The origins of "Bernardino Da Siena" began in 2018 while I was writing a slew of songs between the styles of extreme metal and techno. This musical focus was a way to process the conflicts between my trans-femme, immigrant identity and the various strands of misogyny and transphobia that ran respectively through my countries of origin; the Unites States and Italy. At the same time, a separate project proposal of mine had been accepted by 33 Officina Creativa (33OC), which is an art residency located in a small, Italian town called Toffia. I therefore had to shelve the metal - techno songs and prepare for my trip from the Unites States to Europe instead.
33OC is housed inside a de-consecrated, medieval convent that had been built by Franciscan friars. I found out during my stay that the church within had been dedicated to Bernardino da Siena (1380 - 1444), who had apparently stayed in Toffia during one of his pilgrimages from Rome in 1430. Bernardino was a missionary who spent his life traveling through Italy to preach and reinvigorate the people’s faith in Catholicism. In 1450, he was canonized as a saint by the Pope. Upon further research, I became aware of Bernardino’s pivotal role in influencing the Roman Catholic Church’s violent treatment of Queer people and women; his speeches often decried witchcraft, ’sodomy’, and other forms of ‘sin’. It seemed that I had, almost by chance, discovered a historical root to the culturally - pervasive repression that had caused me such strife.
So, I decided to respond to Bernardino’s poisonous legacy with black metal and techno; a historically anti - clerical genre and a historically Queer genre of music. I abandoned the initial project proposal for 33OC and continued, for the rest of my time in Toffia, to work on the shelved songs that I had started in the United States.
A fresco from the 1400’s still remains inside that church, with depictions of Bernardino and other religious figures present. I would start my days by gazing upon the fresco, then playback and record sounds with the reverb of that church’s concrete interior. This is how/ Bernardino da Siena / was made.

A bell, a creaking door, my screams, the two rivers that surround Toffia, feedback… all these sounds gave life to the silent image of Bernardino and I would feel, for a brief moment, that my ire could reach him.

Onirologia a.k.a. Costantino Toth is an Italian - American composer and multimedia artist born in Sarasota, Florida and currently based in Berlin. Their work amalgamates themes of homemaking and transformation with a process that highlights a ‘conceptual commitment to the sample’. Onirologia’s debut album, "O" (2017), was made mostly with archival material that pertained to the artist’s personal and cultural lineage (relatives' voices, old VHS tapes, an EEG, etc) in order to convey the strange, divisive experience of being a 1st-generation, trans immigrant. Since then, “O” has become a further exploration into sonic sedimentation, and will continue indefinitely through annual reiterations. 

Production and Mixing by Onirologia
Lyrics and Vocals by Onirologia
Mastering by Emme Moises at SoundLab
Artwork by Daniel Mangosing
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Onirologia - Bernardino Da Siena

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Neil Luck
Downturn Fantasies
CD (E255)

Limited edition of 150 copies
Release date: August 2021
https://entracte.co.uk/projects/Neil-Luck-E255

An abandoned title for this album — Under Eye Finger Pressure —
could be a tentative instruction to the listener. Closing your eyes,
then gently pressing the base of your eyeballs through your eyelids
is a good, slightly painful way of generating accompanying visual
phenomena. Direct from the lobes, unmediated colours and shapes
that ease passage into a less concrete way of meeting the world.

Downturn Fantasies

Neil Luck (E255; 2021)

Privacy Angels

Untitled X (feat. Kenichi Iwasa)

Petteril ~ Glōm

, · ' ' , iels vécurent en feu 

@itsronce

FR :
, ' ' · , sur les cendres est une compilation de 13 pistes qui explorent le thème de la reprise de rythme après l'euphorie de la reconstruction post-collapse (littérale ou métaphorique). Elle explore les nouveaux rituels, le quotidien et les façons de célébrer et pourrait être la bande-son de ce qui nait sur les cendres, embrassant les nouvelles expressions de joie et les rythmes de la résilience.

