I started writing at the end of 2012, when I was just nineteen years old.
It all began with my passion for music and the need to contribute to the discourse around it. My first article - an essay on the infamous collective COUM Transmissions, the band Throbbing Gristle, and the origins of industrial music - was published by the Polish website Screenagers in February 2013.
I continued to write for Screenagers for the next three years, and in the meantime I received the first commissions for paid articles: from “Res Publica Nowa” and T-Mobile Music, respectively (the latter was a music website launched and published by Axel Springer).
My career took off in 2015, when I did an interview with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge for “Noise Magazine,” Poland’s best known and most respected publication for underground, avant-garde, and extreme music. Since then, I have published dozens of interviews with musicians as well as essays and reviews.
In 2016, I became a regular contributor to Dwutygodnik.com, Poland’s most renowned online publication for culture and entertainment.
In 2021, I briefly contributed to the English edition of “Noise Magazine” as an author, translator, and proofreader. The app in which it was published is available for download for both iOS and Android.
If you’d like to see my output as a writer, journalist, and editor - or find out why it’s relevant in the context of my career as a translator - please refer to the scans and links below.
NOISE MAGAZINE
All interviews with artists from outside Poland were translated into Polish from either English or German - depending on the language in which the conversation took place. For information on particular issues, please refer to the captions.
The scans below don’t show the articles in their entirety - to purchase an issue and read a text that interests you in full, head to Noise Magazine’s official webstore. To access those issues which were published in English as well, please go to App Store or Google Play.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV; interview) - issue 4(6), December 2015
Matt Elliott (interview) - issue 1(7), February 2016
Anna von Hausswolff (interview) - issue 3(9), July 2016
Jayn H. Wissenberg (Darkher; interview) - issue 3(9), July 2016
Gabi Delgado, Robert Görl (DAF/Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft; interview) - issue 4(10), October 2016
Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot; interview) - issue 1(12), February 2017
Nicole Sabouné (interview) - issue 1(12), February 2017
Wes Eisold (Cold Cave; interview) - issue 3(14), July-August 2017
Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver; interview) - issue 3(14), July-August 2017
Chelsea Wolfe (interview) - issue 4(15), October 2017
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey: essay/interview) - issue 4(15), October 2017
Stefan Wesołowski (interview) - issue 5(16), December 2017
Sera Timms (Ides Of Gemini; interview) - issue 1(17), March 2018
Margaret Chardiet (Pharmakon; interview) - issue 2(18), May 2018
Sara Taylor (Youth Code; interview) - issue 2(18), May 2018
Nika Roza Danilova (Zola Jesus; interview) - issue 3(19), July 2018
Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten; interview), issue 4(20), October 2018
Maciej Frett (Job Karma, Wrocław Industrial Festival) - issue 4(20), October 2018
Luis Vasquez (The Soft Moon; interview) - issue 4(20), October 2018
Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota; interview) - issue 5(21), December 2018
Aleksandra Grünholz (We Will Fail; interview) - issue 1(22), February 2019
Peter Murphy (Bauhaus; interview/cover story) - issue 1(22), February 2019
Milena Eva, Thomas Sciarone (GGGOLDDD, then GOLD; interview) - issue 2(23), May 2019
Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins; interview) - issue 2(23), May 2019
Wade Black (Kollaps; interview) - issue 3(24), July 2019
Michał Hoffmann (Afrojax, Afro Kolektyw; interview) - issue 3(24), July 2019
Luna Vassarotti (OPERANT, Instruments Of Discipline; interview) - issue 3(24), July 2019
"Prowodyrki chaosu" ("Architectresses of Chaos") - an essay on women in black metal and their work, special black metal issue, October 2019
Andrew Clinco, Alex Nicolaou (Drab Majesty; interview) - issue 5(26), December 2019
Anatoly Pakhalenko, Natalya Pakhalenko (Nytt Land; interview) - issue 5(26), December 2019
Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother; interview), issue 1(27), February 2020
Heather Gabel (HIDE; interview) - issue 2(28), May 2020
Einstürzende Neubauten (essay; interview) - issue 3(29), July 2020
JG Thirlwell (Foetus; interview) - issue 3(29), July 2020
Jarboe (Swans; interview) - issue 4(30), September 2020
Linnea Olsson (Maggot Heart; interview) - issue 4(30), September 2020
Domenic Palermo (Nothing; interview) - issue 5/6 (31), December 2020
Bartłomiej "Bart" Szudek (Azarath; interview) - issue 5/6 (31), December 2020
Zosia Hołubowska (Mala Herba; interview) - issue 2(33), April-May 2021
Mala Herba (interview translated from Polish into English) - issue 2(33), April-May 2021, screenshot from the English app
Mānbryne (interview translated from Polish into English) - issue 1(32), February 2021, screenshot from the English app
DWUTYGODNIK (dwutygodnik.com)
All articles written in Polish. In order to open and read an article, click on an image.
