Syny

Syny were a duo built around the collaboration between producer 1988 and rapper-producer Robert Piernikowski. They are best remembered as one of the acts that pushed Polish rap toward a harsher, more experimental and less predictable sonic language. The group was founded in 2012, but the safest confirmed recording debut is 2015, when their album “Orient” was released by Latarnia Records. That record quickly stood out through its mix of rap, electronics and tense, abrasive atmosphere, and the duo soon became closely associated with the alternative end of the scene. A key part of Syny’s identity was that they were never just a simple rapper-and-beatmaker pairing, because both members brought production...