Edyta Bartosiewicz
Encyclopedia
Edyta Bartosiewicz is a Polish
rock
singer, composer and songwriter. Her career has been awarded by five Fryderyk
s. In Poland
, she's known for her highly reflective and unusual lyrics.
High School in Warsaw (XXXIII L.O. im. Mikołaja Kopernika). At that time, Bartosiewicz did not consider that her future career will be related to music and, what is interesting, she devoted herself to sport
(firstly, she practiced speed skating and, then, volleyball for ten years). After graduating from high school, she began studying at SGPiS in
Warsaw (now SGH, Warsaw School of Economics
.)
By then, she already tried to make her dream about music career come true. This is why she started her first amateur band in Mińsk Mazowiecki
. She tried to reconcile her affection to music with school duties. Unluckily, the band did not live up to her expectations. After ignoring suggestions from Walter Chełstowski that she should start professional recordings, she decided to leave for London
in 1986. There, Bartosiewicz met The Blue Aeroplanes
and during their concerts she participated in, she realized that music is an indispensable part of her life. She immediately met people, who agreed to gather funds for her first professional album recording. This is why, after six months she came back to Warsaw.
(1993 - singing “Seek and Destroy”), Hey
(1993 – vocal in 1990s super hit “Mine And Your Hope”; “Moja i twoja nadzieja”), Varius Manx
(1993 – singing “Memphis”), Human
(1993 - singing “Faith”), Kobranocka (1992, 1994 – backing vocals and singing), which sped up her future music career.
On the turn of 1991 and 1992, she started to record the album “Love” in studio S-4 in Warsaw. Rafał Paczkowski was responsible for production of that album. This time her album was successful. By 2001, sixty seven thousand copies were sold and finally the album received the Gold status. The most popular singles from this album were: “If”, “Goodbye to the Roman Candles,” “Blues for you”, “Have to Carry On”. The album was also released in Western Europe by the Chrysalis Records but was not noticed on this market at all. As she said herself:
On May 18, 1994, the album “Dream” (Sen) was released by Izabelin Studio. It was recorded with a completely new band i.e. Michał Grymuza (guitars), Radosław Zagajewski (bass
), Krzysztof Palczewski
(keyboard
). Ryszard Kamiński (husband of Bartosiewicz since 1990) was responsible for the production. This time her new album was sung mostly in Polish unlike to previous one “Love” sung mostly in English. The musical side can be described as variable. We can find there acoustic songs as well as good hard rock songs such as cover
of the song “Move Over” by Janis Joplin
. Her songs: “Dream” (Sen), “Capricorn” (Koziorożec), “Tattoo” (Tatuaż), or “Joke at a Zoo” (Żart w zoo) were a huge success on the music charts.
In 1994, at the end of September, nine concerts were given in the nine biggest Polish
cities. The tour ended with a huge success, as well as the album, which received the Platinum status after selling over 300 thousand copies. Bartosiewicz herself was announced the best singer by the readers of the Polish magazine “Only Rock” ("Tylko Rock" - now known as "Teraz Rock" ["Now Rock"]), and the album’s title song “Dream” (“Sen”) is still being one of her best known. The singer received also two 1995 Fryderyk Awards in the category: the Best Artist and the Best Pop/Rock Album.
By the beginning of 1995 a new single “Wonderful tonight” was realized. It was a cover of Eric Clapton
song and it reached a second place on Hit Parade of Program 3 (Polish radio station). At the beginning of July a new single “Madness” (“Szał”) was realized and it promoted the album “Shock’n’show (Szok'n'show)”.
In October people could see Edyta perform live in 13 cities. This tour ended in May 1996. The biggest hits are: the promotion single “Madness”, Time of high tide”, “The Clock” (“Zegar”) which was realised on a singel in November, and the greatest, immortal ballade “The Last One” (“Ostatni”). Single “Anger is no use” (“Na nic gniew”) which was realized during summer holidays is also worth remembering. The album “Shock’n’Show” received the platinum status and up to this day more than 280.000 of MC and CD copies have been sold. In 1995 this album won Fryderyk (Polish music award) in the category Rock Album, and was nominated to this price in eight different categories. The readers of music magazines very highly evaluated her work:
The video to the song “The Clock” won “Zloty Yacht” in category The Best Video of the Year. A new challenge for Bartosiewicz at the end of 1995 was a music production of an album of the group “Firebirds
”.
