The Polish Ambassador e BoomBox

Sugalski began playing with music production software whilst studying for a marketing degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, US, where he found a love for creating his own music digitally. In 2005, he released his debut album, “Diplomatic Immunity,” which showcased a number of 8 and 16-bit electro funk dance floor fillers, gaining a significant amount of support from fans. A video game developer who worked for Microsoft liked the sounds Sugalski was coming up with, hiring him to create a soundtrack for the game.

Sugalski then decided to pursue making music full time, also performing as Ample Mammal, a side project of The Polish Ambassador. As the Polish Ambassador, Sugalski creates upbeat dance music, relying on multi-layered melodies and funky bass. As Ample Mammal, Sugalski aims to create heavily processed drum tracks, taking influence from techno and glitch-filled IDM by the likes of Apex Twin.

Sugalski regularly performs under these two pseudonyms across the US, often performing alongside other electronic musicians. He is known for always wearing a brightly coloured jumpsuit, which he bought from a thrift store for under four dollars. His music travels across many genres, from electro, breakbeat to hip-hop, dub and funk. Performing live, Sugalski develops his tracks differently each time, through using live sound mixing and midi instruments.

Sugalski released “Pushing Through The Pavement,” a full-length record in June 2014. Through his music, he has developed a strong fan following, who are known as the TPA Family, Ambassadorks or simply, ‘The Family.’ He releases his music upon the Jumpsuit Records imprint.

Since first emerging in 2004, founder, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Zion Rock Godchaux has been quietly seasoning and simmering this recipe to perfection. At the same time, the Muscle Shoals, AL band stays true to what attracted countless fans in the first place.

“I remain open to anything you would hear coming out of a boombox,” he explains.

“You hear about different forms of magic around the world,” he goes on. “The West, in general, has its own voodoo influenced by the blues. That’s what shaped me as a musician growing up in this country. It’s hard to put in the words, but you know it when you hear it.”

You hear it in everything that BoomBox has done thus far. Over the course of five albums, the group has become a streaming favorite with numerous tracks clocking in the millions of plays on Spotify. Moreover, they’ve made audiences groove everywhere from Electric Forest and Hangout Music Festival to High Sierra Music Festival and Red Rocks.

In the spring of 2019 Zion enlisted his “brother from the same mother” Kinsman MacKay to embark on BoomBox’s most exciting configuration to date. “There’s a special kind of chemistry between two brothers playing music together,” Zion explains. “Since 2003 we’d get together and make tracks just for fun, and realized we had a strong connection in the studio.” The two always knew they would work on a project together someday, and when the doors opened up logistically in 2019, it was the natural move for the brothers to take form as BoomBox.

BoomBox debuted their live horn section called “The BackBeat Brass” in the fall of 2019 to great reception. “It’s like these songs are my children that I’ve been raising for the past 15 years, and with the addition of the horns it feels like seeing them again for the very first time” says Godchaux. The Backbeat Brass, led by trumpet artist Nic Chaffee of Delta Nove, will be featured on select shows, bringing a classic live horn sound filtered through an array of psychedelic sounds and elements.