TrueResAudio

About TrueResAudio

Est: April 2026 • Editor: Pawel Grabowski • Published by: Smashing Copy Limited (Ireland)

TrueResAudio is a tiny, one-person publication for music explorers, people who can't wait to discover their next favourite album.

There are few things worth knowing about TrueResAudio:

  • TRA is a tiny magazine that arrives in your inbox. Every two weeks I publish an issue with the main feature, reviews, recommendations what's worth hearing, hidden and overlooked gems, information on upcoming releases, commentary, and more. I also include links to streaming services so that you can start listening to albums I mention right away.

  • TRA is a deliberately small. It's a one-person publication built around listening rather than publishing. Every review, recommendation and rabbit hole begins with genuine curiosity. Mine. I follow where my listening takes me, whether that's a forgotten jazz quartet, Italian prog, or an album recorded in a cottage with birds singing outside the window.

  • TRA is also selective. I don't try to keep up with every release or every trend. If something appears here, it's because I believe it's genuinely worth your time.

  • TRA is judgemental, too. Not in the sense of dismissing music for the sake of it, but in the sense of making choices. Every recommendation reflects my own listening and my own opinion. There is no attempt to appear neutral or comprehensive.

  • Finally, TRA is independent. It exists because readers choose to support it, not because advertisers do or I get payouts through some affiliate programs. That independence allows me to recommend only what I genuinely believe deserves attention.

About Me

Pawel Grabowski Hi there, my name is Pawel Grabowski. I am the person whose words you read, and whose opinions about music shape this publication.

I've been obsessed with albums since I can remember, and I've been wanting to write about music for almost as long.

TrueResAudio is me finally doing it.

Some facts about me:

  • The first album I ever bought was Iron Maiden - Live After Death. I bought it in 1985, at the age of 8, and still have that copy. It’s so worn out that the bass is gone, but it remains my most treasured possession.
  • The album that had the biggest impact on me: Nico - The Blue Angel. It’s some obscure compilation of Nico’s solo tracks and her three VU songs I found in my brothers collection. I was 13 when I first heard it, and at that very moment when Nico’s voice comes on in Femme Fatale, I finally understood life.
  • My favourite album of all time: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  • The album I can air drum in its entiety from memory: Metallica - …And Justice for All.
  • The album I was scared of as a kid: Syrius - Devil's Masquerade. An amazing Hungarian prog album. That sax motif in Psychomania used to scare the pants off me. It’s similar to but also way scarier than 21st Century Schizoid Man. (Fun fact: I have the original Hungarian LP.)
  • The first jazz album I heard was Coltrane at Birdland. I was 11 and figured that listening to jazz will make me look smart and all. Somehow I decided that this is a good album to try (my brother had it on cassette), put it on and my head exploded.
  • My favourite composer is Bruckner, and my favourite conductor is Bernard Haitink (although, I have to admit that his reading of Ravel’s Bolero is, probably, the worst I ever heard.)