After a fifteen-year career, Mr. Polska is taking a new direction. Armed with a jar of Polish pickles, an immense amount of energy and a live show that refuses to play by the rules, he is taking on the biggest techno stages. What begins as a new musical direction is evolving into an act that combines the raw energy of techno with the unpredictability and performance of a frontman.

In the Netherlands, the name Mr. Polska is synonymous with Nouveau Riche, mosh pits and nostalgia. He broke through in the early 2010s as one of the most distinctive artists in Dutch hip-hop. With hits such as Hausa Wausa (7.5 million streams), Allermooiste Feestje (10 million streams), Zusje (41 million streams), Krokobil (11 million streams) and Niemand (65 million streams), he became a staple on the biggest festival stages and in the Dutch charts. For many, an unforgettable part of their musical upbringing.

In his native Poland, he also built a successful second career. With tracks such as Złote Tarasy and Jagodzianki i Pistolet, he has established himself as a recognised name within the Polish music scene. Together, these releases have accumulated more than 160 million Spotify streams, built him a loyal fanbase and taken him to sold-out clubs and festivals across the country.

Despite the international success, multiple gold and platinum releases and collaborations with artists including Major Lazer, Yellow Claw, Ronnie Flex and Diplo’s label Mad Decent, 37-year-old Dominik is far from finished. It is time for a new chapter: a full-scale techno live show that breaks away from what we currently know within the scene. And this step does not come out of nowhere.

With Polska Jumpstyle, his collaboration with Natte Visstick and Vieze Asbak, Mr. Polska quickly began trending within the harder electronic music scene. The track grew into a global phenomenon with more than 42 million streams, was picked up by DJs including Sara Landry, FANTASM, Nico Moreno and Diplo, and could be heard across virtually every major techno and hard dance festival around the world last festival season, including the MainStage of Tomorrowland. Follow-up releases such as The Otherside, Sneuvelnation VIP and SPRING further confirmed this new direction. SPRING in particular became a viral hit in Germany and has since grown into one of the more prominent festival tracks of the moment.

Now it is time to bring the energy of these tracks to the masses. Live.

An interesting development, considering that the vast majority of techno programming consists of DJ sets. Mr. Polska deliberately takes a different approach. His new show is not centred around an artist behind the decks, but around a frontman who combines the energy of a live concert with the intensity of a rave. Live vocals, performance, crowd interaction and electronic music come together as one.

At Teletech and Nachtwacht, audiences have already seen glimpses of this approach, including Mr. Polska handing out Polish pickles to the crowd between tracks. The response to his shows has been overwhelmingly positive. It is fair to say that Mr. Polska has already begun to embody the role of the frontman of the rave. He stands at the centre of the energy, builds tension and directs the dynamics of the show from that position. In doing so, he clearly distinguishes himself from the traditional DJ set and responds to the growing demand for distinctive live experiences within the international hard techno scene.

For Mr. Polska himself, the move feels like a natural progression. He has never been defined by genres; born in Poland, raised in the Netherlands and breaking through within Dutch

hip-hop, he has spent years moving between rap, rave and electronic music. The boundaries between these worlds have never been as strict for him as they are sometimes made out to be.

“I don’t want to be the next DJ, nor do I want to be the rapper who comes to a festival to perform a few tracks. I want to build a live show that creates the same energy as a techno set, but with the impact of a frontman on stage.”

— Mr. Polska

It was not only those around him who recognised this development. Odysseys, the booking agency behind some of the leading names in today’s hard techno scene, also saw what was happening and decided to join forces with him. Following a sold-out Dutch club tour and performances at venues and festivals including Teletech, Nachtwacht and Zwarte Cross, the coming months will see performances at festivals such as DURO in Spain, Scandal in the Netherlands and various international shows. Step by step, the new live concept will be rolled out towards the biggest techno and hard dance stages around the world.

Over the past fifteen years, Mr. Polska has already connected multiple musical worlds. With this new live act, he is doing the same within the rave, not as a DJ, but as a frontman. An artist who does not simply bring the music, but draws the energy of the room towards himself and makes the audience part of the show. His next chapter has begun.