The year 1996 was as interesting in Bartosiewicz career as the previous one. She played tens of concerts, among which on 9 July she opened Bryan Adams
’ concert in Spodek Katowicki. She was a star during “Wegorzewo 1996” (Polish music festival). Edyta’s recital during Sopot Festival was very well received. It was there that she received the Platinum status for her albums “Dream” and “Shock’n’show”. She received a warm reception. The recital lasted about 40 minutes but thanks to enthusiastic reaction of the public it was prolonged about 20 minutes (4 encores). Edyta performed her biggest hits but also presented her two new songs “Only a moment” (“Tylko moment”) and “Think about me” (“Pomyśl o mnie”), which became a single.
In October she started working on her new album, which was recorded in January and February 1997. The premier of Edyta’s fourth album entitled “Child” (“Dziecko”) took place on 9 June, and the single “Jenny” was present in radio stations since 21 April. By September more than 100.000 copies were sold, and this album was in the top ten of bestselling albums of the year. The album was promoted within the tour and a second single “I lied” (“Skłamałam”), which became a big hit. During a concert in “Stodola” (Stodoła) in Warsaw she received another platinum status for the album “Child” (more than 200.000 CD and MC sold). Next singles: ‘We don't know each other” („Nie znamy się”), ‘Boogie czyli zemsta slodka jest’ and the title song “Child” enjoyed quite big popularity. In February Edyta played three concerts in the United States
and Canada
. In March 1998 Edyta once again won Fryderyk in the category “The Best Rock Album”. Besides that, she was also nominated in five other categories. The album “Child” is thought to be the most frank album of Polish rock and, generally speaking, Polish entertainment music. (Machina 03/02).
In July 1998 Edyta entered the studio to record a new album. This time it was not with Leszek Kaminski but with an English publisher Rafał Mckenna who also worked with artists such as Blur
, Pulp
, or Radiohead
. The first song from this album was “Love like fire” (“Miłość jak ogień”) which immediately won the first place on Polish hit lists. The premier of the album “Waterfalls” (“Wodospady”) took place November 9, 1998. Another single was the title song. The album reviews characterized it as the most mature of all. Songs like “Mandarine” (“Mandarynka”) showed Edyta’s interest in psychedelic music. On the other hand, Edyta did not turn her back on image that was known from her previous albums. Songs like “Love like fire” and “Waterfalls of tears” confirm that. In many reviews it is said that the most distinguished long plays are “Dream”, “Child” and “Waterfalls”. The video to the third single “Seven seas, seven lands” (“Siedem mórz, siedem ladów”) was made in picturesque landscape in the US (precincts of LA
). In May 1999 the last single promoting “Waterfalls”, entitled “The Rebel” (“Buntowniczka”) was realised. Till this day 75, 000 copies have been sold which gave Edyta another golden status title. In 1998 she was nominated to Fryderyk in many categories.
On 29 November 1999 album entitled “Today are my birthday- the best of” (“Dziś są moje urodziny- the best of”) was realized. This was the album that summed up the artistic work of Edyta and it was promoted by the song “21st century” (“XXI wiek”). The album, as Edyta admitted, was forced by denouncement of the contract. At the beginning of the year 2000 a song “Master” (“Mistrz”) was realized and it promoted a medley. She ended the year 1999 separating from her phonographic industry Universal Music Poland.
The year 2000 started with a prestigious award for the Personality of the Decade presented by the “Only Rock” magazine. In February 2000 Edyta collaborated with Justyna Steczkowska
. She wrote a number of lyrics for Justyna’s album “Day & Night”. Moreover, she also made a well-matched duet with Kazik Staszewski
in the hit-song “Four Rooms”, which promoted Kazik’s album “Melassa”. In the same year she collaborated with Anita Lipnicka
. Together they created “The Last Letter” song – Edyta prepared the music and Anita wrote the lyrics. Effect of that collaboration was presented on Anita’s album “My eyes are green” (2000). In January 2001 Edyta, together with the band Agressiva 69, recorded the title song for Mariusz Treliński’s movie “Egoists”.
