Julius Pollux
composes, records and plays music.
news
autumn 2023:
composing and recording film music for No Other Land, a documentary by israeli & palestinian filmmakers Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Balal.
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spring/summer 2023:
working on music for a new dance piece by choreographer Klāvs Liepiņš.
created a sound installation for Memento, a site-specific artwork by artist duo Harrie Liveart, exhibited at Chappe Museum, Tammisaari, Finland.
Also: new music for both Vil and BSÍ in the making.
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winter 2022/2023:
collaboration with Sigurlaug Thorarensen on the score for “Sprich mit mir”, feature film by Janin Halisch.
Premiere at Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken, january 24th, 2023.
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autumn 2022:
final stop of an exciting and eventful year for BSÍ:
we played a live session for the wonderful people at KEXP in Seattle.
you can watch it HERE
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winter/spring 2021/2022:
composing and recording the score for “Power of Love” (StickUp Filmproduktion, RBB & Arte), second feature film by Jonas Rothlaender
Premiere at Rakkautta & Anarkiaa, Helsinki International Film Festival, september 19th, 2023.
film music (selection)
production: StickUp Filmproduktion, RBB & Arte
(in collaboration with Sigurlaug Thorarensen)
short film
directed by Hilke Rönnfeldt
production: Super16, Astar Film, North Ship Film
2021
Wet Cement
short film
directed by Klāvs Liepiņš
2017
other compositions & collaborations (selection)
album release & art exhibition
a multidisciplinary music and art project on immigration in Iceland, in collaboration with Claire Paugam
juliuspollux.bandcamp.com
covid concert stream: https://youtu.be/TjzvBdPeGU8
2020
Homeland
Research collaboration with Erik DeLuca, exhibition at Kling& Bang, Reykjavík, August 21st - October 3rd, 2021.
Erik writes: “This project is about immigration policy, transnational migration, the politics of forgetting, Jewish diaspora, and Holocaust education. Most importantly, this project has been my vessel to desire unknowable stories related to my identity.
‘We were told to forget; and we forgot quicker than anybody ever could imagine.’ – Hannah Arendt”
Radio play - musical score
directed by Jonas Rothlaender
SWR2 (Germany), 2018
A minor unknown
collaborative album/project/concert with Mink Steekelenburg’s Winterdagen
commissioned by Oerol Festival, Terschelling/Netherlands
2018
Practical Latvian
Music for a dance performance
choreography: Klāvs Liepiņš, 2018
band projects
– Lo-fi krútt popp pönk, traffic & riot & feminism,
with Sigurlaug Thorarensen
Vil
– Gloomy experiments, long-distance collaboration in between Denmark and Iceland,
with Lovis Bechmann
Laura Secord
– More Agitated Icelandic Outsider Rock Poetry,
with Alison MacNeil, Erik DeLuca & Ægir Sindri Bjarnason
Stormy Daniels
– Punk band, teenage dreams! takk fyrir ekkert!
with Salvör Gullbrá, Óðinn Dagur Bjarnason & Ægir Sindri Bjarnason
Mount Theodore
– A journal in songs, a journey with guests, a diary of bedroom-recorded songs
about
Julius
Pollux Rothlaender
(*1988, Lübeck/Germany) is a musician and
composer based in Iceland, mainland Europe and elsewhere. Alongside his solo and band projects he also works on music for film, art installations, performances, and radio.
With listening being his most important instrument, Julius Pollux has over the last years been diving into experiments that combine music
and spoken word, exploring other elements of the human voice, of expression and
contemplation within music.
contact
mail (at) juliuspollux.net
– Julius Pollux Rothlaender, Reykjavík, 2023
Julius Rothlaender
