Ireneusz Socha (born 1964) is a Polish drummer and composer. He co-founded the
zineDRUT, which pioneered coverage of Polish art during its publication from 1985 to 1987. Socha managed the group Kirkut-Koncept, which performed original compositions that ranged between rock, cabaret, ethnic, and experimental music during its 1986 to 1990 lifetime. During the 1980s, Socha was affiliated with other
avant-garde Polish groups, such as Przestrzenie,
music theatre troupes, the improvisation troupe Na Przyklad, and the
post-industrial band Hiena. He has collaborated with
Jarosław Bester, Bolesław Błaszczyk, Marek Chołoniewski,
Chris Cutler, Piotr Czerny, Tomasz Duda, Joane Hétu,
Tomasz Krakowiak,
Jacek Podsiadło,
Raphael Roginski, and
Yuriy Yaremchuk.
Socha translated
Chris Cutler's 1985 book File Under Popular into Polish, publishing it through the Zielona Sowa Publishing House in 1999. In 2000, he founded
Dembitzer Music. Between 2004 and 2014, he translated the
Sefer Dembitz to Polish for the genealogy organization
JewishGen. Socha wrote the script and music for the 2004 short documentary Nothing Remains Forever (Society of Friends of the Land of
Dębica).