Troisième volet d'une trilogie de compiles sorties sur Olga Productions, après "DÉLITEMENT" et "Ruines", ", ' ' · , sur les cendres" clot le cycle et l'arc narratif des trois volets, qui reflète l'évolution de la décadence au renouveau, de la désolation à la redécouverte.

EN :
, ' ' · , sur les cendres is a 13-tracks compilation exploring the theme of life reclaiming its rhythm after the euphoria of reconstruction post-collapse (Literally or figuratively). We wanted to work around the new rituals, journeys, and ways of celebration—the soundtrack to emerging from the ashes and discovering fresh avenues for revelry and exploration, embracing the novel expressions of joy, the rhythms of resilience.

This release marks the end of a trilogy on Olga Productions, following "DÉLITEMENT" and "Ruines."
As the final installment in this cycle, ", ' ' · , sur les Cendres" completes the narrative arc, offering a musical journey that reflects the evolution from decay to renewal, from desolation to rediscovery.

Artwork : Amalia Jaulin
Mastering : Maxime Maurel (Studio Noir)
Production : Alice la Terreur, Alexandre Peron, Julien Faussillon 

released April 17, 2024
 
all rights reserved

Ronce - Refuse

Noise and Cries 굉음과 울음

죽음이 두려울 때까지 Until Scared of Death

Kuori II

SITOI - Exuviae

nowhere square, for brass (excerpt)

Lyl radio 16/04/2024
https://soundcloud.com/julekploski

Tracklist :

JOHN BEAL - The X Files Theme („The X-Files” OST)

„IT'S ALL FOR YOU DAMIEN” SCENE FROM „THE OMEN” (1976)

MATEUSZ TOMCZAK - Samobójca (julek ploski Remix)

JONI MITCHELL - River / C418 - Subwoofer Lullaby

BERNARD HERMANN, JAMES P. NICHOLS - A Reluctant Hero ⧸ Betsy ⧸ End Credits („Taxi Driver” OST) [excerpt]

MEL V - katt daddy

JULEK PLOSKI - Lost Highway(extended) [jśa Remix]

LIM GIONG - A Pure Person („Millenium Mambo” OST) / VOICE MESSAGE.M4A (March 2024)

JOHN MEDSKI - Fake Tears („The Curse” OST) / CHERRY TOMATO BOYS SCENE FROM „THE CURSE” (2023)

DEATH’S DYNAMIC SHROUD.WMV, HOLLY WAXWING - Together, Our Thing

KOTA HOSHINO - Dawn To Home & SHAKIRA - She Wolf

HARUOMI HOSONO - Ukihashi („The Tale of Genji” OST)

ELYSIA CRAMPTON CHUQUIMIA - Panic Glue demo (piled w⧸ DJ Why Be) [2016]

COALS - batalija

BASSHUNTER - DotA

ALBERTO IGLESIAS - Los Vestidos Desgarrados („The Skin I Live In” OST)

JONNY GREENWOOD - Popcorn Superhet Receiver [excerpt]

ERIC PRYDZ - Pjanoo (Radio Edit)

YASUAKI SHIMIZU - Destiny No.1

MAGE,, SINDRAL - River Valley ৲. (intro)𓐁 𓐂 𓐃

FRANCIS BEBEY AT REAL WORLD STUDIOS (yt: @Real World Records)

HIRASAMA SUSUMU - Shizuku Ippai no Kioku („Paprika” OST)

Lyl Radio

ROOM**21 Julek Ploski

acousmatic growth w/ qu0th - 16/04/2024

order of layering :
plummet — damaged (antillas remix)
*tim hecker — the piano drop!!!!!!!!!*
foie gras — post birth
belmont girl — cut me down

a little remaster from the version played on my radio show : 
https://on.soundcloud.com/gaWcU

the piano drop

Human curation of music in the age of algorithmic based taste.

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It functions as music label and digital archive for in-house interdisciplinary projects and exhibitions.
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