An essay on/a review of Julia Marcell’s record “Proxy” - issue 180 (02/2016)
A review of PJ Harvey’s record “The Hope Six Demolition Project” - combined with an essay on her work and persona - issue 183 (04/2016)
An essay on/a review of Barbara Wronska’s record “Dom z ognia” - issue 232 (03/2018)
A review of Janelle Monáe’s record “Dirty Computer” - combined with an essay on her persona and the Afrofuturistic tropes in her music - issue 238 (05/2018)
A review of Moor Mother’s record “Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes” - combined with an essay on her life, with some references to Afroamerican music and history - issue 269 (11/2019)
A review of Sightless Pit’s record “Grave of a Dog” - combined with an essay on all members’ contribution to extreme music - issue 278 (03/2020)
RES PUBLICA NOWA
In order to purchase the issue, please head to the publication’s official website.
Przerwana lekcja muzyki (“Interrupted Music Lesson”), an essay on the link between mental illness and music, written w/ Andzelika Kaczorowska, issue 212 (22/2013), summer 2013 (published in Polish)
RYTMY.PL
I used to be a contributor to Rytmy.pl before the website’s profile changed entirely to one which was about pop culture in general.
In 2016, in the wake of countrywide protests against the planned ban on abortion in Poland, I wrote a brief tribute to Diamanda Galás as part of a longer piece on the musical heroines that we (the other authors and I) looked up to. Click on the image to open the article (written in Polish)
SCREENAGERS.PL
Before writing became a source of income for me, it was my favorite pastime. Back then, I was a member of the editing team at Screenagers (screenagers.pl) and that’s where I learned to write about music, which eventually gave me the opportunity to move on and become a professional.
Below you will find some articles that I feel best stood the test of time. Please note that they are all in Polish. Short summaries in English are provided in captions.
“Transmission from the Abyss” - an essay on COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Grtistle, and the sociopolitical circumstances behind the birth of industrial music. Written in December 2012, published in February 2013
“Breaking the Waves, or 10 Years in the Underground” - an essay on the no wave movement in music and how it intertwined with the underground movies of Richard Kern. Published in April 2013
“The Source Family: a Study on the Californian Cult” - an essay on the history of the 1970s cult led by Jim Baker and the music of Ya Ho Wa 13. Published in December 2013
“Breakfast on the Grass” - an essay on Linda Perhacs, her music, and the aesthetic similarities between her debut album and the movies of Vera Chytilová. Published in July 2014
A review of Julia Holter’s “Loud City Song” in the context of Gertrude Stein’s “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,” Truman Capote’s “Answered Prayers,” and the artistic circles trope. Published in September 2013
A review of T’ien Lai’s “Da’at” with a reference to the Slavic magical realism. Published in December 2013
A review of Lana Del Rey’s “Ultraviolence” with some thoughts on the ambivalent nature of her music, and the old money/classic American pop culture themes in her music. Published in July 2014
A review of Chrome’s “Feel It Like a Scientist” and how their industrial post-punk compares to dystopian sci-fi movies. Published in September 2014
A review of Ariel Pink’s “pom pom” with some thoughts on how his music is pure pastiche and musical comedy. Published in December 2014
A review of Jenny Hval’s “Apocalypse, Girl” with commentary on the ironic nature of her music. Published in June 2015
A review of Joanna Newsom’s “Divers,” including remarks on the development of her career and the diverse folk roots of her most recent record. Published in December 2015
A review of Zamilska’s “Undone” EP in the context of industrial music and its devices. Published in April 2016
T-MOBILE MUSIC
Unfortunately, the entire website (https://t-mobile-music.pl) has been shut and taken down altogether. A small part of its content can still be accessed via the Internet Archive.