The Polish Ambassador

The Polish Ambassador is David Sugalski, an electronic producer and DJ working out of Oakland, California, with a catalogue of original glitch-funk and downtempo material going back to the mid-2000s. Alongside that catalogue he runs an ongoing Grateful Dead project called Dead Polish, which reworks Dead songs into disco, funk, drum & bass and deep house. Dead Polish, Vol. 1 on his Bandcamp is seven Dead tunes — Shakedown Street, Ripple, Franklin's Tower, China Cat Sunflower, Foolish Heart, Althea and Friend of the Devil. He has been running Dead Polish as a distinct billed show since at least 2025, when he played it at Public Works in San Francisco. His two-night Nectar Lounge run in November 2026 splits the bill: Friday is a Phish set, Saturday is Dead Polish.