Bartek Brekiesz

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HERE I AM

I live in Sulejówek. I have a dog, Teodor (a mutt-dachshund mix). I collect cassette tapes and CDs. I can't afford vinyl.I have accounts on BANDCAMP and YOUTUBE. If you're interested - check them out below.

MY MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS

FIELD RECORDINGS

I track down, record, store, and edit strange sounds coming from even stranger places.Below are a few photos from my audio expeditions and a brief presentation of the equipment I use.I'm currently most interested in contact microphones and hydrophones—let's be honest, a niche field. But it's a very inspiring and perspective-expanding one.

MY PROJECTS

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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

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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.

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FIELD RECORDING?

Field recordings encompass all types of audio recordings made outside of a recording studio - in uncontrolled conditions, often dependent on the surrounding space.I know this definition is quite broad and may raise doubts. After all, field recordings are instinctively associated with long expeditions deep into the wilderness and capturing the local ambient soundscape. The problem with this approach is that it eliminates many opportunities to record experimental sounds in enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces.The echo reverberating through a vacant building in a former factory complex is also field recording. Just like the sound of a soda being recorded with a hydrophone in our living room.