In January 2001 the song “The Tale” appeared on the subsequent volume of the “Fridays for fives” medley by Radio ZET. The song became a hit. Beginning of 2001 also brought changes to Edyta’s group: drummer Krzysztof Poliński was replaced by Przemek Momot, who worked together, among others, with Kasia Nosowska
, Robert Gawliński
, groups Yugoton
and Women; and bass player Radek Zagajewski was replaced by Michał Grott. In November 2001 Edyta published a re-release of her first solo album “Love”. The album was published in Universal’s series “Invincible”. Bartosiewicz was also asked to write a number of lyrics for Edyta Górniak
’s album “The Pearl” (2002). The song “I don't ask for more” became a second single from that album. Edyta is also an author of lyrics for the title song, which was released as a fourth single.
At the beginning of 2002 Edyta signed a contract with BMG Poland and from March 4 she started work on a new album. On June 17 the single “Innocence”, that was supposed to promote the new album, was released. On June 29 the video clip for that song was broadcasted. The new album was supposed to be released in August 2002; however, for unknown reasons and despite the fact that the album was finished release-date had been postponed many times. After some time Edyta and BMG Poland declared the contract null and void, and until the preset day the album has not been released.
In 2004, quite unexpectedly, Edyta performed in a duet with Krzysztof Krawczyk in a song “It’s hard for... (us to be together)”. That song became a second single from Krawczyk’s album “That which is important in life” and achieved a great commercial success on the market, becoming the biggest hit of 2004. In August, Edyta appeared together with Krzysztof Krawczyk during the Sopot music festival. Moreover, Edyta performed during 2004 New Year’s Eve concert organized by TVP
(state-owned Polish Television). The year 2004 was extremely successful for Edyta Bartosiewicz. She managed a comeback in media and was on the covers of many popular magazines for a long time.
After a half year break Edyta returned exactly on June 5, 2005 when she performed on Cracowian Main Market Square during the Enchanted Song Festival. Edyta was among such stars as: Anna Maria Jopek
, Sylwia Wiśniewska, Urszula, Andrzej Piaseczny, Grzegorz Turnau
, Michał Wiśniewski, and Pawel Kukiz
. She truly enchanted the crowd with her two hit-songs: “Jenny” and “The Last One”.
In September 2005 Edyta performed during the special 10-years-anniversary concert of Myslovitz; during which she performed the song “I would like to die of love” together with Myslovitz
’s frontman, Artur Rojek
.
Motivated by huge success of duet with Krzysztof Krawczyk, Edyta returned to work on her new album. She returned to Sony & BMG (formerly BMG Poland) and release of her new album was scheduled for spring 2006. Unfortunately, just when the album was about to be released a tragedy happened. Manager, concerts’ organizer and Edyta’s biggest friend – Jacek Nowakowski, died on March 9. He was only thirty-four. Edyta, lost in grief, cancelled the release of the new album.
On September 2, 2006 Edyta performed during Tomasz Stanko
’s concerted called “Tomasz Stańko & Friends”. Here is a fragment from report on the concert:
For over two years from that appearance Edyta did not perform publicly. She finally returned on stage on July 5, 2008 when she appeared during TOPtrendy Festival in Sopot
. She performed on the occasion of Krzysztof Krawczyk's 45 years-on-stage benefit concert "Life Is Like a Wine." Together with Krawczyk, she performed two songs: "The Tale" and "It's Hard For... (Us to Be Together)."
Thus far, it has been Edyta's last public performance. In July 2010 it was announced she was set to perform at Orange Warsaw Festival on August 28, 2010. There are also rumors she is back to studio recording new songs.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
singer, composer and songwriter. Her career has been awarded by five Fryderyk
Fryderyk
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...
s. In Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, she's known for her highly reflective and unusual lyrics.
