MICHAŁ JACASZEK

Music

The Great Misophonic Orchestra_ electronica

Author and producer of electroacoustic music that combines electronically prepared sounds with acoustic instruments. Composer of soundtracks and theatre music. He is a co-curator of C3 Festival /Club Contemporary Classical/. Member of Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music. Lives in Gdansk, Poland.

Theatre and film music plays an important role in his work. Jacaszek gained Grand Prix at ”Dwa Teatry” Festival for music composed for the play ”Golgota Wrocławska” directed by Jan Komasa. He wrote music for two plays directed by Michał Siegoczyński: ”2084” and „SHOWTIME”. He also created music for „There is no others, there is only us” film directed by Marc Silver, as well as for ”Nigdy nie wrocisz do domu” (”You will never come back home”) documentary movie shoot by Jolanta Krysowata. His last work was the soundtrack for „Sala samobojcow” (Suicide’s Room) cinema movie directed by Jan Komasa.

Performed in USA (Unsound New York, Communikey, Hopscotch), in Canada (Mutek Showcase), in Great Britain (Fertilizer Festival, Apha Ville Festival), in Nederlands (Urbanexplorer Festival), in Belgium (Fereejen Festival), Portugal, Sweden (Volt Festival), Slovakia, Germany, Ukraine and Russia (Electro-Mechanica Festival); as well as in Poland at the most important festivals: Heineken Opener Festival, Off Festival, Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Unsound Festival, Astigmatic, Festiwal Ambientalny.

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_CREDITS_

Curator _ Natalia Cyrzan
Production _ Natalia Cyrzan, Anna Jankowska
Editing, www _ Ola Halicka
Translation _ Juliusz Okuniewski
Graphic design _ Bang Bang Design
Webdev _ Łukasz Farysej, trustudio
Photographic documentation _ Dawid Linkowski, Art and Action Photography
Video documentation _ cameras: Jarosław Klechowicz, montage: Konrad Kulczyński

Acknowledgements_
_Gdański Zarząd Nieruchomości Komunalnych and ‘Cruiseriders North’ association – for their permission to organise the Misophonia Episode at Szaniec Jezuicki.
_The Jewish community in Gdansk (Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska) – for their permission to use the new synagogue in Wrzeszcz for the rehearsals of the GMO.

Contact details_
City Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej): ul. Długi Targ 39/40, 80-830 Gdansk
For media: Marta Bednarska, e-mail: marta.bednarska@ikm.gda.pl