Ensemble Ptilia is an experimental ensemble of musicians and visual artists exploring the outcomes that exist within liminal spaces - the in-between - through interdisciplinary collaboration and time-based (durational) events. A primary focus in our practice centers on deep listening, which is influenced by the works of Pauline Oliveros. We compose original site-specific works that converse with the locations in which we perform, in an effort to increase both our attention and that of our audience to our immediate and everyday surroundings and to encourage listening which is open, calm, present, and patient.

Ido Bukelman is an Israeli (based in Berlin) guitarist, multi instrumentalist, composer-improviser, whose work combines elements of modern music, folk, and free jazz.
Ido Bukelman very active in the Israeli "new music" scene for the past 10 years.
Ido played a large number of solo concerts in different international festivals and venues.
Until today Ido has released more than ten albums under my name, four of them - Solo acoustic guitar.
Ido has performed and recorded with international musicians like Aairto Moreira, Gunter Sommer Baby, Frode Gjerstad, Axel Dörner, Mark Sanders, Mikołaj Trzaska and others.

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“one of the great unknown (at least in America) guitarists. Fledgling label Out Now Recordings is off on the right foot by shining the spotlight on this true artist.”
- By Mike Wood, foxydigitalis

“…Bukelman is even better on his own. His solo is totally acoustic and even more in your face. Tightly wound and fearsomely sure of itself."
- Bill Meyer, Wire

- By Phil McMullen, Wild thing

"(...) A real stream of consciousness that draws from the languages of the avant-garde and the emotions of the soul. An excursion in the territories of thought and poetry, in perfect solitude, with no regrets (...)"
--All About Jazz, Italia

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A guitarist whose distinctive, physical playing style was shaped in the band Kurws, he regularly collaborates with the post-punk trio Atol Atol Atol. Over the years, he has played several hundred concerts and released multiple albums. Outside his band work, he explores concrete, electroacoustic and improvised music, seeking articulations that emerge from limitations and the imperfections of performance and recording. His experiments centre mainly on the electric guitar, but also involve acoustic instruments, processed field recordings and dub-oriented mixes.

contact: discomfortbooking@gmail.com

upcoming shows:

solo:

10.12 Kraków (PL)  @ Bar .punkt
11.12 Olomouc (CZ)  @ Ponorka
12.12 Brno (CZ) @ Rello
13.12 Vienna (AT) @ Vekks
14.12 České Budějovice (CZ) @ Hluboko
15.12 Praha (CZ) @ Husovka
16.12 Ostrava (CZ) @ Kocouří způsoby 

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past shows (apart from Kurws, Atol Atol Atol, Rykoszet) :

25.09.2025 Wrocław, Music For Gaza @ Miser Art
21.06.2025 Prague (CZ) @ Punctum (+ No Pavarotti)
20.06.2025 Linz (AT) @ Initiative.Raumschiff
19.06.2025 Luzern (CH) @ Mullbau
17.06.2025 Billom (FR) @ La Perm
15.06.2025 Grenoble (FR) @ Le Local Autogéré
14.06.2025 Marseille (FR) @ secret place
13.06.2025 Barcelona (ES) @ Blokes Fantasma / Ojalá Estë Mi Bici
12.06.2025 Benicarlo (ES) @ Plug In The Gear
11.06.2025 Don Benito (ES) @ The Rincón Pío Sound
10.06.2025 Beja (PT) @ Let’s Do It! festival
08.06.2025 Lisbon (PT) @ Prisma Estúdio
17.05.2025 Warszawa @ Ladom 
16.05.2025 Lublin @ Centrum Kultury w Lublinie  
15.05.2025 Łódź @ Ignorantka 
14.05.2025 Poznań @ Dragon Social Club 
26.04.2025 Gdańsk @ Kolonia Artystów
25.04.2025 Toruń @ Dom Kultury

