about
Bartłomiej Oleś
Composer, drummer and music producer, born February 4, 1973. Author of over 200 compositions in the fields of classical, film, theater, and jazz music. As a performer, he is considered one of the most creative artists on the European jazz scene. He is the author/co-creator of over 30 music albums recorded with artists from around the world. He also creates electronic music as Drumbientone.
Active in the music scene for over twenty years, he creates his own projects, performs concerts, and records with many prominent figures from around the world. His artistic activities encompass classical, ethnic, jazz, and electronic music. His portfolio includes projects with music by great Polish contemporary composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Krzysztof Komeda, albums with ethnic music, compositions for the National Theatre, Television Theatre, independent theatres, film, animation and for the British BBC Radio.
Active in the music scene for over twenty years, he creates his own projects, performs concerts, and records with many prominent figures from around the world. His artistic activities encompass classical, ethnic, jazz, and electronic music. His portfolio includes projects with music by great Polish contemporary composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Krzysztof Komeda, albums with ethnic music, compositions for the National Theatre, Television Theatre, independent theatres, film, animation and for the British BBC Radio.
The artist’s latest projects, created under the alias DRUMBIENTONE, explore the realm of ambient and electronic music. For the 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. This project continues with the album ”Voyager Dreams”, which references the journey of the Voyager One space probe. In 2025 he creates a series of soundscapes under the common title, ”Time Diary”, uses 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 the original piano parts, on ambient sounds. The music is contemplative and universal in nature – the emotions associated with the passage of time and memories are understandable regardless of cultural context, age, or social status.
