Tomasz Bednarczyk – Rough Polish Sound

Tomasz Bednarczyk (b.1986) is a young musician and sound artist living in Wroclaw, Poland. Since 2004 he has been writing compositions presenting new, pop qualities through his fragile sounds. He makes melancholy impressions on the basis of acoustic loops and surrounding, outward sounds.
“…His compositions hold these sonic fragments up to the light, offering their geometry up for contempletation, balancing their profiles against one another; these pieces summon a sense of equilibrium in the same way that an Alexander Calder sculpture does.” Wire Magazine, 2009

His debut mini album “So nice” is released in 2006 by experimental and avant-garde Audio Tong Records. In 2007 Bednarczyk takes other artists’ compositions (Flunk, Husky, Mr.S, Novika, Old Time Radio, 3Moonboys) and modifies them into his own versions adding his unique stylistics. These new arrangements allow him to be noticed on remixes compilations and singles. The first, full length album, “Summer Feelings” is released by the world-known Australian label Room40 (March 2008). Calm, subtle as well as severe and rough compositions receive good reviews from journalists (The Wire). In 2008 Bednarczyk, appeared in some compilation albums like “The Wire Magazine’s Mp3 Specials”, “Shortcut to Polish Music” or album with remixes of Sawako sounds. His second full length album called “Painting Sky Together” was released by Room40 in January 2009. As it was with the first album, the second one also gathered good press. In the second half of 2009 a new record entitled “Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow” is going to be released in a major independent label 12k from New York.

Up to this time he performed on Plateaux Festival (2008), B4 Festival New Music (2008), Fokus Festival (2007), Charge Festival (2007), Unsound (2006) and supported such artists like Daedelus (Ninja Tune), Alva Noto (Raster Noton), Triosk (Leaf), The Young Gods (Ipecac Rec.) or Thomas Koner (Mille Plateaux).
Tomasz opened PLAI Festival 2009 on the 11th of September, and what a great start it was!

Discography:
2006 – So Nice – EP
2008 – Summer Feelings
2009 – Painting Sky Together
2009 – Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow

Web Resources:
www.tomaszbednarczyk.com
www.myspace.com/tomaszbednarczyk