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News

  • A year in the soundscape – January and February

    I have just published two albums from the series “A Year in the Soundscape” on Bandcamp. The series is inspired by a series of old postcards entitled “A Year in the Landscape” with reproductions of paintings by Józef Rapacki.

  • In search of birds – sound walk

    I invite you to join me for a walk in the Łęgowski Forest in Nowa Huta, which will take place on Saturday, 12 March 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Details in the article.

  • One sound a day

    From the first day of 2026, I decided that I would publish one field recording per day throughout the year on Aporee Radio, focusing primarily on field recordings made in the Tatra Mountains, both Polish and Slovakian.

  • Honourable mention in the Jerzy Tuszewski Competition

    Z przyjemnością informuję, że moje nagranie terenowe pt. „Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę” otrzymało wyróżnienie w Konkursie na dokumentalną formę dźwiękową im. Jerzego Tuszewskiego w 2025 roku.

  • Jews in Orava is still a fresh stuff – an interview with Lucyna Borczuch

    Journalism is currently a side activity for me; I write occasionally, mostly on topics related to sound and music. You might be surprised, then, to see an interview I conducted in the summer of 2025 published in Miasteczko Poznań, a magazine devoted to Jewish culture and heritage. Let me explain (Polish only):

  • Summary of 2025

    A lot happened in 2025, both professionally and artistically. I tried to summarise some of my work and activities in a handful of statistics. Thank you to everyone I had the opportunity to work with last year, and I look forward to more!

  • Film „Kumotry” / „Double Trouble”

    On 6 December 2025, the film „Kumotry”, directed by Emilia Śniegoska, will have its Polish premiere at the Watch Dogs documentary film festival in Warsaw. I had the pleasure of contributing to this film by recording and editing its soundscapes.

  • Chamber Music 2

    Korg Volca FM mk I, accordion, harmonica, flutes, pipe organ, electric guitars, bass guitar, objects, field recordings, noise box, tape loops, percussion instruments – Maciej Wirmański

  • Crown snow-load and thaw

    Ever since I heard a quiet sound a few years ago, I have been obsessed with snow falling from trees. Back then, in the Sucha Woda Valley, the sun came out the day after heavy snowfall. The temperature caused the snow to fall from the trees, which had a particularly interesting effect when the mass of snow hit the dry spruce branches on its way down, creating a micro-sound in the air, somewhere between percussion and kalimba.

  • Chamber Music

    Harpsichord, piano, violin, viola, cello, classical guitar, electric guitar, koto, accordion, zither, field recordings, noise box, percussion instruments, bells, found objects – Maciej Wirmański

  • Musica Privata XIII

    7 listopada 2025 roku będę miał zaszczyt wystąpienia na festiwalu Musica Privata w Łodzi. Mój występ odbędzie się o 18:30 w Pałacu Herbsta w Łodzi.

  • I mastered this album: Katarzyna Podpora, ‘Shitgarden’

    I am pleased to present to you the results of my post-production work on the album by sound and visual artist Katarzyna Podpora entitled ‘Shitgarden’. The album was released on 5 October 2025 by the legendary Bocian Records label.

  • Coalition of Waters – Song of the Mermaids

    27 września 2025 roku w ramach dawnym żydowskim domu przedpogrzebowym w Słupsku, w ramach wystawy „Koalicja Wody” odbędzie się prezentacja kwadrofonicznego utworu Sylwii Górak „Śpiew Syren”. Miałem przyjemność dokonać prac masteringowych i post produkcyjnych na tym utworze

  • Concert of field recordings 3: Wabik / Wirmański / Niewiadomska

    On 13 September 2025 at 7 p.m. at Spółdzielnia Ogniwo, ul. Smolki 11a in Krakow, I will be playing live as part of the ‘Koncert (z) nagrań terenowych’ (Concert (from) field recordings) series. I will be performing on stage with Asia Wabik and Roksza Niewiadomska.

  • Futurofonia Festival

    During the event, I will present two experimental radio plays, take part in a panel discussion on small publishing houses, and participate in a small publishers’ fair.

  • Dział Zagraniczny – sound editing

    It is with great joy and pride that I announce that for the next two months I will be doing audio post production for the Polish best foreign affairs podcast

  • Kruki/Ravens

    On 26 May 2025, the latest album “Ravens” was premiered, which is a follow-up to last year’s album “Rooks”.

  • Defibrylator vol.10

    On 23 May, I will play as Goralenvolk at the noise-experimental Defibrilator Fest. This will be the 10th edition of this legendary event.

