Underneath the stark white light of the laboratory lamps, the mysterious organism writhed and twisted into obtuse and indistinct shapes. Everybody gathered round in awe as it began to sprout new features, strange abnormalities that grew and lengthened before their eyes. What it would morph into, nobody knew, but curiosity kept them firmly fixed on this unspecified life form. 

The next transmission from Polish label Pointless Geometry comes courtesy of percussionist and leading force in Polish experimental music Qba Janicki, and Belgian sound sculptor and Knives alumni Obsequies. Titled Autolysis, the release blends various production techniques, from sound sculpting to processed percussion and digital manipulation, recorded through improvisation before being fully formed into an album. Described by both parties as an "electro-acoustic sound organism, which consumes its own flesh for the purpose of self-regeneration", the release explores a new world of sonics that are built, morphed and layered in the most unpredictable ways.

PREMIERE: Qba Janicki and Obsequies - Desintegration [Pointless Geometry]

Oleslav's music consists of electronic collages glued together from fragments of his points of interests - heavy music of the first decade of the 2000s, the british electronic scene, Japanese computer games and science-fiction.

Fueled by a dislike of classical music and a hunger for the energy of the stage, he has come a long way that started somewhere in rehearsal rooms near the Livoberezhna metro station in Kyiv, and led through all the marginal genres of music played by kids in the 2000s - nintendocore and metalcore, emo, post hc, mathcore, indie rock, post punk, synth pop, ending with screamo. The last one stayed with him longer - for several years he played bass and shouted in the Warsaw band We Watch Clouds. He also played in Hanako(another band from Warsaw), when they were creating their first songs. 

Since 2019, he has been focusing on electronic music. Using ambient sounds and synthesizers, he sculpts complex narrative structures describing fantastic worlds.
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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

Mobile: +48 664 764 114
E-mail: qbajanicki@gmail.com

UPCOMING SHOWS:
30.1 - Marek Pospieszalski Octet, Hipnoza, Katowice
23.3 - Malediwy, Gala Wręczenia Fryderyków
24.3 - solo - Młodsza Siostra, Warszawa
13.4 - solo - Betel, Kraków
14-18.4 - Mini Rezydencja, Biuro Dźwięku, Katowice
20.4 - solo, Bromberg Calling 29 - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
15.5 - Mikołaj Trzaska/Qba Janicki - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
16.5 - Ostrowski/Qba Janicki - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
28.5 - Trio de Janeiro - Spatif, Warszawa
1.6 - T'ien Lai - Estrada Poznańska, Poznań
7.6 - Lichtenberger/Janicki - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
13.6 - Qba Janicki - Gorzów Wielkopolski
16-23.6 - T'ien Lai - Avant Art Festival, Berlin
16-23.6 - Malediwy - Avant Art Festival, Berlin
16-23.6 - Lichtenberger/Janicki - Avant Art Festival, Berlin
28.6 - Malediwy - Music Week Poland, Warszawa
29.6 - Trio de Janeiro - Hala Koszyki, Warszawa
2-3.7 - Marek Pospieszalski Octet - Cafe Oto, London
26.7 - Qba Janicki/Radosław Kobus - Instytut Cybernetyki Sztuki, Gdańsk
13.8 - Malediwy - Lado na Wsi, Warszawa
15.8 - Malediwy - Oko Nigdy Nie Śpi, Bydgoszcz
3-7.9 - Lublin Jazz Festival - warsztaty + koncert
10.9 - Lichtenberger/Janicki - Avant Art Festival, Wrocław
14.9 - Janicki/Janicki feat. Karolina Głusiec - Mózg Festival, Bydgoszcz
26.9 - Malediwy feat. Michał Szota, Kraków
4-5.10 - Nikola Kołodziejczyk - Studio Jazzowe Polskiego Radia, Warszawa
11.10 - Marek Pospieszalski Octet - Gdańsk
16.10 - Tarwid/Janicki - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
17.10 - solo - fab.in festival - Fabryka Sztuki, Łódź
18.10 - solo - Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk
29-30.10 - Janicki/Majewski - Mózg On Screen
31.10 - Bromerg Calling 30 - Mózg, Bydgoszcz
8.11 - Malediwy - Sacrum Profanum, Kraków
19.11 - Trio de Janeiro feat. Michał Szota, Krokodyl, Poznań
20.11 - tba
21.11 - tba
26.11 - Trio de Janeiro feat. Michał Szota, MONK, Gdańsk
27.11 - Trio de Janeiro feat. Michał Szota, Mózg, Bydgoszcz
29.11 - Marek Pospieszalski Octet + AUKSO - Kraków
12.12 - Trio de Janeiro, Kraków
26.12 - Coincidane, Mózg, Bydgoszcz
31.12 - Bromberg Calling 31 - Mózg, Bydgoszcz

More dates soon.

Qba Janicki – born 6th February 1989 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Growing out of the creative society gathered around club MÓZG. Over last 17 years he performed hundreds of concerts, during which he performed with such personalities as Roscoe Mitchell, Sławek Janicki, Tomasz Sroczyński, Toshinori Kondo, Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson, Teoniki Rożynek or Grischa Lichtenberger. For over a decade a member of Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet. Currently working solo and in such formations as Malediwy with Marek Pospieszalski, T’ien Lai with Jakub Ziołek and Łukasz Jędrzejczak, Marek Pospieszalski Octet and Trio de Janeiro with Marek Pospieszalski and Max Mucha. Besides playing instruments, he also composes music for theater working with Krzysztof Garbaczewski, HERTZ HAUS, Maciej Podstawny, Ramona Nagabczyńska or Paweł Łysak, He also made his appearance on hip hop stage, producing an album HORE by polish rapper VIENIO of one of the first polish hip hop groups MOLESTA. In addition, as vice president of MÓZG FOUNDATION and Grupa Sokołowska Association, he works on organizing cultural and social events in Bydgoszcz, Warsaw and Sokołowsko. Since the beginning of 2020 till 2022 he ran his own radio show “WARSTWY” for Radio Kapitał. Since 2025 he collaborates with Avant Art Foundation as a co-producer of Berlin edition of Avant Art Festival.

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