Reviews:

„Dominik is a new voice in polish jazz, he combines the jazz tradition and great culture of improvization with trance rythms of contemporarity.”

Tomasz Rozwadowski ( Baltic Daily)

“Blue Mind proved to be a formation having professional skills, great synchronization,technique and huge potential; Dominik Bukowski was one of the most outstanding performers, who kept surprising listeners with his solos full of equilibrium.”

Bogdan Chmura (Jazz Forum)

“A heady mix of electronica and acoustic make the offering from vibraphonist Dominik Bukowski & Projektor an appealing postmodern sound excursion. With Wojciech Staroniewicz (tenor) and Lukasz Poprawski (alto), the group inhabits a three-dimensional space loosely defined by exotica, mainstream and the avant garde. Hubert Zemler (drums) and Piotr Lemanczyk (bass) meld well with Pawel Grabowski’s electronics. The saxes begin as one voice then strike out individualistically on the soothing “Mantra”, are plaintively modal generating the spacious feeling of “Otwarte” and are boppishly assertive on the muscular “Asertywnosc 11”. However, Bukowski’s tonal clarity and touch set this session apart. His elegant subdued chords define the emerald, jade and aquamarine in “Trzy Kolory: Zielony” and ice the feeling of “Chill Out Zone”. “Konkluzja” is a fitting multi-genre communal conclusion.”

Elliott Simon allaboutjazz.com (The review of PROJEKTOR CD)

Morden jazz, that draws you in frim the first bars. Dominik Bukowski compositions, which we received as an album are far from convention of “classic” jazz . Bukowski combined accustic instruments with computer generated sounds in an interesting way. Recognized polish jazz musicians,together with Bukowski, are responsible for the accustic sound: saxophonists Wojciech Staroniewicz, Lukasz Poprawski, double bassist Piotr Lemanczyk and percusionist Hubert Zemler. Pawel Grabowski is responsible for electronicly generated sounds.” Projektor “ is the name of the album, bu we can’t help thinking that we received a collecton of musical ministories, wich would perfectly illustrate various film scenes being projected. This machine, in a similar way o a vibraphone, seems to be rather anachronic, like Jankiels dulcimer. A vibraphone, an instrument long forgotten in jazz, adds to the misic’s lightness and depth and seduces the listener with its delicate sound. It is particularly noticable in the song “Taxi Story”. This is the only track, where the main sounds are vibraphone& electronic sound. A video matches the songs atmosphere perfectly. The scenes from the city life intertwine with a delicate drama of electronics and at the same time great depth of vibraphone. This modern sounding track is in my opinion the best composition on the album. But the music on “ Projektor” has other qualities: sometimes seductive with trancey overtones, like in “ Mantra”, somtimes tense ( mainly thanks to saxophones) like in “ “Asertivness” or “ Psyche”.
“Tango Olivio” is also interesting ( Dominik’s doughter ‘s name is Olivia). It is based on the tngo rythm but in an interesting jazz convention. The music on “ Projector” is a modern look at jazz, very very intriguing. I liked the look of the album cover made by Jacek Staniszewski- very rarely do the covers have interesting graphics and keep the informative function. Staniszewski combined those two effectivly.

Katarzyna Moritz (Gazeta Wyborcza)

“Dominik Bukowski is known by every jazz aficionado in tri-town. It used to be mainly jazz concert regulars and the album buyers,where the vibraphonists played. Last year he released his album “ Projector”. This Album is one of the most interesting in recent years in which Dominik combines generations and attitudes to music.[...]
What’s more, Dominik is one of two or three young polish musicians, who dispel any preconceptions about the vibraphone. This instrument combines sound values of a piano and percussion. All it takes is to know how to master it, Dominik made it possible”.

Dziennik Bałtycki