Maciej Wirmański

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.

Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Conference – Nasłuchiwanie

On October 25, the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice will host a scientific conference „Listening”, which will concern sound in various contexts.

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.

„Breakcore II” is an album of the week by Radio Kapitał

Field recording „Breakcore II” is one of the albums of the week by Polish community Radio Kapitał

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.