This site covers selected activities of Dr Martin K. Koszolko who is a Polish-born, Newcastle (Australia) based sound producer and academic known for his creative work under the KOshowKO, Philosophy Of Sound and iUBAR PROJECT monikers.
KOshowKO’s ‘Now You’re Talking Baby’ was featured in the Art Music Awards-nominated compilation and adopted as the MINA Film Festival anthem. The creation of this piece was discussed at the Mobile Studies Congress 2023 and now the track has a music video with VHS aesthetics!
“Survival Tactics” is iubar project’s debut concept album. 13 years in the making, the release explores the themes of human behaviour, isolation, conflict, and abandonment of planet Earth.
KOshowKO channels the legendary Charanjit Singh by blending the 303 with non-Western instruments in the new track ‘The 303rd Babel of Greed’ made for the Clan Analogue compilation album ‘Cognition 303: Bassline Deviations’. The album is a celebration of the Roland TB-303 Bass Line machine.
‘Daylesford Naturalis: During Covid Lockdown #4’ is a series of field recordings documenting the sounds of nature at different sites around Daylesford, in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Victoria, Australia, during the 4th state-wide Covid-19 lockdown in May/June 2021.
After a couple of pre-release singles, the new KOshowKO EP is out today in its Bandcamp Edition. This release explores various ‘mobile positions’, mostly iOS & OP1 based mobile music making strategies
I’m excited to announce that I won an award for Best Music in the Shoot 4 Earth Global Film Competition. The event originated … More
A summary of my musical activities, collaborations, online multicast gigs and releases from 2020, most of which were conducted in isolation during Covid-19 lockdowns. Many of these projects have not been described on this blog before.