Early career
When Edyta Bartosiewicz was ten years old she already learned how to play the guitar, which she received from her father for good grades. She composed simple lyrics, usually, with English texts, which were full of errors as she honestly admitted. Edyta Bartosiewicz once thought that music was restricted only for chosen people and she was convinced that she was not one of them. Soon she studied at Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
High School in Warsaw (XXXIII L.O. im. Mikołaja Kopernika). At that time, Bartosiewicz did not consider that her future career will be related to music and, what is interesting, she devoted herself to sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
(firstly, she practiced speed skating and, then, volleyball for ten years). After graduating from high school, she began studying at SGPiS in
Warsaw (now SGH, Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest economic university in Poland.The Warsaw School of Economics was founded in 1906 as a private school under the name August Zieliński Private Trade Courses for Men. On 30 July 1919 it became a separate legal entity and was granted the status of an...
.)
By then, she already tried to make her dream about music career come true. This is why she started her first amateur band in Mińsk Mazowiecki
Minsk Mazowiecki
Mińsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 38 181 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Siedlce Voivodeship...
. She tried to reconcile her affection to music with school duties. Unluckily, the band did not live up to her expectations. After ignoring suggestions from Walter Chełstowski that she should start professional recordings, she decided to leave for London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 1986. There, Bartosiewicz met The Blue Aeroplanes
The Blue Aeroplanes
The Blue Aeroplanes are an English rock band from Bristol, the mainstays of which: Gerard Langley, brother John Langley and dancer Wojtek Dmochowski originate from the earlier New Wave “Art band” Art Objects .-History:...
and during their concerts she participated in, she realized that music is an indispensable part of her life. She immediately met people, who agreed to gather funds for her first professional album recording. This is why, after six months she came back to Warsaw.
First recordings
It was a breakthrough in her music career. After four years at the university, she dropped out and joined the Staff group. In 1989 she won Mokotowska Jesień Muzyczna. In the following year, she appeared on a first commercial music record with the band Halloee Poloy (formerly the Staff group.) The album was released under the title The Big Beat. It was hardly a commercial success, but it succeeded in catching the eye of music critics who noticed the singer’s voice and charismatic position in the band. She received prestigious awards i.e. Wyspiański Young Artist Award and Mateusz Święcicki Award (Nagroda Artystyczna Młodych im. Wyspiańskiego and Nagroda im. Mateusza Święcickiego.) What is more, Bartosiewicz collaborated with such famous rock musicians as Wojciech Waglewski, Ziyo (1992 – singing in the album “Carols”; “Kolędy”), Róże Europy (1993 – backing vocals in song “Velvet”; “Jedwab”), Acid DrinkersAcid Drinkers
Acid Drinkers are Polish thrash metal band formed in September 1986 in Poznań. Acid Drinkers were formed on September 21, 1986 consisting of Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki and Robert "Litza" Friedrich . The band's style from back then to present is thrash metal, with influences of heavy metal...
(1993 - singing “Seek and Destroy”), Hey
Hey (band)
Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s....
(1993 – vocal in 1990s super hit “Mine And Your Hope”; “Moja i twoja nadzieja”), Varius Manx
Varius Manx
Varius Manx is a Polish pop group, formed in Łódź in 1989 by composer Robert Janson. The name is a variation on the English word "various" plus Manx, the variety of cat. The band have sold more than 2 million albums in their native Poland....
(1993 – singing “Memphis”), Human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
(1993 - singing “Faith”), Kobranocka (1992, 1994 – backing vocals and singing), which sped up her future music career.
Solo career
Edyta decided to quit the band Halloee Poloy having experienced - as she said herself - very heavy resistance to her composing and song writing style. She wanted to concentrate on her solo career. Even though the album The Big Beat did not turn out to be a commercial success, the music and vocals of charismatic singer attracted the attention of connoisseurs and demanding music listeners. In 1990 Bartosiewicz was announced the best singer by Music Magazine (Magazyn Muzyczny).On the turn of 1991 and 1992, she started to record the album “Love” in studio S-4 in Warsaw. Rafał Paczkowski was responsible for production of that album. This time her album was successful. By 2001, sixty seven thousand copies were sold and finally the album received the Gold status. The most popular singles from this album were: “If”, “Goodbye to the Roman Candles,” “Blues for you”, “Have to Carry On”. The album was also released in Western Europe by the Chrysalis Records but was not noticed on this market at all. As she said herself:
On May 18, 1994, the album “Dream” (Sen) was released by Izabelin Studio. It was recorded with a completely new band i.e. Michał Grymuza (guitars), Radosław Zagajewski (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D is a Polish biochemist.His MS and PhD are from the University of Wroclaw and Technical University of Wroclaw respectively , working with Dr. M. Kochman. His early posts were at the University of Florida and the Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr...
(keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
). Ryszard Kamiński (husband of Bartosiewicz since 1990) was responsible for the production. This time her new album was sung mostly in Polish unlike to previous one “Love” sung mostly in English. The musical side can be described as variable. We can find there acoustic songs as well as good hard rock songs such as cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the song “Move Over” by Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
. Her songs: “Dream” (Sen), “Capricorn” (Koziorożec), “Tattoo” (Tatuaż), or “Joke at a Zoo” (Żart w zoo) were a huge success on the music charts.
In 1994, at the end of September, nine concerts were given in the nine biggest Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
cities. The tour ended with a huge success, as well as the album, which received the Platinum status after selling over 300 thousand copies. Bartosiewicz herself was announced the best singer by the readers of the Polish magazine “Only Rock” ("Tylko Rock" - now known as "Teraz Rock" ["Now Rock"]), and the album’s title song “Dream” (“Sen”) is still being one of her best known. The singer received also two 1995 Fryderyk Awards in the category: the Best Artist and the Best Pop/Rock Album.
By the beginning of 1995 a new single “Wonderful tonight” was realized. It was a cover of Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
song and it reached a second place on Hit Parade of Program 3 (Polish radio station). At the beginning of July a new single “Madness” (“Szał”) was realized and it promoted the album “Shock’n’show (Szok'n'show)”.
In October people could see Edyta perform live in 13 cities. This tour ended in May 1996. The biggest hits are: the promotion single “Madness”, Time of high tide”, “The Clock” (“Zegar”) which was realised on a singel in November, and the greatest, immortal ballade “The Last One” (“Ostatni”). Single “Anger is no use” (“Na nic gniew”) which was realized during summer holidays is also worth remembering. The album “Shock’n’Show” received the platinum status and up to this day more than 280.000 of MC and CD copies have been sold. In 1995 this album won Fryderyk (Polish music award) in the category Rock Album, and was nominated to this price in eight different categories. The readers of music magazines very highly evaluated her work:
- The Best Album Award - readers of “Only Rock” (“Tylko Rock”) plebiscite
- The Best Singer Award - readers of “Only Rock” plebiscite
- Second place in Hit of the year category - readers “Only Rock” plebiscite
- Seventh place for “The Clock”
- Second place in the Best Singer category – readers of “Brum” plebiscite
- The Best Video of the Year Award for “Madness” – readers of “Brum” plebiscite
The video to the song “The Clock” won “Zloty Yacht” in category The Best Video of the Year. A new challenge for Bartosiewicz at the end of 1995 was a music production of an album of the group “Firebirds
Firebirds
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction is an award-winning collection of short stories for young adults written by authors associated with Firebird Books, released on that imprint in 2003. It was followed by a sequel anthology, Firebirds Rising, in 2006, which was a World...
”.
The year 1996 was as interesting in Bartosiewicz career as the previous one. She played tens of concerts, among which on 9 July she opened Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
’ concert in Spodek Katowicki. She was a star during “Wegorzewo 1996” (Polish music festival). Edyta’s recital during Sopot Festival was very well received. It was there that she received the Platinum status for her albums “Dream” and “Shock’n’show”. She received a warm reception. The recital lasted about 40 minutes but thanks to enthusiastic reaction of the public it was prolonged about 20 minutes (4 encores). Edyta performed her biggest hits but also presented her two new songs “Only a moment” (“Tylko moment”) and “Think about me” (“Pomyśl o mnie”), which became a single.
