Arszyn & Emiter
Krysztof Topolski
Drummer, sounds artist. He cooperated and played with many musicians, bands and music projects: RogulusXSzewelas Project, Kobiety, Emiter, M.bunio.S., Mikolaj Trzaska, Tomasz Szwelnik, Muk, Beatrix von Shreader, Hoec, Dj Wojak, Thomas Lehn, Andrew Sharplay . He is a cofounder of band Ludzie (Folks) and Pracowni Ludzie Gdansk (The Folks Workshop).Arszyn is Krzystof Topolski’s solo music project, till today there appeared following CDs: ‘Z werszkow pierwszy’ (nefryt ‘ 02), ‘Unitas Multiplex’ (tns rec.rxs/plg rec. ‘ 04) His main interests are sound and everything which is connected with it. He is interested in live drumming, live electronic, improvised and electroacoustic music, makes computer compositions and sound installations, organises lectures and presentations about new music and experimental music warkshops.
Education :
2002 International Workshops of Contemporary Music, Kraków – Sttutgard
(Marek Chołoniewski)
International Workshops of Contemporary Music, „ New Technologies
Multimedia Arts”, Gdańsk.
1994 – 1998 University of Gdańsk, Russian Filology.
1999 Social Music School in Gdańsk : drums, percussion.
1997 – 98 School of Jazz and Popular Music – workshops organized by
Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy, Bydgoszczy.
1991 Center of Teological Studies, Suwałki.
Professional experiences, gigs, projects, records:
22.09.2005 „Domowe Emisje_Haus- Emissionen”, Radio Copernicus
06.05-01.06 „Audio Tourism Kaliningrad-Gdańsk” polish-russian experimental music
project , curator of the project, CCA „Łaźnia” Gdańska. & NCCA Kaliningrad.
29.10-06.11.05 „Uwaga ! Polen Kommen” festival, concert of Emiter.Arszyn duo , sound
installation “SEA”.
24.08.2005 „Tourning Sounds 3”, festival, Warsaw
21.05.2005 “Microradio Sound Walk” , with “Free103point9”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle
radio performance
07.05.05 Electronic music fesetival “Alt + F4”, Warsaw
02-03.2005 Installation of Angelika Fojtuch “Ajababy”, Gallery of Art “Wozownia”,
Toruń.
18-28.01.05 Electroacoustic music workshops, “Plants, fruits & flowers”, Arszyn + Youth
Elecroacoustic Band, Center for Contemporary Art Łaznia, Gdańsk
02.05-06.06 “New Music for Housewives” , presentations of new music CCA
Łaznia, Gdańsk ,( idea, project coordinator),
15.10.04 Unsound 2 Festival, Cracow
07-08.04 Quartier 21, Artist in Residence Program, Museums Quartier, Vienna
14,15.08.04 “Equaleyes 2”, Vj’s meeting and congress, laboratory and performance
“cross media talk”; Beatrix von Shreader – dance, Muk- interactive video,
Krzysztof Topolski – drums, electronics. MQ, Ovalhalle, Vienna.
19.08.04 „Fluctuatred Rooms”, Trzysztof Topolski – live electronic, Hoec – video,
Fluc, Vienna.
3,4.04 ”Have a Noise Days 2”, festival Gdańsk (idea, coordinator)
03.2004 Arszyn, „Unitas Multiplex”, tns rec. rxs/plg rec.
02.2004 “Piezo Workshop” (2), Arszyn + Youth Electroacoustic Orchestra + Dj Wojak.
Center for Contemporary Art, Łaźnia, Gdańsk.
Ludzie , “Nova Polska”, festival, Warsaw.
11.2003 „Wien Modern” new music festival , Porgy&Bess (concert of band Ludzie)
09.2003 Emiter/K.Topolski, „16.03.2003”, a-version, cdr
06.2003 Emiter/K.Topolski, „Forma Nova” festival, Denmark.
07.2003 Ludzie, „Sopot Surround”, post_post rec. cd
2003 Presentations of new music „ Contemporary Music for Housewives”
MKT Plama. Gdańsk.
„Work Overture”, „The Moher& The Fother”, „Synthese”, festival, Bourges, France.
2003 Emiter „# 2:static” post_post rec. cd
01.2003 „From Gdańsk Till Down”, “Contemporary Experimental Music from Estern
Europe” Leonardo Music Journal, MIT, USA, cd
10.2002 Workshops & concert, Markus Schmickler, „DEMOS_the united
untitled „ for 14 musicians vocalists /actors , Cracow, Bunkier
Sztuki Gallery.
05.2002 Ludzie, „Art. Acts ’02, festival, St.Johann in Tirol.
03.2002 Arszyn , “Z Werszków Pierwszy”, nefryt. cdr
2002 Work Overture „ The Seasons” , "Synthese” festival, Bourges. France
“32e Festival Synthese Bourges 2002”.
„Cel/Wartość” („Objective/Value”) Workshops, “Piezo Warkshop” (1) electroacoustic, noise, improvisations/compositions, Center for Contemporary Art, Łażnia, Gdańsk
26,27.03.02 Arszyn und Bunio ,Rhiz, Vienna , Stadtwerkstatt ,
Linz. Line_in : Line_out Project.
