"you don't give a fuck about me... what about us?"
There is a lot of reasons that we all listen to music. There is the escapist element, the need to wake up your soul, to inspire or to have a stranger's head to cry on, to gain affirmation or to explore new worlds. You get all those reasons and more on L.A. producer, songwriter, artist and mixing engineer Daniel Loumpouridis' "U Really Don't Give A Fuck" as remixed by holymountain. The track from his 3 track EP "UDGAF" blends a dense sort of dark club sound merging electronica, hip hop, and human drama building an atmosphere that pulls you into what can feel like an other wordly fray. With improvised lyrics and synthetic flesh and bones, the percussive sounds alone drive you to unknown places, floating in elements of relationship danger, truth and consequences.
[The EP is part of Loumpouridis’ forthcoming two-part project U, Us, a double album that explores the duality of healing - first through self, then through others.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
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DATELINE: July 16th, 2021 (LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Today, certified gold record selling producer, songwriter, artist and mixing engineer Daniel Loumpouridis releases his eclectic 3-track EP UDGAF. The first track of the EP is the lyrically improvised, hip-hop/electronic “U Don’t Give A Fuck,” entirely self-recorded, performed and produced by Loumpouridis himself. Following is “U Really Don’t Give A Fuck” (Holymountain remix), transporting listeners to a euphoric Brooklyn warehouse party, and “udgaf” (Hunjiya version), a soul-infused offering highlighted by Hunjiya’s delicate vocals and indie-electro production elements. The EP is part of Loumpouridis’ forthcoming two-part project U, Us, a double album that explores the duality of healing - first through self, then through others.
Loumpouridis, who at 17 was the co-writer and co-producer of Louis The Child’s gold record “It’s Strange (ft. K.Flay),” believes music is meant to be a collaborative process - as is healing. The first half of the project, U, is the product of a three year relationship that was utterly shattered, the reflection of his healing process as he experienced the emotions in real time. When Loumpouridis finished U, he realized that something was missing - that in order to heal, he had to first help himself, and then allow others to help him. The way the two-part album came together coincidentally mirrored that process, and as a result, Us, the reconceptualized version of the entire U album, was born. Each original track sees a new light through the sonic lense of his closest confidantes and fellow musicians, one unable to exist without the other.
“Having someone else speak those thoughts and emotions back at me and reinterpret them, I can't explain how emotional that was. It’s like gazing into a funhouse mirror - you see yourself, but it's distorted and warped, because somebody else made that mirror with the intention of doing that. I learned to love my songs because of everyone else, just as the healing process is complete once you allow others in to help build you back up,” says Loumpouridis.
"Me," the lead single from Loumpouridis’ U, caught the attention of media tastemakers, landing a spot on Apple Music's New Alternative playlist. The accompanying remix was recreated by synth-pop artist Reed Gaines. Stay tuned as the full project U, Us is set to release late Summer 2021.
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