Bartosz Waglewski (Fisz) born March 19, 1978 in

Warszawa Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

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is a Polish rap artist. He is the son of musician Wojciech Waglewski and older brother of

Emade Emade (real name Piotr Waglewski) (born December 15, 1981) is a Polish hip-hop producer, brother of rapper Fisz and son of the Polish musician Wojciech Waglewski, lead vocalist of Voo Voo. He started out playing percussion at the age of 13 in ...

(Piotr Waglewski). He studied at Europejska Akademia Sztuk (EAS). The musical style of Fisz is unconventional. At the very beginning of his career he started out as a hip-hop artist, but went experimental soon after releasing Tworzywo Sztuczne – Wielki Ciężki Słoń in 2004. Fisz and his producer

seek inspiration in black music giving

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, funk and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

touch to their projects. His lyrics are often based on wordplay. In 2008, he founded a rock band

Kim Nowak Kim Nowak is a Polish rock band. It was founded in 2008 by hip-hop artist Bartosz "Fisz" Waglewski, producer Piotr "Emade" Waglewski and Michał Sobolewski. The band name is a Polish spelling variant of the name of American actress Kim Novak ...

together with his brother

and Michał Sobolewski. The band released two studio albums, ''Kim Nowak'' (2010) and ''Wilk'' (2012). Internationally he gave concerts on stages of London, Berlin, Bordeaux, Calvi, Dijon, Marseille, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Paris and Saint Vallier.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative albums

Video albums

Music videos

Awards

Fisz has been nominated to Fryderyk Award eight times. In 2000 he received two nominations in the categories New Face of Fonography (debiut roku) and Album of the Year – Hip-Hop/Rap (Album Roku Rap/Hip hop) "Polepione dźwięki". A year later, in 2001, he received another nomination in the same category for "Na wylot". In 2003 Fisz, together with Emade, was nominated as Tworzywo Sztuczne in the category Club Album of the Year for "F3". They were also nominated for the Alternative Album of The Year (Album Roku Muzyka Alternatywna) the following year ("Wielki Ciężki Słoń"). In 2005 "Fru!" was nominated in the same category. 2006 brought two more nominations for the Hip hop/R&B Album of The Year ("Piątek 13-nastego") and the Group of the Year (together with Emade). In addition he has won or has been nominated for the following awards: *the 2000 Machiner Award for "Polepione dźwięki" in the category Niche Album *the Album of The Year from the ''Fluid'' magazine for "Polepione dźwięki" *

Paszport Polityki Paszport Polityki (Polityka's Passport) is an annual Polish cultural award presented by the weekly magazine '' Polityka'' since 1993. It is presented in six major categories: literature, film, theatre, classical music, popular music, visual ar ...

for "Polepione dźwięki" (nomination) *the Most Important Polish Performer in 2001 and the Polish Video of the Year for "Tajemnica" from the magazine ''Klan'' *'' Przekrój'' magazine Fenomen Award 2005 *Paszport Polityki in the category Pop-Rock-Scene ("Piątek 13")

References

External links

Asfalt Records label

MySpace
{{Authority control 1978 births Living people Rappers from Warsaw Polish rock singers Polish lyricists 21st-century Polish male singers Polish rappers