In October she started working on her new album, which was recorded in January and February 1997. The premier of Edyta’s fourth album entitled “Child” (“Dziecko”) took place on 9 June, and the single “Jenny” was present in radio stations since 21 April. By September more than 100.000 copies were sold, and this album was in the top ten of bestselling albums of the year. The album was promoted within the tour and a second single “I lied” (“Skłamałam”), which became a big hit. During a concert in “Stodola” (Stodoła) in Warsaw she received another platinum status for the album “Child” (more than 200.000 CD and MC sold). Next singles: ‘We don't know each other” („Nie znamy się”), ‘Boogie czyli zemsta slodka jest’ and the title song “Child” enjoyed quite big popularity. In February Edyta played three concerts in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. In March 1998 Edyta once again won Fryderyk in the category “The Best Rock Album”. Besides that, she was also nominated in five other categories. The album “Child” is thought to be the most frank album of Polish rock and, generally speaking, Polish entertainment music. (Machina 03/02).
In July 1998 Edyta entered the studio to record a new album. This time it was not with Leszek Kaminski but with an English publisher Rafał Mckenna who also worked with artists such as Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
, Pulp
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
, or Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
. The first song from this album was “Love like fire” (“Miłość jak ogień”) which immediately won the first place on Polish hit lists. The premier of the album “Waterfalls” (“Wodospady”) took place November 9, 1998. Another single was the title song. The album reviews characterized it as the most mature of all. Songs like “Mandarine” (“Mandarynka”) showed Edyta’s interest in psychedelic music. On the other hand, Edyta did not turn her back on image that was known from her previous albums. Songs like “Love like fire” and “Waterfalls of tears” confirm that. In many reviews it is said that the most distinguished long plays are “Dream”, “Child” and “Waterfalls”. The video to the third single “Seven seas, seven lands” (“Siedem mórz, siedem ladów”) was made in picturesque landscape in the US (precincts of LA
Lá
Lá Nua was an Irish language daily newspaper based in Belfast. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. Lá Nua belonged to the Belfast Media Group, and is sister paper of The Andersonstown News....
). In May 1999 the last single promoting “Waterfalls”, entitled “The Rebel” (“Buntowniczka”) was realised. Till this day 75, 000 copies have been sold which gave Edyta another golden status title. In 1998 she was nominated to Fryderyk in many categories.
On 29 November 1999 album entitled “Today are my birthday- the best of” (“Dziś są moje urodziny- the best of”) was realized. This was the album that summed up the artistic work of Edyta and it was promoted by the song “21st century” (“XXI wiek”). The album, as Edyta admitted, was forced by denouncement of the contract. At the beginning of the year 2000 a song “Master” (“Mistrz”) was realized and it promoted a medley. She ended the year 1999 separating from her phonographic industry Universal Music Poland.
The year 2000 started with a prestigious award for the Personality of the Decade presented by the “Only Rock” magazine. In February 2000 Edyta collaborated with Justyna Steczkowska
Justyna Steczkowska
Justyna Steczkowska is a Polish singer, song-writer, and actress.She comes from a big musical family, and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of 4 octaves....
. She wrote a number of lyrics for Justyna’s album “Day & Night”. Moreover, she also made a well-matched duet with Kazik Staszewski
Kazik Staszewski
Kazik Staszewski is a Polish lead singer, songwriter, and leader of the band Kult.Kazik founded Kult in 1982. Their latest album, Hurra, was released in September 2009....
in the hit-song “Four Rooms”, which promoted Kazik’s album “Melassa”. In the same year she collaborated with Anita Lipnicka
Anita Lipnicka
Anita Lipnicka is a Polish singer and songwriter. Her career as a singer started with Varius Manx, a band she joined in 1993...
. Together they created “The Last Letter” song – Edyta prepared the music and Anita wrote the lyrics. Effect of that collaboration was presented on Anita’s album “My eyes are green” (2000). In January 2001 Edyta, together with the band Agressiva 69, recorded the title song for Mariusz Treliński’s movie “Egoists”.
