Grzegorz Kaźmierczak (born 15 February 1964) is a Polish poet, vocalist (and author of lyrics) in the band

Variété Variété is a new-wave and cold-wave band from Poland, considered the leading pioneers of that genre in 1980s. The group is continually evolving and their music can be now described as an original blend of jazz, minimal and trip-hop. Histor ...

, and record producer.

Life and work

Graduated from the Polish

Philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

Department at Kazimierz Wielki University. Co-founded

and debuted with the group at

Jarocin Festival Jarocin Festival was one of the biggest and most important rock music festivals in 1980s Europe, by far the biggest festival of alternative music in the Warsaw Pact countries. Founded in 1980, the festival was based on the earlier ''Wielkopolskie ...

in 1984, receiving a distinction and several other awards in further years, including the Grand Prize, the Audience Award, the Journalists’ Award and the Award of the President of Jarocin. So far

has released 9 longplays and Kaźmierczak has published 4 books of poems. The band has played many concerts in various European countries, in Russia and US. In 2007

recorded their sixth album in New York City. Kaźmierczak is a co-founder of a few

recording studios A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enoug ...

. As sound engineer and music producer he has participated in recording albums of many artists. He has won various individual and collective awards. In Polish music community Kaźmierczak has been considered one of the best lyricists. In 2010 a documentary „Variété – muzyka bez końca" (Variété – endless music) was made, directed by Darek Landowski. Grzegorz Kaźmierczak currently lives in

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Bibliography

Books of poetry

* ''Głód i przesyt'' (1993) * ''Record – play'' (2003) * ''Bydgoszcz – Nowy Jork'' (2008) * ''Centra'' (2014)

Discography

Albums with Variété

* ''Bydgoszcz'' – MC (Akademickie Radio "Pomorze" 1992) CD (Furia Musica 2002 – re-released as „Bydgoszcz 1986") * ''Variété'' – CD (Kophaus 1993) MC (re-released by Music Corner in 1996) * ''Koncert Teatr STU'' – CD (Music Corner 1995) * ''Wieczór przy balustradzie'' – CD (Music Corner 1996) * ''Nowy material'' – CD ( EMI Music Poland 2005) * ''Zapach wyjścia'' – CD (Kuka Records 2008) * ''Piosenki kolonistów'' – CD (2–47 Records 2013) * ''PPA Wrocław 2015'' – CD (2–47 Records 2015) *''Nie wiem'' - CD (Agora 2017)

Singles with Variété

* ''I znowu ktoś przestawił kamienie'' – single/vinyl (Tonpress 1985)

Soundtracks

* ''Hiena'', a feature film directed by Grzegorz Lewandowski (2006) * ''W poszukiwaniu Człowieka Serca'', a documentary by Katarzyna Marcysiak (2016)

As author of lyrics in other releases

* Strachy na Lachy – "Zakazane piosenki" (2008) * Biff – "Ano" (2009) * Maria Nefeli – "Cmentarze" * Renata Przemyk – "Zamknij wszystkie drzwi" * Pola Trąbińska – "Klaszcząc w dłonie" * Pogodno – "Mechanizmy"

As producer/co-producer

* Fred Frith – "Live" (1999) * Mazzoll/Niebieski lotnik – "Love Surprise" (2000) * Pieces of brain – "Crash the car daddy" (2000) * Kloszard – "Stare wino" (2000) * Various Artists – "Mózg 5 lat" (2000) * Janusz Zdunek/4 Syfon – "Baterie" (2001) * Tortilla Flat – "Po polsku" (2001) * Kazik – "Piosenki Toma Waitsa" (2003) * Pieces of brain – "Arythmic Visible Music" (2003) * Fisz Emade/Tworzywo sztuczne – "Na Rzywo w Mózgu" (2004) * Dubska – "Koncert w Mózgu" (2004) * Nol – "Nol" (2004) * Charlie sleeps – "T." (2004) * 3mooboys – "3mooboys" (2004) * Janusz Zdunek/5 Syfon – "Tango" (2004) * Dubska – "Dubska" (2005) * Variété – "Nowy material" (2005) * Iconoclast – "The Dreadfull dance" (2005) * 3mooboys – "Only music can save us" (2006) * Potty Umbrella – "All you know is wrong" (2006) * Various Artists – "Piosenki bydgoskie" (2006) * Sellisternium – "Furry" (2008) * Hotel Kosmos -"Wszystkie stare kobiety miasta" (2008) * Variété – "Zapach wyjścia" (2008) * Citizen woman there – "Pleasure, pleasure" (2009) * Andrzej Przybielski – "Sesja open" (2011) * Organizm – "Koniec, początek, powidok" (2011) * Variété – "Piosenki kolonistów" (2013) * Variété – "PPA Wrocław" (2015) * The Shipyard – "Niebieska linia" (2015) * Vienio – "Hore" (2016) *Ms. Obsession - Manekin (2017) *Variété - Nie wiem (2017)

Awards

1984: distinction (with

) *

1985: the grand prize "Złota Dziesiątka" (Golden Ten) (with

) * Festiwal Piosenki Autorskiej Warszawa-Hybrydy 1987: distinction (with Wina) *

1992: the Journalists’ Award, the Audience Award and the Award of the President of Jarocin (with

) * Award of Polish Music Lovers for 2008 in the category "Album of the Year – New Wave/Synth Pop/Cold Wave" for the album "''Zapach wyjścia''" (with

)

References

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