Maciej, raised in a musical family in Warsaw, Poland, was inspired early on by artists like George Duke, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and João Gilberto. Though he initially picked up guitar, Maciej always felt more at home with bass. His switch from guitar to bass was a turning point, allowing him to connect deeply with the groove between the drums and harmonic instruments—a natural fit for both his playing style and his later work as a producer.
Maciej studied sound engineering at the Chopin University of Music, leading jazz and acid jazz bands before moving to Dublin in 2007. There, he taught himself electric bass and co-organized the Dublin Jazz Jam Sessions from 2013, developing his walking bass skills and deepening his repertoire of tunes. The years of production work that followed taught him how music gets built from the ground up: microphone placement, phase alignment, the weight of silence, how instruments breathe together.
A proud moment in his career was co-writing for his band Funksters in Poland, whose members have since gone on to successful careers. His collaboration with pianist Gediminas Karkauskas and drummer Riccardo Marenghi, particularly their performance at Scott’s Jazz Club in Belfast, represented the culmination of his collaborative work.
Now Maciej has turned that accumulated knowledge toward his own music. After decades of helping others realize their visions, he’s focused entirely on original music creation—going back to his roots, collaborating across time.
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