In January 2001 the song “The Tale” appeared on the subsequent volume of the “Fridays for fives” medley by Radio ZET. The song became a hit. Beginning of 2001 also brought changes to Edyta’s group: drummer Krzysztof Poliński was replaced by Przemek Momot, who worked together, among others, with Kasia Nosowska
Kasia Nosowska
Katarzyna Nosowska is the lead singer of the Polish rock band Hey. She is also known for her solo career, which in contrast to Hey's guitar-driven rock delves more into electronica...
, Robert Gawliński
Robert Gawlinski
Robert Gawliński is the lead singer and guitarist of the Polish pop rock band Wilki. He was born on 31 August 1963 in Warsaw.-External links:* * *...
, groups Yugoton
Yugoton
Yugoton is a tribute album to the former Yugoslav rock scene released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001.It features cover versions of eminent ex-Yugoslav artists performed in Polish language by the cover band named Yugoton, composed of several notable Polish...
and Women; and bass player Radek Zagajewski was replaced by Michał Grott. In November 2001 Edyta published a re-release of her first solo album “Love”. The album was published in Universal’s series “Invincible”. Bartosiewicz was also asked to write a number of lyrics for Edyta Górniak
Edyta Górniak
Edyta Górniak is one of the most popular female singers from Poland.- Beginnings :At the age of 14 Górniak formed a band and was playing at private parties and evening dances. After taking singing lessons, in 1989, aged 16, she gave her first public appearance on a Polish television talent show...
’s album “The Pearl” (2002). The song “I don't ask for more” became a second single from that album. Edyta is also an author of lyrics for the title song, which was released as a fourth single.
At the beginning of 2002 Edyta signed a contract with BMG Poland and from March 4 she started work on a new album. On June 17 the single “Innocence”, that was supposed to promote the new album, was released. On June 29 the video clip for that song was broadcasted. The new album was supposed to be released in August 2002; however, for unknown reasons and despite the fact that the album was finished release-date had been postponed many times. After some time Edyta and BMG Poland declared the contract null and void, and until the preset day the album has not been released.
In 2004, quite unexpectedly, Edyta performed in a duet with Krzysztof Krawczyk in a song “It’s hard for... (us to be together)”. That song became a second single from Krawczyk’s album “That which is important in life” and achieved a great commercial success on the market, becoming the biggest hit of 2004. In August, Edyta appeared together with Krzysztof Krawczyk during the Sopot music festival. Moreover, Edyta performed during 2004 New Year’s Eve concert organized by TVP
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...
(state-owned Polish Television). The year 2004 was extremely successful for Edyta Bartosiewicz. She managed a comeback in media and was on the covers of many popular magazines for a long time.
After a half year break Edyta returned exactly on June 5, 2005 when she performed on Cracowian Main Market Square during the Enchanted Song Festival. Edyta was among such stars as: Anna Maria Jopek
Anna Maria Jopek
Anna Maria Jopek is a Polish musician and singer. She represented her country in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny...
, Sylwia Wiśniewska, Urszula, Andrzej Piaseczny, Grzegorz Turnau
Grzegorz Turnau
Grzegorz Turnau is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer.He was born on 31 July 1967 in Kraków, Poland. At age seventeen he won First Prize at The Student Song Festival in Kraków in 1984...
, Michał Wiśniewski, and Pawel Kukiz
Pawel Kukiz
Paweł Kukiz is a Polish rock singer and actor. He founded and leads the band Piersi. Earlier, he founded other bands, like Aya RL and Emigranci...
. She truly enchanted the crowd with her two hit-songs: “Jenny” and “The Last One”.
In September 2005 Edyta performed during the special 10-years-anniversary concert of Myslovitz; during which she performed the song “I would like to die of love” together with Myslovitz
Myslovitz
Myslovitz is a Polish rock band, whose music incorporates elements of college rock, shoegazing, and, arguably, Britpop. Since 2003, EMI Group has been attempting to establish them internationally, with considerable support from MTV Europe...
’s frontman, Artur Rojek
Artur Rojek
Artur Rojek is the guitarist and lead singer of the Polish alternative rock group Myslovitz. He and the lead guitarist Wojciech Powaga founded the Mysłowice-based group in 1992...
.
