Dub · rework by Matthew Herbert
R2Étude Op. 25 No. 12 · rework by Adrian Utley
R3Berceuse Op. 57 · rework by Fennesz
R4Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 · rework by Masayoshi Fujita
R5Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 · rework by Sean O'Hagan
R6Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 · rework by Jim O'Rourke
R7Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 · rework by Christine Ott
R8Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 · rework by Benoît Pioulard
R9Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 · rework by Abul Mogard
Mariusz Szypura
★ Author across both discs

Mariusz Szypura.

Arrangements · Production · Mix · Curator
Guitar · Synths · Beat machine · Bass

02
The album.
2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Blu-ray / Digital
BE 012
Out 2025.11.28
○ DISC ONE

Deconstructions — 9 tracks.

Original compositions written around what remains when the piano is removed from a Chopin prelude or étude. Performed by 17 collaborators.

9Tracks
17Performers
54:00Runtime ≈
LP1 · CD1Side A · B
○ DISC TWO

Reworks — 9 tracks.

Nine reworks of Disc One by producers and instrumentalists — Herbert, Utley, Fennesz, Fujita, O'Hagan, O'Rourke, Ott, Pioulard, Mogard.

9Tracks
9Reworkers
54:00Runtime ≈
LP2 · CD2Side C · D

Chopin Residue.

by Mariusz Szypura · simultaneous playback

Label
The Black Element Label · BE 012
Release
2025.11.28
Format
2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital · Blu-ray Immersive Edition (Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 / Auro-3D / Hi-Res)
Tracks
18 · Disc 1 Deconstructions + Disc 2 Reworks
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03
Music · Video.
18 videos · 9 channels · 9 reworks

Twin grid.

Disc One channels · Disc Two reworks
○ Disc One · Installation channels · per track
D1 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 22D1 · CH 01Prelude Op. 28 No. 22▶ D2 — Étude Op. 25 No. 12D2 · CH 02Étude Op. 25 No. 12▶ D3 — Berceuse Op. 57D3 · CH 03Berceuse Op. 57▶ D4 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 20D4 · CH 04Prelude Op. 28 No. 20▶ D5 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 4D5 · CH 05Prelude Op. 28 No. 4▶ D6 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 2D6 · CH 06Prelude Op. 28 No. 2▶ D7 — Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1D7 · CH 07Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1▶ D8 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 9D8 · CH 08Prelude Op. 28 No. 9▶ D9 — Prelude Op. 28 No. 15D9 · CH 09Prelude Op. 28 No. 15▶
○ Disc Two · Reworks
R1 — Matthew Herbert · Practice DubR1 · HerbertPrelude Op. 28 No. 22 · Practice Dub▶ R2 — Adrian Utley reworkR2 · UtleyÉtude Op. 25 No. 12 · Rework▶ R3 — Fennesz reworkR3 · FenneszBerceuse Op. 57 · Rework▶ R4 — Masayoshi Fujita reworkR4 · FujitaPrelude Op. 28 No. 20 · Rework▶ R5 — Sean O'Hagan reworkR5 · O'HaganPrelude Op. 28 No. 4 · Rework▶ R6 — Jim O'Rourke reworkR6 · O'RourkePrelude Op. 28 No. 2 · Rework▶ R7 — Christine Ott reworkR7 · OttNocturne Op. 72 No. 1 · Rework▶ R8 — Benoît Pioulard reworkR8 · PioulardPrelude Op. 28 No. 9 · Rework▶ R9 — Abul Mogard reworkR9 · MogardPrelude Op. 28 No. 15 · Rework▶
04
The chronicle.
Public moments · newest first
Timeline.
Installations · A/V · Talk 4
Live · Release 6
2026Sep 26London · UK

UK Premiere · Chopin Residue live

Cadogan Hall · Polish Jazz Festival

One-night ensemble concert. Utley, Stanier, O'Hagan, Możdżer, Draper, Stawiński, Pękala, Szypura.

2026Aug 21Worldwide

Immersive Edition · Chopin Residue on Blu-ray

The Black Element Label · Pure Audio Blu-ray

Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 / Auro-3D / Hi-Res stereo on one disc. Immersive team: Lindberg, Gawłowski, Romanowski, Szypura. Atmos mix also on Apple Music and TIDAL.

BE 012 · BD
2026Jun 11Warsaw · PL

Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 pre-release · Chopin Residue

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music · Karol Szymanowski Auditorium

Pre-release listening session of the immersive edition. Mix by Lindberg, Romanowski, Gawłowski, Szypura. With the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

2026May 30Copenhagen · DK

AES Europe 2026 · Chopin Residue talk

Technical University of Denmark · Auditorium 31

Panel on creation, production and Dolby Atmos mastering of the immersive edition. Romanowski, Lindberg, Gawłowski, Szypura.