28.11.2024 Wrocław @ Galeria Toy PIano 
14.12.2024 Wrocław @ Uczulenie (w/ Mateusz Rybicki, Sebastiaan Janssen )
17.11.2024 Poznań @ Farby 
16.11.2024 Łódź, Musica Privata @ Fabryka Biedermanna (w/ Piotr Gwadera, Mikołaj Trzaska) 
21.09.2024 Kraków @ Baza  (w/ Paulina Owczarek, Kevin Górzyński, Artur Rumiński)
12.09.2024 Ad Libitum, Warszawa @ Pardon To Tu
20.05.2024 Wrocław (PL) @ Macondo (w/ Lena Czerniawska, Emilio Gordoa Wojtek Kurek)
5.05.2024 Wrocław (PL) @ Uczulenie 
09.03.2024 Szczecin @ TRAFO (solo guitar)

15.12.2023 Wrocław @ Galeria EXIT w/ SPALONA ZIEMIA (Sikorski / Witkowski)
20.11.2023 Wrocław @ Bemma Bar (w/ Ken Vandermark / Marta Warelis / Sebastiaan Janssen 
27.10.2023 Wrocław @ Kawiarnia Hiszpańska (w/ Paweł Doskocz)
14.10.2023 Wrocław @ Uczulenie (as Dj Discomfort)
13.10.2023 Wrocław @ Galeria EXIT (& Michał Sember)
06.10.2023 Wrocław @ Bemma Bar (guitar solo)
24.09.2023 Warsaw, Idealistic Festival @ Hashtag Lab (guitar solo)
14.09.2023 Wrocław @ Bemma bar (with SUNDOGS - Rybicki / Hall / Kozera)
23.04.2023 Poznań (PL) @ Farby (solo)
31.03.2023 @ Kawiarnia Hiszpańska (w/ Rybicki, Wdowikowski, Kurek)
16.03.2023 Wrocław (PL) @ Uczulenie (Obrzęk Improv Sessions)
3.02.2023 Wrocław @ Kawiarnia Hiszpańska (& Mateusz Rybicki)

10.12.2022 Wrocław @ Wyspa Tamka (w/ Shepherds of Cats)
19.08.2022 Wrocław (PL) @ Macondo (& Jan Fanfare)
13.03. 2022 Wrocław @ Galeria Nicponiej (& Michał Sember)

04.12.2021 Poznań @ Orzeszkowa Session #2
11.11.2021 Warszawa, Chryste Panie Fest @ Młodsza Siostra

10.10.2020 Poznań @ Dragon (Spoons & Bones)
26.09.2020 Wrocław @ CRK (Spoons & Bones)
19.09.2020 Ostrava @ Госрода (& Zdenek Zavodny)

16.11.2019 Wrocław, Canti Spazializzati #8 @  CeTA (& Beniovska)
06.10.2019 Kraków @ Unsound Festival (& Kukangendai)
02.10. 2019 Warszawa @ Avant Art Festival (& Kukangendai)
25.09.2019 Wrocław @ Avant Art Festival (& Kukangendai)
21.09.2019 Wrocław @ Macondo (solo guitar)
08.06.2019 Wrocław @ Tajne Komplety (& Konrad Góra)
19.05.2019 Kyoto @ Soto (& Kukangendai)
10.05.2019 Wrocław @ Wykwit (& Czarny Latawiec)
21.02.2019 Wrocław @ Macondo (& Michał Sember)
24.01.2019 Warszawa @ Młodsza Siostra (& Michał Cirocki & Andrzej Załęski)

19.10.2018 Sopot @ Gnojki Turbo Diesel (& Piotr Pawlak)
08.12.2018 Kraków @ Warsztat (& Piotr Łyszkiewicz)

09.12.2017 Wrocław @ Blackmoon (& Piotr Łyszkiewicz & Macio Moretti & Karol Gadzało)
08.12.2017 Wrocław @ Cafe Rozrusznik (& Piotr Łyszkiewicz as All Ears duo)
17.03.2016 Warszawa @ Eufemia (& Łukasz Rychlicki)

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