@dani.kowalski

London-based; plays in a four-piece called Slow Sundays. The Mustang is a Player series she bought at 19 and refuses to upgrade. The AC10 came two years ago after a Princeton refused to take pedals well.

Bought the Mustang specifically because of Kevin Shields. Spent five years adding pedals one at a time. The Big Sky was the moment the rig started making sense; the Bluesky after that was an indulgence she won't apologize for.

Born in Krakow, moved to Manchester at seven when her father took a chemistry post at the university. Read English at UCL, didn't finish the dissertation, stayed in London anyway. Lives in Walthamstow with a flatmate and a cat that ignores the amp. Works four days a week as a copy editor for a medical journal — the kind of job that pays for pedals without asking questions. The fifth day is Slow Sundays rehearsal in a Tottenham practice room with damp on one wall.

Started on a classical her mother kept in the hallway, switched to electric at fifteen after a friend's older brother played her Loveless on a car stereo in a Tesco car park. Took lessons for two years from a jazz player in Camden who told her to stop taking lessons. Joined Slow Sundays in 2019 after answering a Bandcamp DM; the previous guitarist had moved to Bristol. The band's first proper show was supporting a noise act at the Shacklewell Arms in 2022 — half the room left, the other half stayed for the encore. Plays the Mustang exclusively now; the classical lives behind the sofa.