Born in Poznan/Poland he began his music education with piano at the age of 7, and continued through his years in college in England. He then moved to Paris where, after graduating from Audio Engineering from SAE Paris, he engaged in 12 years of intensive studio work for independent artists, labels and TV stations. A few years into his sound engineering career he went back to his love of music composition and began writing music for films which proved to be an ongoing passion and an important part of his work. He has also added song writing to his portfolio. He has engineered over 150 albums and worked on over 30 film and advertisement projects both as a composer and sound engineer. He loves working with the new generation of music talents in Poland, producing albums and film soundtracks. He maintains a working relationship with musicians in France, England and Denmark. Open mind and unorthodox approach are the key ingredients of his work.
For a number of years now he has been involved in a working partnership with Piotr “Miki” Mikołajczak - a renowned producer, composer and former Sony Artistic Director, with whom he has co-written and co-produced many film and music projects.
In 2006 he co-founded APS - a company with focus on manufacturing high quality active studio monitors. A successful venture which continues to this day and represents Polish technological thought all over the world and collaborates with a number of Universities. The company’s R&D model is based on a very strong relationship with the recording community, striving to make the very best tools for the sound engineers, producers and musicians. Presently Kris lives in Poland, helping in the running of APS and his own production company AudioPlanet.
All throughout his career Kris gave a lot of importance to education. He has been giving workshops to young people for the last 20 years and has been working with students form the Science University of Gdańsk where he is also involved through his company’s AudioPlanet collaboration with the University.
His latest addition to the teaching agenda is a brand new live series on Youtube called "Na setkę" where, together with Grzegorz Stasiuk, a renowned music producer, they try to bring the topic of music production to the attention of the Polish artists.
He has also worked as a consultant on a number of projects on studio construction.
