Szymon Piotrowski, known as 5zym, t dot est (born May 12, 1979) is a Polish music producer, sound engineer, musician and academic teacher. He is the author of numerous musical productions, recordings and mixes as well as the author of many scientific publications in the field of acoustics.
Education Graduate of the Faculty of Vibroacoustics and Sound Engineering at AGH University of Krakow and postgraduate studies in Music Recording and Production at University of Stavanger in Norway. Piotrowski has also studied at the Kraków School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.
Career In 2014, Szymon Piotrowski won the gold award in the "Traditional Studio Recording" category in the recording competition organized by the Audio Engineering Society. He composed his own music for Jeremy Collins' animation "The Wild Inside" and carried out sound postproduction for many video projects at the Canadian Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. He has collaborated on the recording of dozens of albums as an instrumentalist, producer and sound engineer, including productions released by Universal Music Polska, ONIONWAVE, Addicted To Music, NORCD (NOR), Alpha Music (IT), RUNA Records (MEX), Moon Decay Records (USA), Jazzboy Records, FONOBO, Audiocave, Lynx Music. He has also produced sound for a large number of music videos and concert videos. From 2006 to 2022, he ran his own studio Psychosound in Kraków.
Piotrowski is a lecturer in the field of recording and music production at the AGH University of Krakow, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, as well as at the Krakow School of Jazz and Popular Music. Lecturer at the Film Music Festival Krakow and SOUNDEDIT Lodz festivals. In 2020 (Vienna) and 2024 (Madrid) judge in the recording competition organized at the Audio Engineering Society conferences.
Szymon Piotrowski is a co-founder of the Learn How To Sound Foundation (2016) and serves as the president of the foundation's board. He is a co-author of an educational book for children about sound "Hello! Here's sound!"
Discography Selected works (album/single title; year; artist – function): "Trzecie Oko" (2006); Sublokator – realization "Hold It As It Shines" (2007); CF98 / Maypole: "In Punk We Rust", "One Split" – guitar, mastering, mixer "Shit Fuck Kill" (2007); Terrordome – production, mastering, "Tiny Drum, Apple Juice, And Virgin Island on The Magic Store" (2008); CF98 – guitar, mixer, mastering "Nie salutuje" (2009); Sponta – mixer, remixer "Single 2010" (2010); Terrordome – realization, mixer, mastering "We'll Show You Mosh, Bitch!" (2011); Terrordome – production "Bestial Castigation" (2012); Terrordome /Dekapited – sound engineer, mixer "Fast And Loud" (2013); Traktor – realization, mixer, mastering "Suite" (2014); Cerebus – mixer, mastering, sound realization "Gjemsel" (2015); BenReddik – realization "Intoxicunts" (2016); Terrordome / Chaos Synopsis – mastering, mixer "0 Hours Starlight" (2017); Ketha – drums sound recording "Duchowy Gangster" (2018); Bosski* – mixer "Holograms" (2019); The Segue – drums, mixer, sound realization "Happines" (2020); Museart – sound recording, mixer, drums "Pętla" (2020); KIWI – vocal recording "Pytasz mnie" (2021); Dom o zielonych progach – sound recording, mixer, drums, guitar, moog "Stella Star" (2022); Stella Star – sound recording, mixer "All Thoughts Are Bad Thoughts" (2023); Ninja Episkopat – sound recording, mixer
Scientific publications Szymon Piotrowski is the author or co-author of numerous scientific publications:
References Citations