about
Bartłomiej Oleś
Composer, electronic music creator, producer, drummer. Since 2024, he has regularly created electronic music under the name Drumbientone. Author of over 200 compositions spanning electronic, classical, film, theater, and jazz. As a jazz drummer, he is considered one of the most creative artists on the European jazz scene. He is the author/co-author of over 30 albums recorded in the last 25 years with artists from around the world under the Oleś Brothers banner. His portfolio includes projects featuring music by great Polish contemporary composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Krzysztof Komeda, ethnic music, drum solo records and compositions for the National Theatre, Television Theatre, independent theaters, film, animation, including British BBC.
The artist's latest projects, created as DRUMBIENTONE, explore the realms of electronic and ambient music. Recorded album "Songs of Planets and Moons," the artist selected the authentic sounds of nineteen planets and moons to create music based on their sounds. He electronically processed them, adding his own musical commentary and structures to create his own cosmic journey through the infinite expanses of the universe. Subsequent space music albums, "Voyager Dreams," which references the journey of the Voyager One space probe, "Infintude," "Storm of Light," or "Darkness Reflections," develop themes of the vast expanses of space.
In 2025, created a series of soundscapes under the collective title "Time Diary," using the language of music to describe memories of places transformed by the passage of time. The composition and its structures are based, in addition to original piano parts, field recordings and electronic music composed as integral parts of the music. The music is contemplative and universal in nature – emotions related to the passage of time and memories are understandable regardless of cultural context, age, or social status. In 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, PIW commissioned a new original composition titled "Hibakusha." Since the return to electric music artist regularly creates new music, the results of which are available not only on physical discs but also on streaming platforms.