2026Jan 31Los Angeles · US

Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 listening session

Fab Factory Studios · Studio A

Full-album pre-release presentation on the Atmos stage in Studio A. Press & label partners.

2025Nov 30 → Dec 06Osaka · JP

9-channel installation + closing live

BALC Gallery · Unsound Osaka

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

2025Nov 28Worldwide

Album release · Chopin Residue

The Black Element Label

2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital. Two discs designed for simultaneous playback.

BE 012
2025Nov 02New York · US

Project premiere · A/V installation

Fridman Gallery

Large-scale visual works and one-night-only live ensemble: Ranaldo, Stanier, Amba, Szypura.

2025MayWarsaw · PL

Nonaptych — Prelude Op. 28 No. 20

Pałac Wilanów · North gallery

Multimedia installation. Nine turntables synchronised with light and music. Each panel a stanza, each thread a sustained note.

2025AprilKraków · PL

Lathe-Cut Session I

Bunkier Sztuki

Live vinyl-cutting performance · 81 records · 9 per track · 9 tracks · 9 artworks.

Each moment.

2026Sep 26 · London

UK Premiere · Chopin Residue live

Cadogan Hall · Polish Jazz Festival 2026 · 18:00

The first UK performance of Chopin Residue: a one-night ensemble concert at Cadogan Hall as part of the Polish Jazz Festival, presented with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

Adrian Utley John Stanier Sean O'Hagan Leszek Możdżer Charlie Draper Pat Stawiński Miłosz Pękala Mariusz Szypura
→ Tickets · cadoganhall.com
Chopin Residue UK Premiere live in London at Cadogan Hall Polish Jazz Festival poster
Cadogan Hall · UK
2026Aug 21 · Worldwide

Immersive Edition · Chopin Residue on Blu-ray

The Black Element Label · Pure Audio Blu-ray · BE 012 · Worldwide release via Cleopatra Records

Limited Pure Audio Blu-ray: the Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 mix, Auro-3D and a Hi-Res stereo version on one disc. The residue of each composition is distributed around and above the listener, returning the album to the spatial logic of the installation it began as. From 21 August the Atmos mix is also on Apple Music and TIDAL.

Morten Lindberg production Jacek Gawłowski mix, production Michael Romanowski mastering Mariusz Szypura production, music, concept Stephan Bock · Michael T. Hoffmann disc authoring, msm-studios
→ Buy the Blu-ray
Chopin Residue Immersive Edition on Pure Audio Blu-ray poster, worldwide release via Cleopatra Records
Immersive Edition · Blu-ray
2026Jun 11 · Warsaw

Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 pre-release · Chopin Residue

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music · Karol Szymanowski Auditorium and Cinema Hall

Pre-release listening session of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition, presented by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

Morten Lindberg Michael Romanowski Jacek Gawłowski Mariusz Szypura
Chopin Residue Dolby Atmos pre-release listening session Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Warsaw poster
UMFC Warsaw · PL
2026May 30 · Copenhagen

AES Europe 2026 · Chopin Residue talk

Technical University of Denmark · Auditorium 31

Panel on creation, production and mastering of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition of Chopin Residue.

Michael Romanowski Morten Lindberg Jacek Gawłowski Mariusz Szypura
AES Europe 2026 Chopin Residue talk Copenhagen poster
AES Europe 2026 · DK
2026Jan 31 · Los Angeles

Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 listening session

Fab Factory Studios · Studio A · North Hollywood

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

11.1.6 ch Atmos PMC monitoring
Chopin Residue Atmos LA poster
Fab Factory · US
2025Nov 30 → Dec 06 · Osaka

9-channel installation + closing live

BALC Gallery · Unsound Osaka · curated by Paweł Pachciarek

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

9 ch sound Lathe-cut canvases
Osaka live performance poster — BALC Gallery
BALC Gallery · JP
2025Nov 28 · Worldwide

Album release · Chopin Residue

The Black Element Label · BE 012

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

18 tracks 2 discs 25 collaborators
Chopin Residue — 2LP / 2CD packaging
BE 012 · worldwide
2025Nov 02 · New York

Project premiere · A/V installation

Fridman Gallery

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

Lee Ranaldo John Stanier Zoh Amba
Fridman Gallery NYC live performance
Fridman Gallery · US
2025May · Warsaw

Nonaptych — Prelude Op. 28 No. 20

Pałac Wilanów · North gallery

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

9 turntables Sync light × music
Nonaptych Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 · Pałac Wilanów
Pałac Wilanów · PL
2025April · Kraków

Lathe-Cut Session I

Bunkier Sztuki · A performance of subtraction

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

81 records 9 tracks 9 artworks
Lathe-Cut Session · Bunkier Sztuki
Bunkier Sztuki · PL