Showcase: Miss Muzyk

Your surname literally means music, and your DJ name makes that lineage visible every time it’s announced. “Thanks Dad” is doing a lot of work in two words. Was there ever a version of your life where music wasn’t going to be central to it, or did the name settle that question before you had a chance to?

Well, beyond my surname (Google “Muzyk” in Polish and see what it says) it also helps to know that my dad was a musician, properly so. He studied music in Wrocław, Poland, mastered the clarinet among other instruments, and played in an orchestra. A blues band. And a folk band. The guy was busy, let me tell you.

Before the days of Shazam, YouTube, or even the internet, he was often asked to recreate missing sheet music just by listening. He could write it out within minutes.

Sad to say I didn’t inherit that level of talent… but it must be somewhere in my DNA.

So the short answer: No. There was never a chance for music to not be the centre of my universe and general well being!

You grew up in a home where music was listened to rather than just heard, with blues and classical as early touchstones long before you found electronic music. What does blues feeling or classical structure actually sound like inside a progressive house or techno set?

In primary school, classical music became a bit of an obsession. I listened to countless pieces like The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and various pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on repeat, a piano concerto by Frederic Chopin (who was half Polish by the way…)

Years later, I was introduced to trance, and Adagio for Strings by Tiësto was pivotal in my infatuation with the genre. I think I may have actually cried when I heard it.

So to answer your question: a classical piece doesn’t just influence a trance or techno set; it co-exists, front and centre within it. And I’m really excited to include some of my favourite classical inspired tracks in my upcoming sets. Watch this space.

Your sets move from deep, melodic openings into high-energy moments driven by powerful basslines and emotive melodies. That evolution is architecture, not accident. How do you actually construct that journey from the inside, managing the turn from one stage to the next without losing the thread?

I can explain it like this: you know that feeling when you hear Adagio for Strings for the first time? That’s the sweet spot. But you can’t have that playing for 60 minutes on repeat. You have to take your audience on a journey.

For me, building a set is about restraint. Like a doughnut with a decadent centre: you have to earn it. It’s tension and release, building toward that crescendo.

Practically, I approach it in two ways:

First, by ear: it has to sound right.

Second, structurally: it should start at a moderate but interesting pace, build toward a peak around the middle, and then either sustain that energy or bring it back down, depending on the room.

Ultimately, the environment matters. But if I have a room full of good sound and happy faces… I’m probably going to, as they say, “SEND IT!”

Your sound moves fluidly across progressive house, trance, and techno, with bass, tech, and afro house coming in where the environment calls for it. That kind of range doesn’t sit neatly in one genre box. What does it mean to find a community in Beatlab when your whole approach is built around fluidity rather than a fixed genre identity?

It means the world. It is therapy and a place that I can truly and sincerely “be myself”. Playing live doesn’t always give you that freedom. Some establishments prefer a sound that is non-invasive and predictable and that has its place for sure. At Beatlab, I get to experiment and let my imagination run wild with no limitations (on BPM) and still be accepted. I am so grateful I found this community. A musical home <3

A Saturday night Subsonic slot is where the high-energy sets go. Beatlab vets the set, Mutha FM makes the placement call based on what the music actually delivers. Yours delivered. What does it mean to you that an approach built around craft, architecture, and the full arc produced that result? And what would you say to someone in the Beatlab community who is sitting on a mix they’re not sure is ready or right for a platform like this?

I am beyond thrilled it delivered. Let’s do it again? To those who are unsure, I’d definitely say don’t sit on a mix, because that is exactly where it will stay. And most importantly, be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because that is where magic happens. Thank you once again to Beatlab and Mutha FM for allowing me to share my musical obsessions with you.

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