
Andrzej Paweł Dziubek (; born 14 June 1954) is a
Polish
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musician and vocalist, founder and only constant member of the Polish-Norwegian rock group
De Press
De Press is a Polish- Norwegian rock band founded in Oslo in 1980. They were among the leading Norwegian new wave bands, and also gained a following in Poland.
History
The original De Press had the following line-up:
* Andrej Nebb (Andrzej ...
.
Dziubek was born in
Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Jabłonka is a village in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jabłonka. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ a ...
, Orawa, Poland. He had been involved in music since early childhood, first as a member of
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*Małe, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
*Małe, Pomeranian Voivodeship
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folk ensemble. In high school he founded his first band,
Lotony.
As a teenager he emigrated (illegally) to Austria, through
communist Czechoslovakia
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. His final destination was Norway, where he began studying at The National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (now
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in vi ...
) and later had his name legally changed to Andrej Nebb.
It was at that time that he founded
Pull Out, a punk rock group. In the following years he studied at The National Academy of Fine Arts (now
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in vi ...
).
In 1980 together with
Jørn Christensen
CC Cowboys is a Norwegian rock band from Fredrikstad
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and
Ola Snortheim he founded his most prominent project,
De Press
De Press is a Polish- Norwegian rock band founded in Oslo in 1980. They were among the leading Norwegian new wave bands, and also gained a following in Poland.
History
The original De Press had the following line-up:
* Andrej Nebb (Andrzej ...
.
Later he was also involved in an experimental group called
Holy Toy
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.
Apart from being a skilled musician Andrzej is also a painter and an experimental performer.
He exhibits his art in his own gallery in Oslo, and occasionally also in Germany and Poland.
He started living in
Hvalstad
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Hvalstad Station is on the Drammen ...
, Norway in the 1970s.
Political views: in December 2022, he told media that his Christmas wish is peace in Ukraine, and "Advances and good fight for the Ukrainian forces in their fight against
Putin
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".
[https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-12-14/onsker-seg-seier-til-ukraina. ]Klassekampen
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.no. Retrieved 2022-12-14
External links
Biografi and more in the Norvegian magazine ''Dag og tid''
References
1954 births
Living people
People from Nowy Targ County
Polish Gorals
Polish expatriates in Norway
20th-century Polish male singers
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