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Åšcianka
Ścianka is a Polish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Sopot by guitarist Maciej Cieślak. In 1998 Ścianka were signed by independent label Biodro Records and recorded their debut album entitled ''Statek kosmiczny Ścianka'' (''Ścianka the Spaceship''). After its release, the group received critical and audience acclaim. Their next full-length album, ''Dni wiatru'', moved away from the garage-rock sound of their debut album. Members * Maciej Cieślak (guitar, voice) * Arkadiusz Kowalczyk (Drum kit, drums) * Wojciech Michałowski (1994 to 1997, bass guitar) * Jacek Lachowicz (1996 to 2005, synthesizers) * Tran Chi (1997 to 1998, bass guitar) * Andrzej Koczan (1998 to 2005, bass guitar) * Michał Biela (since 2005, bass guitar, glockenspiel, tambourine) Discography * 1995-1997 ''Robaki'' (demo tape) * 1998 ''Statek kosmiczny Ścianka'' Biodro Records BRCD 002 * 1999 ''…only your bus doesn't stop here EP'' Sissy Records * 2001 ''Dni wiatru'' Sissy Records * 2001 ''Sława ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statek Kosmiczny Åšcianka
''Statek kosmiczny Ścianka'' (''Ścianka the Spaceship''; often abbreviated to ''Statek kosmiczny'') released in 1998 was the debut album of Polish rock group Ścianka. The album was recorded in Maciek Cieślak's home studio in Sopot. It received a Fryderyk Award nomination in "Debut of the year" category and was awarded best debut album of the year by ''Tylko Rock'' magazine. There were no singles promoting the album, but "Skuter" received the status of Ścianka's biggest hit among their fans.Historia ŚCIANKA - oficjalna strona zespołu "Skuter" was also chosen by Artur Rojek to be official song for the 2nd Off Festival in 2007.OFF Festival Mysłowice 2007 Rec ...
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Dni Wiatru
''Dni wiatru'' (''Days of Wind'') was the second album of Polish group Ścianka, released in 2000. ''Dni wiatru'' has received great critical acclaim, being considered one of the best Polish alternative music albums ever.Rafał Księżyk Antena Krzyku 6/1 2000/2001Rafał Księżyk. Dni wiatru. Machina 2 (59) 2001 The album was preceded by the EP ''...only your bus doesn't stop here''. Track listing # "Dni wiatru" – 9:08 ''(Days of wind)'' # "Latający pies" – 3:07 ''(Flying dog)'' # "Piotrek" – 11:04 ''(Petey)'' # "19 XI" – 7:28 # "Spychacz" – 7:19 ''(Bulldozer)'' # "The iris sleep under the snow" – 3:44 # "Czarny autobus" – 11:49 ''(Black bus)'' # "***" – 11:42 # "Oceans fall down" – 4:04 #* "Czarne anioły" (multimedia track) – video directed by Wojciech Hoffmann. ''(Black angels)'' Personnel * Maciej Cieślak – guitar, voice * Jacek Lachowicz – keyboards * Andrzej Koczan – bass * Arkady Kowalczyk – drums * Wojciech Michałowski – bass (8.) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Valentino
Lenny Valentino was a Polish dream pop band from Mysłowice that formed in 1998. Its primary songwriter is vocalist and guitarist Artur Rojek of the band Myslovitz. The rest of the band's founding lineup consists of Mietall Waluś (bass), Michał Koterba (guitar), and Wojciech Kuderski (drums). They disbanded in 2001. The band is named after the 1994 song "Lenny Valentino" by British band The Auteurs. Kuderski was replaced on drums by Bartosz Królikowski in 1999. In 2000, Lenny Valentino underwent further personnel changes and added all three members of Ścianka—Maciej Cieślak (guitar), Arkady Kowalczyk (drums), and Jacek Lachowicz (keyboard). Their first and only album, '' Uwaga! Jedzie tramwaj'' (roughly: ''Watch out! The tram is coming''), was recorded in April 2001 and produced by Cieślak. The album was released on 12 November 2001 on Sissy Records, a branch of BMG. ''Uwaga! Jedzie tramwaj'' received mostly positive reviews, including an MTV Poland award. After tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Białe Wakacje
''Białe wakacje'' is the third studio album of Polish rock group Ścianka Ścianka is a Polish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Sopot by guitarist Maciej Cieślak. In 1998 Ścianka were signed by independent label Biodro Records and recorded their debut album entitled ''Statek kosmiczny Ścianka'' (''Ścianka th ... released in 2002. Track listing # "Got my shoes and my tattoo part 1" – 2:38 # "Białe wakacje" – 7:33 ''(White holiday)'' # "The hill" – 2:14 # "Harfa traw" – 4:39 ''(The harp of the grasses)'' # "Piosenka nr.2" – 7:02 ''(Song number 2)'' # "A-6" – 1:33 # "Miasta i nieba" – 7:37 ''(Citys and skies)'' # "Peron 4" – 7:15 ''(Platform 4)'' # "September" – 5:20 # "Got my shoes and my tattoo part 2" – 12:50 Personnel * Maciej Cieślak – guitar, vocals * Arkadiusz Kowalczyk – drums *Jacek Lachowicz – synthesizers *Andrzej Koczan – bass guitar References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biale wakacje Ścianka albums 2002 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Planeta
''Pan Planeta'', released in 2001, is the fourth album by Polish rock band Ścianka Ścianka is a Polish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Sopot by guitarist Maciej Cieślak. In 1998 Ścianka were signed by independent label Biodro Records and recorded their debut album entitled ''Statek kosmiczny Ścianka'' (''Ścianka th ..., the last one recorded with Jacek Lachowicz and Andrzej Koczan. Recording and production ''Pan Planeta'' was recorded in 2005 and 2006, before Andrzej Koczan and Jacek Lachowicz left the band. Critical response The album has been met with generally positive reviews from Polish critics. Screenagers.pl included the album in reviewers' list of the top twenty albums of 2006, ranking it at position 5. Track listing #"Boję się zasnąć, boję się wrócić do domu" – 4:44 ''(I'm afraid of falling asleep, I'm afraid of returning home)'' #"Pęknięcie 1" – 1:53 ''(Crack 1)'' #"Wielki Defekator" – 5:53 ''(The Great Defecator)'' #"Zepsuta piosenka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Lachowicz
