Catalog of Dariusz Mazurowski major compositions
Note : catalog does not contain background music (film for example), library music, audio presentations, side projects (signed by pseudonyms), group appearances etc. During concerts electroacoustic / acousmatic pieces often involve live electronics and live sound diffusion across multi-speaker systems, combination of fixed media with extracted tracks and (sometimes improvised) parts for live electronic devices.
Title (year) genre / instrumentation – notes / duration (parts)
Memory Days (1989) for tape (genuine tape), 10:29
The Book of Damned (1989) for tape (genuine tape), 3:05
Schizophony (1990) for tape (genuine tape), 30:59
Tape and Record (1990) for turntable, tape recorder and tape, 12:37
The Tapeworm Lady (1990) for acoustic objects, contact microphone, spring reverb and tape, 3:39
Nightmares (1990) conceptual music for tape (score), 11:00
The Elephant Man (1991) for tape (genuine tape), 1:14
Tales of Fictitious Animals (1991) for tape (genuine tape), 4:18
Study for Synthesizer (1991) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 5:20
Study for Sampler (1991) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 2:07
Ice Totem (1992) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 6:57
Art Against Decadence (1993) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 7:14
Music for Strings (1994) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 5:07
The Most Historic Telephone Call (1995) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 3:41
Quartet for 4 Turntables (1996) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 15:26
17 Unfinished Sketches (2000) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 26:11 (Sketch 1. – Prologue, Sketch 2. – First Patrol, Sketch 3. – Fit Parts Together Before Cementing, Sketch 4. – 3,8 %, Sketch 5. – Wrong Frequency, Sketch 6. – Doubtful Victim, Sketch 7. – Milk Coated Almonds, Sketch 8. – Second Patrol, Sketch 9. – Wolfpack, Sketch 10. – Third Patrol, Sketch 11. – Use Fine Black Thread, Sketch 12. – Seaguls, Sketch 13. – A Lady With Wooden Legs, Sketch 14. – Last Patrol, Sketch 15. – Nine Tapes, Sketch 16. – Life In A Cage, Sketch 17. – Epilogue)
Retro (Voltage Controlled Impressions) (2000) improvised pieces for analog live electronics, total time 47:30 :
– The First One, 9:30
– The Second One, 6:15
– The Third One, 7:29
– The Fourth One, 8:31
– The Fifth One, 2:08
– The Sixth One, 5:25
– The Last One, 6:53
Five Oscillations (2001) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 14:45
Exhibition I (2001) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), also audio installation, 7:55 and more (as installation could be infinite)
Stringed (2005) miniatures for string quartet electronics and computer-generated sound, total time about 17:00 :
– Stringed I, 2:37
– Stringed II, 2:46
– Stringed III, 1:13
– Stringed IV, 4:33
– Stringed V, 4:56
So the War ! (2006) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 4:24
Aleatoric Quartet (2008) for analog and digital live electronics, acoustic objects and computer-generated sound, 23:32 (long version), 13:11 (short version)
Small Suite with Strange Finale (2008) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 15:00
Divertimento (2010) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 31:58
Pseudaria (2011) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 30:55 (Etude 1 : Prologue, Etude 2 : Postcard from Prague, Etude 3 : Distant Twinkle, Etude 4 : Strings to Nowhere, Etude 5 : Random Resonances 1, Etude 6 : Caravan, Etude 7 : Ghost Battleship, Etude 8 : Random Resonances 2, Etude 9 : Vintage Photograph, Etude 10 : Garden Gate, Etude 11 : Empty Cages, Etude 12 : Epilogue)
China Mix (2012) much shorter, different mix of Pseudaria, with video projection, 9:18
Random Resonances 3 (2011) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 0:55
HF track (2011) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic, integral part of a team work Hector Fiore in Memoriam), 0:04
Ohr / Ohrenhoch (2011) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic) with video, also multimedia installation, 2:35
Clash of Icy Bodies (2012) for percussion and computer-generated sound, or computer-generated sound / electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 5:59
Eighth Samurai (2012) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 7:24
My Polish Song Book (2013) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 7:35
Twist and Out (2013) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 6:42
Non Acoustic Symphony (2013) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 45:34 (Part 1 : Secrets of Aerial Photography, Part 2 : 4,5 Billion Years, Part 3 : The Great Red Spot of Jupiter, Part 4 : Kraken Mare, Part 5 : Termination Shock, Part 6 : Far Beyond the Heliopause, Part 7 : Fait Accompli)
Trojan Planets (2012 / 2014) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 8:10
Entrance from 53, Ligovsky pr. (2014) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 6:49
Hidden Dimensions (2015) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 43:40 (Part 1 : Interrupted Timeline, Part 2 : Dossier of Oblivion, Part 3 : Depth of Field)
De eM for JP (2015) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), integral part of a team work PatJo, dedicated to the memory of Józef Patkowski, 0:03
Tape ER (2016) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), integral part of a team work Tribute to Rudnik, dedicated to the memory of Eugeniusz Rudnik, 0:05
The Destroyer of Dreams (2017) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 54:13 (Part 1 : Bye, Bye, See You Tomorrow, Part 2 : Madmen in the Snow, Part 3 : Between Everything and Nothing, Part 4 : Vanishing Signs on the Sky, Part 5 : The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse)
Antonio’s Autumnal Nightmare (2018) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 5:00
VIVA L’autunno (2018) for string ensemble and computer-generated sound, 5:00
Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura (2018) for flute, live electronics and computer-generated sound, 8:10
Soundscape with the Fall of Icarus (2018) for accordion, live electronics and computer-generated sound, 11:10
Golem XXI (2019) for accordion, piano, other instruments and objects, live electronics and computer, 52:27
More Equal than Others (2019) for accordion and computer, 8:04
30 Novembers (2019) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 39:53
One of Many Prague Novembers (2020) electroacoustic composition (acousmatic), 3:00
Binary Voyager (2020) algorithmic, endless and constantly evolving electroacoustic web composition available online
And I Woke up at the Darkest Dawn Ever (2021) for baritone / soprano saxophones and computer, 12:22
Kościuszko’s Death (2021), a monodrama for actor and electroacoustic music (with Krzysztof Gordon, based on the text by Anna Bojarska), also a radio play, 49:22
The Skeleton Army (2021) for harpsichord and computer, 10:15
4 Sketches for 4 Sides of the World (2021) miniatures for accordion and computer, two (East and North) composed by Dariusz Mazurowski, two (South and West) by Paweł Zagańczyk:
East, 2:36
North, 2:36
Summa Technologiae / Homo Sapiens (2021) for 2 actors, prepared piano, live electronics and computer, 5:08
Digital in Nature (2022) an audio loop to be presented as na audio installation at the Art and Media Lab of Queen’s University in Kingston (Canada), 2:02
Sybil Vane’s Final Performance (2023) for 1 – 2 radios, voice and computer (electronic track), 10:00
Metropolis Balticum (Urbana Landscape) (2023) urban soundscape of Gdańsk for multichannel sound projection, 51:00 (Part
1: Arrivals and Departures, Part 2: Water, Part 3: Industry, Part 4:
Air, Part 5: Streets, Part 6: Interiors, Part 7: Parks, Part 8: People)
Waveless Storm (2024) for viola and computer, 10:10