„Improvised Projection”, Arszyn + Mikoy, Center for Contemporary Art., Łaznia, Gdańsk
Arszyn & Emiter
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Krysztof Topolski
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Marcin Dymiter
(elelctronics, guitar, generator, loops, tape) played in such bands as : ewa braun, Mapa, actually he plays in Mordy band. He cooperated with musicians who were engaged with jazz, electronics and avant- garde: Paul Wirkus, Rosa Arruti, Le Quan Ninh, John Butcher, Axel Dorner, Andrew Sharpley, Miko ł ajem Trzask ą , Tomaszem Gwinci ń skim, a poet Marcin Ś wietlicki, Raphael Roginski, Marek Cho ł oniewski, Tomasz Cho ł oniewski, Dagna Sadkowska, Micha ł Górczy ń ski, Matthias Muelerr, a band Chlupot Mózgu. He recorded eighteen albums and cooperated and composed for off theaters, he plays on live to silent films and cooperates with visual artists. He is also a musical producent.and played in many European countries. As emiter he published seven CDs. Together with Krzysztof Topolski he creates the project.arszyn&emiter. He experiments with sounds, tones transformation which accompany our life, he searches the inspirations in world around us.
“Music is everywhere. Composing is a never ending process.”
Marcin Dymiter
CDs:
"#1"(2000),"#2:static"(2002),"#3"(2003),emiter/Krzysztof Topolski "16.03.2003" (2003),emiter/ Tomasz Gadomski "#4"(2004), emiter.arszyn.emiszyn(2005), emiter.arszyn „07.05.05”. These albums received very good reviews in music press in which emphasized unusual musical climate and eclecticism. He also leads publishing house sojuz emiter rec.
More important events and festivals:
Forma Nova (Denmark, 2003), II Festival Music from Brain (Bydgoszcz,2002), Art Acts '02 (Austria, 2002), Have a noise days (Gdańsk, 2004), IV Music Jamboree Improvisation (Gdynia, 2004), Moo Festival(France, 2004), Les Nuits Europeennes (France, 2004), Next Wave Europe (Germany, 2004), Music Improvisation Plant - Stage D'Improvisation Musicale & Choreographique (Parthenay 2004) by Johna Butchera and Karima Sebbara, Artist in Residence (Strasbourg - France, 2004), 2 Unsound Festival (Cracow , 2004), Contre Cour Festival (Macon - France, 2004), Sopot Off Film Festival (Sopot, 2004), Plant musical Plain Music by Le Quan Ninha (France) and Frederica Blondy (France) - Warsaw, 02.2005, Electronical Music Festival Alt F4 – Warsaw 05.2005, Tourning Sounds 03 – Warsaw 09.2005, Plants of Robin Minard – sounds installation Warsaw 09.2005,
03 Unsound Festival –Cracow , Festival Attention –Polen Kommen – Weimar November 2005, Stimul Festival , Praha (Czech Republic)- 11.05.
Music for spectacles:
-Theater Dada Von Bzdulow - „Apartments“ 2000
-Leszek Bzdyl - Aurora Lubos - „Ufff “ premiere: Baltic University of Dance 2000
- music for show (musicians: Mikołaj Trzaska/ Tomasz Gwinciński/Marcin Dymiter/ Olo Walicki) F. Dűrrenmatta „An angel enter into the Babilon“ for City Theater W. Gombrowicza in Gdynia – premiere: 2000
- participation in music recording for performance „Romeo and Juliet “ –theater Witolda Gomrowicza in Gdynia 2002
-musical consultation and part of music for the spectacle by Magda Reiter „In bless błogosławionym bracket“ ( Dada von Bzdulow); premiere 2001r.
-Music to show „Shelter “ – premiere 2005 Słupsk:, participants: Ludomir Franczak/ Magdalena Franczak/ Amadeusz Gendig/Hubert Gendig/ Daniel Odija/ Rafał Pawłowski/ Ula Sawicka /Marcin Dymiter
Different activities:
participation in project „ Audio Tourism“ in cooperation with CSW Łaźnia in Gdańsk and Centrum of Contemporary Art in Kaliningrad: July- November 2005, which was finished by publishing CD „Audio Tourism“
music playing on live to films : „The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari“, „Aelita“, „Metropolis“, „Faust‘“ , „Baraka“
sound instalation : what are you thinking about your housing estate?
an open air settlement– Słupsk December 2005
broadcast „Home Emissions“- emiter.arszyn - made for Copernicus Radio and University of Art in Berlin, premiere –September 2005
Labels:
a-version (Great Britain )/ deserted factory (Japan)/ tamizdat (Czech Republic , USA) /moo-zik (France) / drone rec. (Germany)/ The Lollipop Shop (Germany)/Staalplaat (Germany, Holland)/ monotyperecords www.monotyperecords.com/ Rockers Publishing (Poland)/Nefryt (Poland)/ Gustaff www.gusstaff.com (Poland)/ www.serpent.pl (Poland)/ sojuz emiter rec. – www.emiter.art.pl
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