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Art installation

A Million Times at Changi

Original music for a large-scale kinetic installation at Singapore Changi Airport.

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Art installation

ENDEC — Reflection Pool

Original music and sound for the interactive installation Reflection Pool by Ben Tricklebank.

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Short Film

Euphoria

The track “Eclipse”, from the album Lost Memories, is used as the soundtrack for the short film Euphoria by Amélie Tourangeau.

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Documentary

Into the Unknown

The track “El Monte”, from the album Selva Primaria, is featured in the documentary Into the Unknown.

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TV Series

VICE on Showtime

The track “Soma”, from the album Drift ion Soma, is featured in an episode of VICE on Showtime.

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Commission

Nature’s Clock

The track “Nature’s Clock” is used in a ten-minute animated countdown commissioned by YouTube.

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Art installation

Collection of Motion: Waterfalls (Tiered)

Original sound for Collection of Motion: Waterfalls (Tiered), an installation released in 2019.

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Review / Patagon

Foreign Accents

Review of Patagon published by Foreign Accents.

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Interview

Interview by Eric Olsen

Interview with Sebastian Oliwa published by La Nan in 2016.

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Year-end selection / Selva Primaria

Microphones in the Trees

Included at #2 in the publication’s year-end selection for 2014.

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Review / Time Immemorial

Vice

Feature and review of Time Immemorial published by Vice.

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Review / Time Immemorial

Guide Me Little Tape

Review of Time Immemorial published by Guide Me Little Tape.

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Review / Time Immemorial

Bonsái Clara

Review of Time Immemorial published by Bonsái Clara.

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Review / Time Immemorial

Pied Paper

Review of Time Immemorial published by Pied Paper.

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Review / Selva Primaria

Decoder Magazine

Review of Selva Primaria published by Decoder Magazine.

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Review / Selva Primaria

Microphones in the Trees

Review of Selva Primaria published by Microphones in the Trees.

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Review / Naturalia

Igloo Magazine

Review of Naturalia published by Igloo Magazine.

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Review / Naturalia

AmbientExotica

Review of Naturalia published by AmbientExotica.

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Review / Naturalia

Music Won’t Save You

Review of Naturalia published by Music Won’t Save You.

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Year-end selection / Naturalia

Microphones in the Trees

Included at #14 in the publication’s year-end selection for 2013.

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Year-end selection / Rituals

Impose Magazine

Included in the publication’s selection of the best cassette releases of 2012.

Since releasing his debut album, Anatomy, in 2010, through to his most recent album, Movements, in 2026, Sebastian Oliwa has developed an extensive body of work spanning ambient, neoclassical, drone and landscape music. Across more than fifteen years of recordings, his work has explored imagined geographies, ancestral memory, and the natural world.

Over the years, he has released most of his music through independent and DIY labels, including Rohs! Records in Italy, Inner Islands, Geology Records and Rainbow Pyramid in the United States, Shimmering Moods Records in the Netherlands, and Zeon Light in Sweden.

Alongside his personal work, Sebastian has built an extensive career as a composer and sound designer for documentary, film and visual media.

His work has also extended into public art and installations, such as , a monumental kinetic installation at Singapore Changi Airport, as well as other audiovisual and interactive works. He currently lives and works in southern Spain.