    The festival will feature acts such as:

  • The wind that brought us spring

    The field recordings of the wind, which are a followup to the albums ‘The wind that brought us winter’ and ‘The wind that took us winter’

  • PSM st.1

    Field recordings from 2022-2023 recorded in the corridors of the State Primary Music School in a small county town in Poland

  • Beavers of Orava National Park

    On the occasion of International Beaver Day, I present a selection of recordings of beaver noises that I recorded in the Natura 2000

  • Late Winter Batch

    February 26 of 2025 saw the premiere of the first two albums of 2025. The first is an album by the Fullness Collective titled “Dwie strony” and the second is Rafal Kolacki’s album “Powwow.” Enjoy!

  • Transfer to Fediverse

    I decided to transfer all my social media activities to Mastodon and Fediverse. See you there!

  • Fantazja

    Some time ago I’ve fantasized about recording delicate sounds of falling snow. I’ve been waiting for proper weather conditions. One night snow started to fall. I told my wife „I go out’ and I went.

  • Ilnicka/Doskocz/Wirmański – live show

    On November 18, 2024, a special event will take place at the Betel Club, Plac Szczepański 3 in Krakow. For this concert I will join forces, together with Zofia Ilnicka (flute) and Paweł Doskocz (guitar). The band was created spontaneously.

  • Czas Kultury – aural history

    The 3rd issue of the Czas Kultury quarterly from 2024 is entirely devoted to the aural history. The editor of the issue is Filip Szałasek – a music critic and initiator of the „Field Meet” series of conversations and podcasts about contemporary field recordings.

  • EMITER, „SYMFONIAKI”, OUT NOW

    On October 21 was a date of release of the album by Marcin „Emiter” Dymiter, titled „Symfoniaki”. Symfoniaki is a word invented by Emiter and descibes works created in cooperation with visual artists, radio and theater.

  • MUSIC OF THE PLACE – Sejny

    In August this year, at the invitation of the Borderland Center in Sejny, I took part in co-creating a sound map of Sejny – a town located in the Suwałki region. During my week-long stay, I explored the sound atmosphere of the place by recording the audio phenomena I encountered. I also had the pleasure of conducting a sound walk and field recording workshops.

  • Sanacja

    On September 17, 2024, on the anniversary of the USSR’s attack on Poland and the anniversary of the escape of the Polish government and commander-in-chief in the face of aggression by Germany, the Soviet Union and the Slovak puppet state, I published recordings entitled collectively titled „Sanacja”.

  • Thunder and hailstorm 2

    This summer almost every day I receive a message from Goverment Security Center about possibility of heavy rain, thunders, extreme heat or hailstorm. Whenever I have opportunity I try to record these extreme weather conditions.

  • Dziatki/Dziadki – live show

    On July 28, at 6 p.m Muzeum Kornela Makuszyńskiego in Zakopane, Poland will host the closing of the exhibition that we prepared together with my sister, painter and visual artist Natalia Wirmańska.

  • Gawrony / Rooks

    „Gawrony” is the latest album by Maciej Wirmański, released on May 24, 2024 by Szara Reneta label.

    The recordings were recorded from 2019 to 2024 near rook colonies in Nowy Targ and Zakopane.

  • FIELD•MEET 2: Woda

    Drugi odcinek podcastu na motywach Field•Meet jest już dostępny na stronach „Czasu Kultury”. Kontynuujemy wątek antropocenu rozpoczęty na pierwszym spotkaniu, od awifauny przechodząc do dźwięków wody. Od najprostszych urządzeń do rejestracji dźwięku po głębokie wzruszenie potęgą rzecznego ekosystemu. Warto sięgnąć po słuchawki. Jak zwykle odpowiadałem w podcaście za montaż.

  • Breakcore II

    „Breakcore II” is my latest release from 3rd April 2024

  • FIELD•MEET 1: Anthropocene

    The first episode of Filip Szałasek’s FIELD•MEET podcast documents reflections on the connections between the audiosphere and the anthropocene. In the first episode, I appear both as an interlocutor and as the person responsible for editing the episode and creating the jingle.

  • Breakcore

    „Breakcore” is the title of the latest
    album, release date February 13, 2024.

  • FIELD•MEET 3: Miasto

    Trzeci odcinek podcastu FIELD•MEET koncentruje się na nagrywaniu miejskiej audiosfery – od przeciągów w gdańskim „Falowcu” po zsypy na osiedlach z wielkiej płyty.

  • Pipes and pumps

    „Pipes and pumps” is the title of the latest album, release date January 30, 2024.

  • The Wind which took away winter from us

    „The Wind which took away winter from us” is a title of a field recording album released 1st January 2024. It includes 4 tracks recorded 24th and 25th December of 2023.

  • New releases in Szara Reneta

    Artur Rumiński, „Pocztówki”, Taśma Czterdziesta Dziewiąta and Marmur, „Doom Service”, Taśma Pięćdziesiąta. Release date: 15th December 2023

  • Dziatki/Dziadki

    On October 6, at 7 p.m The Brama Gallery in Gliwice will host the opening of the exhibition that we prepared together with my sister, painter and visual artist Natalia Wirmańska.