HERE I AM
I live in Sulejówek. I have a dog, Teodor (a mutt/dachshund mix). I collect cassettes and CDs. I can't afford vinyl.
SOUND ART
I find, record, store, and edit strange sounds coming from even stranger places. Then I combine them into abstract collages or stories.Below are some photos from my audio expeditions and a brief presentation of the equipment I use.Currently, I'm most interested in contact microphones and hydrophones.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Below are links to my YOUTUBE channel and profiles on BANDCAMP and MIXCLOUD - every sunday I host a radio show about deep listening there.
SOUND ART
CHTONOPHONE RECORDINGS
GÖTEBORG RECORDINGS
DUCKS ON ICE ARE BURNING A HOLE
ON THE WAY TO THE FIVE PONDS AND BACK
VARIOUS SOUNDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD VOL. 2
VARIOUS SOUNDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
KROSNO STREET RECORDINGS
CHTONOPHONE RECORDINGS
My newest field recording project is...otherwordly. Ok, so let's start from scratch.The "Mel's Hole" story from Art Bell's legendary radio show has a Polish equivalent. Workers dug into a hole in Sulejówek, near Warsaw. According to some people (including a well-known city councilor, whose Facebook post about the subject was mysteriously deleted) it is a portal to another world.Local residents threw all sorts of things into it: from old tires or household appliances to the remains of their deceased pets. These objects disappeared into the depths of the mysterious hole. No one has ever heard them hit the bottom, and all electronic instruments became useless near the hole. An attempt made by the local fire department to get to the bottom with a camera attached to a 100-meter cable, was a failure.Under the cover of darkness, I broke through the sanitary cordon and threw a Chthonophone attached to a drone into the hole. This experimental microphone, entirely of my own design, opened up an audio-sphere of reality to which the mysterious hole in Sulejówek leads.There are people there, animals, wind, the sounds of moving vehicles. Perhaps something that resembles industrial infrastructure. But everything sounds different as if it was "incomplete", more in the lower frequencies. Over time, the Chthonophone began to go haywire. The ambient sound and the rustle of trees began to disintegrate in my ears. I don't know if it's the equipment's fault or the nature of that world. But I know one thing: I want to get there someday. Not just sonically, but physically. I would like to present these one-of-a-kind, raw audio recordings to you.
2025
Atol Atol Atol - Dron Dron Dron (Syf Records)
Tomasz Pizio - Drzewa skrzypiÄ… / Trees creek (Tomasz Pizio)
Maciej Wirmański - Hlasné trúbenie v Tichej doline (Szara Reneta)
Kristen - ep (Kristen)
GROCH - Z wielkiej płyty sny (GROCH)
Takuma Ebisawa - Fluctuation (Static Disc)
Ciśnienie - [angry noises]
David Lee Myers - Terrenus (Cronica)
Monika Pich - Slowmotion (okla)
PWCCA - Dweller Of Darkness (mord)
Uun - Heavens Stitched To A Frame (mord)
Etnobotanika - Kosmobotanika (Superkasety Records)
Kah Hoe Yii / Nigel Brown / Yannick Dauby - Bung Jagoi (Kalerne Editions)
Black Sites - R4 (Tresor Records)
CRZKNY - Deadly Outlaw (outlines)
E. Jason Gibbs - Fish Point (Unfathomless)
Swans - Birthing (Young God)
Marc Namblard - Arctic Summer (forms of minutiae)
Kiloff - Spitzhacke (Syf Records)
Grey Tissue - Boardwalk (NEUS-318)
Turmeric Acid y Bardo Todol - Sonopædia (Strategic Tape Records)
Ekotonika - Live At Kolonia Artystów (Antenna Non Grata)
That's How I Fight - Movement Three-Continuum (Zoharum)
Sokołowski / Stasiewicz / Leszoski - Manna (Antenna Non Grata)
Przyzwoitość - Eryk, mówiący banan (Kulturwa Records)
BARTEK BREKIESZ PRESENTS
Every Sunday, I host a radio show on Mixcloud. Topics: mindful listening. Subjects: field recording from around the world, electroacoustics, tape music, noise.I usually speak in my native language. This might be a bit of a challenge for those of us who don't know Polish, but let's face it, 90 percent of the show is audio, which we can consider a universal communication tool.Below is the link to the LIVE broadcast.
ARCHIVE
GET IN TOUCH!
If you have an idea for collaboration, music recommendations, or formal requests, please contact me!