Motivated by huge success of duet with Krzysztof Krawczyk, Edyta returned to work on her new album. She returned to Sony & BMG (formerly BMG Poland) and release of her new album was scheduled for spring 2006. Unfortunately, just when the album was about to be released a tragedy happened. Manager, concerts’ organizer and Edyta’s biggest friend – Jacek Nowakowski, died on March 9. He was only thirty-four. Edyta, lost in grief, cancelled the release of the new album.
On September 2, 2006 Edyta performed during Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
’s concerted called “Tomasz Stańko & Friends”. Here is a fragment from report on the concert:
For over two years from that appearance Edyta did not perform publicly. She finally returned on stage on July 5, 2008 when she appeared during TOPtrendy Festival in Sopot
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
. She performed on the occasion of Krzysztof Krawczyk's 45 years-on-stage benefit concert "Life Is Like a Wine." Together with Krawczyk, she performed two songs: "The Tale" and "It's Hard For... (Us to Be Together)."
Thus far, it has been Edyta's last public performance. In July 2010 it was announced she was set to perform at Orange Warsaw Festival on August 28, 2010. There are also rumors she is back to studio recording new songs.
Albums
- The Big Beat (1990)
- LoveLove (Edyta Bartosiewicz album)Love is the first solo Edyta Bartosiewicz album. However, she doesn't identify herself with the lyrical content as, in her own words, she considers it to be "too womanlike and pastel, and I'm not always like this". It's been recorded entirely in English and has reached gold status in Poland...
(1992) - Sen ("Dream") (1994)
- Szok'n'Show (1995)
- Dziecko ("Child") (1997)
- Wodospady ("Waterfalls") (1998)
- Dziś są moje urodziny ("Today's My Birthday") (1999)
- Tam dokąd zmierzasz ("There, where you're going") (2011)
from Sen
- Sen
- Koziorożec (Capricorn)
- Urodziny (Birthday)
- Żart w zoo (Joke in a Zoo)
- Zabij swój strach (Kill Your Fear)
from Szok'n'Show
- Szał (Frenzy)
- Zegar (Clock)
- Ostatni (The Last One)
- Na nic gniew (Useless Anger)
from Dziecko
- Jenny
- Skłamałam (I Lied)
- Nie znamy się (We Don't Know Each Other)
- Boogie, czyli zemsta słodka jest (Boogie - Revenge Is Sweet)
- Dziecko (Child)
from Wodospady
- Miłość jak ogień (Love Like Fire)
- Wodospady łez (Waterfalls of Tears)
- Siedem mórz, siedem lądów (Seven Seas, Seven Lands)
- Buntowniczka (Rebelliant)
Non-album singles
- Jedwab (Velvet)
- Moja i twoja nadzieja (Mine And Your Hope) (recorded with HeyHey (band)Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s....
from their album Fire) - Goodbye To The Roman Candles (London remix)
- Szepty (Whispers) (recorded with Firebirds)
- Ostatni (transwersja) / Pomyśl o mnie (Think About Me) (outtakes from Szok'n'Show sessions)
- Cztery pokoje (Four Rooms) (recorded with Kazik for his album Melassa in 2000)
- Opowieść (A Story) (promo for a Radio ZET compilation, promo for 2004 movie Nigdy w życiu)
- Egoiści (Egoists) (recorded with Agressiva 69, promoting the movie of the same title)
- Niewinność (Innocence) (promoting the unreleased 2002 album)
- Trudno tak...razem być nam ze sobą (So hard...for us to be together) (promoting Krzysztof Krawczyk's album To, co w życiu ważne)
Selected Awards
- 1990 Mateusz Święcicki Award (Nagroda im. M. Święcickiego)
- 1992 Amber Nightingale Award – Sopot festival
- 1994 Fryderyk Awards – Best Artist and Best Pop/Rock Album
- 1994 Fryderyk Awards – Best Female Vocalist
- 1995 Fryderyk Awards – Best Rock Album (also eight other nominations)
- 1997 Fryderyk Awards – Best Rock Album (and five other nominations)
- 2004 Fryderyk Awards – Best Song Trudno tak...razem być nam ze sobą (So hard...for us to be together)