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Melassa (Album) by Kazik

Biografie van de kunstenaar Kazik

Kazik Full Name Kazik Staszewski Born 12th March 1963 Is A Very Active And Prolific Polish Artist.
He Was Or Is A Member Of The Following Bands Poland Founded In 1979 Novelty Poland Founded In 1981 Kult Founded In 1982 Kazik Na Żywo El Dupa Buldog. He Also Took Part In The Yugoton Project. His Genre Is Most Accurately Described By The Term "eclectic" Or "crossover" As Various Instruments Styles Citations Extracts And Tributes Appear. The Music Itself Contains Elements Of Rock Punk Hip-Hop Dub Ska Reggae Traditional Folk Tunes Ballads Classical Music And -More Recently- Yass Which Is A Polish Variation Of Jazz. Most Of His Solo Records Are Self-Produced Made Using Multiple Both Live And Synthetic Instruments And Various Sampling Techniques. Kazik Himself Sings Plays Saxophone And Guitars Uses Drum Machines Synthesizers Samplers. He Frequently Asks Various Musicians To Join His Recordings Some Of Them Are Regular Members Of Kult Some Are Freelancers Or Session Musicians. Kazik As A Songwriter Uses Explicit Often Offensive Foul Language He Does Not Avoid Provocative Accusative Lines And Statements. He Uses Both Simple Common Vocabulary And Complex Sometimes Sophisticated And Difficult Syntax. His Dense Lyrics Sometimes Sung Sometimes Rapped Contain A Lot Of Social Religious And Political Criticism And Commentary But Also Relate To Each Other. He Is Known For His Broad Sense Of Humour His Lines Are Often Hilarious Ironic Intertextual Intellectually And Culturally Involved. Previous Works Both His Own And His Bands' Are Sometimes Sampled Or Quoted Directly. Some Of His Works Are Re-Arranged Played By KNŻ And Kult. Two Of Kazik's Albums "Melodie Kurta Weila I Coś Ponadto" And "Piosenki Toma Waitsa" Are Made Up Of Cover Songs Of Tom Waits And Kurt Weil. These Were Released Under His Full Name Kazik Staszewski Probably To Distinct Them From His Original Material. Kazik Never Gives Live Shows Of His Solo Recordings Except For The Two Tributes Which Were Made With A Bit More "regular" Line-Ups So Could Be Presented On Stage . Despite His Doubtless Popularity In Poland His Recordings Don't Appear Too Frequently In Media Except For A Few Single Promo Tracks. Apart From His Musical Career He Acted In Off-Movies And Used To Write Columns For A Popular Polish Newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. Kazik Has Been Releasing His Records Via S.P.Records Label Which Is Owned By Sławek Pietrzak His Friend A Former Member Of Kult A Musician That Appears Occasionally On Kazik’s LPs. Discography Solo Albums Only 1991 Spalam Się - Probably The First Rap Album In Poland Although Kazik Has Been Mostly Recording Rock Music Since Then.
1993 Spalaj Się! Double Album 1995 Oddalenie
1997 12 Groszy
2000 Melassa
2001 Melodie Kurta Weila I Coś Ponadto As Kazik Staszewski 2003 Piosenki Toma Waitsa As Kazik Staszewski 2004 Czterdziesty Pierwszy Double Album 2005 Los Się Musi Odmienić

THUIS KAZIK
POPULAIR TRACKS MIXEN ALBUMS
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