Penny Sławiński
Traktrain Play

"Hi, I'm Penny and you're listening to Traktrain Play"

Hello Penny.
It's me, Pescegatto.
Perhaps you don't know me, you don't even know I exist, and probably, since you live on the other side of the globe, we will never meet.
But know that I am here writing an article on Debaser to tell everyone that I... Yes, I, Pescegatto, am an admirer of yours.

Penny, every Monday you have been a regular appointment for me for quite a few weeks. I listen to you when I go grocery shopping, when I'm in the bathroom, when I cook, when I work, and when I write reviews of your program on Debaser.
Sometimes, the week is tough and by Monday my head is in space, yet at 18:00 and a bit... There you are! On my Soundcloud account, you appear with your shining smile and invite me to spend another 10 minutes with you and your sweet voice.

Every syllable of yours captivates me, I don't know what you're saying because I don't speak a lick of English... but you don't care. You talk to me anyway.
Little, sweet Penny, with the youthful cap and innocent beauty, best friend and accomplice to my most hidden habit...

...what?! ...but no! Nothing of what you're thinking!
I'm talking about the one habit I must keep hidden even from my spouse and my confessor.
Yes, indeed, I listen to lo-fi hip hop.

Now you'll think I'm like everyone else: that I smoke weed, ride skateboards, wear pump-up sneakers, and eat Doritos.
Nothing could be further from the truth: I've never even tried smoking a cigarette, I broke my back on a sled, I have gigantic feet that require outdated shoes, and at most, I eat Amica Chips' tortillas because they're cheaper.
Moreover, I am an avid listener of everything rock, blues, jazz, and electronics without particular limits, mostly dictated by current trends.

But lo-fi hip hop is a genre that has opened my mind, made me understand how even in music nothing is created and nothing is destroyed, but everything can be sampled, chopped, assembled, and remixed endlessly, with only the care to give a minimum harmonic sense to the final result.
It relaxes me more than a Thai massage (which, by the way, not really, in Thailand they get on your back with their knees and give you bruises, so much for relaxation), it takes away some of the fictional problems I create for myself daily and allows me to think in a stream of consciousness until I get to the heart of the matter.

Penny, it's thanks to you, or your bosses, that every week I can listen to new tracks, refresh my ideas, and focus on what I need to do, at least on Monday.
And it's your fault that I spent my savings to buy a sampler that I will never know how to use, just to feel a little closer to you.

Thanks for the pieces you play, with the ne*rons rapping the dirtiest and most disgraceful things over those soft, fluffy jazz-based tracks like a bunny.

You have the smoothest voice there is, I feel like a catfish out of water every time I hear it.

With affection, I send you a kiss.

Pescegatto