From album LOUFR - "FEARS"
Preorder 27.01.2024 / Premiere 03.02.2024
Listen & buy > https://pointless-geometry.bandcamp.com
Limited edition of 60 copies / C-35 cassette
POINTLESS GEOMETRY 2024 / POINT#55

Music and mix by LOUFR (Piotr Bednarczyk) / @loufr
Mastered by Fausto Mercier / @fausto_mercier
Artwork by Aleksandra Ołdak / https://www.instagram.com/aleksandra_ou

LOUFR is a solo project by the Polish composer Piotr Bednarczyk. His work focuses on intermedial chamber and electronic music. In his sonic endeavors, he explores the spaces of sound design, seeking sounds and structures characterized by a subjective, strong physical, and emotional impact. The non-musical content woven into his compositions revolves around global changes inevitably leading to the collapse of the world.


FEARS is the third album by Piotr Bednarczyk under the pseudonym LOUFR. The compositions of the Polish artist have resonated in numerous concert halls across Europe, and this time his work finds its home in Pointless Geometry, a label showcasing the most intriguing domestic electronic music.

LOUFR occupies an exceptionally stable position between contemporary music, hyperpop, and deconstructed club sounds. FEARS is a melancholic album, distinctly human despite the high degree of vocal processing and electronic instrumentation. This contrast is palpable from the very beginning, as emotional vocals collide with an almost trap-like beat. The album is not devoid of moments of true beauty, as evident in "269," a track built around a catchy, sung phrase. The title of this composition serves as a kind of manifesto, referencing the number of a calf rescued from a dairy farm by activists.

FEARS explores the extremes of sonic spectrums, juxtaposing delicate piano strikes with industrial noise and string instruments with a creaking synthesizer. Whether shrouded in electronics or warmed by organic instrumentation, all layers resonate with each other in an incredible, engaging harmony.

FEARS is a unique auditory experience—sharp, unconventional, and avant-garde in some places, while warm, inviting, and familiar in others. Bednarczyk's voice carries this paradox, emotional yet bathed in mechanical processing. The music of the Polish artist resonates with the disintegration of the world but does not relinquish hope. If it is to assist us in anything, it is in navigating through difficult emotions. And FEARS accomplishes this with finesse.

FEARS

LOUFR - 269  / POINT#55

upcoming:
21.04 VJ # Bromberg Calling 22 / Bydgoszcz
26.04 TJ # 2. Urodziny Oramics w Pogłosie / Warsaw
07.06 TJ # Debata: Małe wydawnictwa kasetowe / Szczecin
past:
13.04 TJ # SUMA sety i kasety / Poznań
31.03 TJ # 25 Urodziny Mózgu / Bydgoszcz
02.03 TJ # Social Fiction / Warsaw
23.02 TJ # OTWIERAMY RZEMIOSŁO / Warsaw
16.02 TJ #  zapraszam na wernisaż #3 / Warsaw
15.02 VJ # FLAUTA 7 / Warsaw
> 2018
23.11 VJ # Mózg Festival - Pointless Geometry Showcase / Warsaw
26.10 VJ # Fonomo Festival / Bydgoszcz
7.10 VJ # Konfrontacje teatralne Festival / Lublin
6.10 VJ # Nic / Cracow
28.09 TJ # We Are Radar: Group A live / Cracow
22.09 TJ # Új Bála / Carrageenan / Tj CC / Warsaw
14.09 VJ # Batyskaf 0000 Festival / Bratislava
30.08 VJ # FOQL + Tj CC, SWIR, Powerdove / Bristol 
24.08 VJ # Cafe OTO / London
18.08 VJ # Sanatorium Dźwięku Festival / Sokołowsko
20.07 VJ # Braille Satellite Festival / Lithuania
14.07 VJ # Małpie Lochy / Warsaw
08.07 TJ # Wydawcy w Ogrodzie / Warsaw
26.05 TJ # FLAUTA 5 / Warsaw
20.05 VJ # Rhizom Festival / Zurich
18.05 VJ # Syntetyk / Warsaw
12.05 TJ # Dym Festival / Gorzów Wlkp.
28.04 VJ # Sirens' Call site-specific / Warsaw
20.04 VJ # Hamselyt Festival / Tarnopol (UA)
19.04 VJ # Atom Festival / Zhytomir (UA)
17.02 VJ # Brutaż / Warsaw
27.01 VJ # UMÓR 4 / Warsaw
6.01 VJ # ORAMICS party / Warsaw
> 2017
15.12 VJ # Szkalunek Fallbeil LIVE / Warsaw
9.12 VJ # Syntetyk / Warsaw
18,11 VJ # Flauta / Warsaw
16.09 VJ # DYM Festival / Gorzów Wlkp.
27.05 VJ # OPEN Project / Gdańsk

VJ, Tape jockey, propagator kultury kasetowej. Prowadzi cykl koncertowy V/A - Various Artist oraz label Pointless Geometry. Grywa mało normatywne kasetowo-vinylowe sety, najchętniej z Tj Głupcem. Robi też grafiki do plakatów i okładek. Jako Vj tworzy wizualizacje oparte na sprzężeniach zwrotnych i wideo z kaset VHS. W duecie z FOQL świecił na takich festiwalach jak Braille Satellite, Dym, Rhizom, Atom czy Hamselyt.

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/unlimited-editions-pointless-geometry

https://www.dwutygodnik.com/artykul/11779-rozszczelnianie-kultury.html