Jacek Lachowicz (born 15 November 1972 in Gostynin) is a Polish musician, author and producer. He began his musical career playing synthesizer in the alternative rock group Ścianka from 1996 to 2005. He played synthesizer in 2000 in the group Lenny Valentino Lenny Valentino was a Polish dream pop band from Mysłowice that formed in 1998. Its primary songwriter is vocalist and guitarist Artur Rojek of the band Myslovitz. The rest of the band's founding lineup consists of Mietall Waluś (bass), MichaŠ... (along with other members of Ścianka) before the group split in 2001. Currently, he has a solo career as a singer-songwriter under the name "Lachowicz". His songs are associated with alternative music and he made the top of the major Polish music channels with Płyń. In early 2008, Lachowicz and Ania Dabrowska joined to perform Płyń, which then became for many weeks the most-heard song on Polish radio stations. Solo discography * ''Split EP'' (2004) * ''Jacek Lachowicz ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopot
Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat rights, status of powiat, county – the smallest city in Poland to have that status. Sopot lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together form the Tricity, Poland, Tricity metropolitan area. Sopot is a major health-spa and resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 511.5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk. The city is also famous for the Sopot International Song Festival, the largest such event in Europe after the Eurovision Song Contest. Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the "inhalation mushroom". Etymology The city's name is thought to derive from an old Lechitic languages, Lechitic word, ''sopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambourine
The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head. Tambourines are often used with regular percussion sets. They can be mounted, for example on a stand as part of a drum kit (and played with drum sticks), or they can be held in the hand and played by tapping, hitting, or shaking the instrument. Tambourines come in many shapes with the most common being circular. It is found in many forms of music: Albanian folk music, Arabic folk music, Israeli folk music, Turkish folk music, Greek folk music, Italian folk music, French folk music, classical music, Galician traditional music, Asturian traditional music, Persian music, samba, gospel music, pop music, country music, and rock music. History The origin of the tambourine is unknown, but it appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( ; or , : bells and : play) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a Musical keyboard, keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glockenspiel is played by striking the bars with Percussion mallet, mallets, often made of a hard material such as metal or plastic. Its clear, high-pitched tone is often heard in Orchestra, orchestras, Concert band, wind ensembles, Marching band, marching bands, and in popular music. Terminology In German, a carillon is also called a , and in French, the glockenspiel is sometimes called a . It may also be called a () in French, although this term may sometimes be specifically reserved for the keyboard glockenspiel. In Italian, the term () is used. The glockenspiel is sometimes erroneously referred to as a xylophone. (The xylophone has wooden bars, unlike the glockenspiel which has metal bars.) The Pixiphone, a type of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and frequency modulation synthesis. These sounds may be altered by components such as filters, which cut or boost frequencies; envelopes, which control articulation, or how notes begin and end; and low-frequency oscillators, which modulate parameters such as pitch, volume, or filter characteristics affecting timbre. Synthesizers are typically played with keyboards or controlled by sequencers, software or other instruments, and may be synchronized to other equipment via MIDI. Synthesizer-like instruments emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century with instruments such as the RCA Mark II, which was controlled with punch cards and used hundreds of vacuum tubes. The Moog synthesizer, developed by Robert Moog and first so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Kit
A drum kit or drum set (also known as a trap set, or simply drums in popular music and jazz contexts) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The drummer typically holds a pair of matching Drum stick, drumsticks or special wire or nylon brushes; and uses their feet to operate hi-hat and bass drum pedals. A standard kit usually consists of: * A snare drum, mounted on a snare drum stand, stand * A bass drum, played with a percussion mallet, beater moved by one or more foot-operated pedals * One or more Tom drum, tom-toms, including Rack tom, rack toms or floor tom, floor toms * One or more Cymbal, cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be played with a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer neck (music), neck and scale length (string instruments), scale length. The electric bass guitar most commonly has four strings, though five- and six-stringed models are also built. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has replaced the double bass in popular music due to its lighter weight, smaller size, most models' inclusion of Fret, frets for easier Intonation_(music), intonation, and electromagnetic pickups for amplification. Another reason the bass guitar replaced the double bass is because the double bass is "acoustically imperfect" like the viola. For a double bass to be acoustically perfect, its body size would have to be twice as that of a cello rendering it unplayable, so the double bass is made smaller to make it playable. The elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
