Artur Marcin Rojek (born 6 May 1972) is the former guitarist and lead singer of the

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Myslovitz Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. The band take their name from their industrial hometown of Mysłowice in the Upper Silesia region of southern Poland. Band history Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen ...

. He and the lead guitarist Wojciech Powaga founded the

Mysłowice Mysłowice (; ) is a city in Silesia in Poland, bordering Katowice. The population of the city is 72,124. It is located in the core of the Metropolis GZM in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza and Brynica rivers (tributaries of the Vistul ...

-based group in 1992. He was also the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter for the

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, which formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2001. He is the artistic director of

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, an annual music festival established in 2006, which was held in his hometown

until 2009. Now the festival takes place in

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. On 20 April 2012, Myslovitz informed about Rojek's departure in an official message signed by all members of the group. In April 2014, Rojek released his debut solo album, ''Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń''. Of his early trajectory, Rojek states, "I started my musical adventure with OMD. Then there were early U2 records and first guitar UK bands, like heHousemartins." He has also namechecked

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and

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Discography

; Studio albums

Music videos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojek, Artur 1972 births Living people People from Mysłowice Polish male guitarists Polish rock singers Polish lyricists 20th-century Polish male singers 21st-century Polish male singers 21st-century Polish singers 21st-century Polish guitarists