Lotto

Lotto is a Polish instrumental band formed in late 2012 by Mike Majkowski, Łukasz Rychlicki and Paweł Szpura. The trio is usually described as operating at the intersection of improvisation, noise, minimalism, ambient music and darker instrumental forms, but what matters just as much is that their work resists simple genre labeling. From the beginning, the project relied on deliberate reduction, repetition, tension and long-form development. In practice, Lotto do not sound like conventional alternative rock or standard improvised jazz, but like their own version of hypnotic instrumental music, slowly unfolding and built around silence, weight and carefully placed movement. Their recording debut, “Ask The...