Jay Malinowski (born 1982) is a

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singer, songwriter, visual artist and writer. He was born in

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, and grew up in

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. He is best known as the vocalist and guitarist for

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group

Bedouin Soundclash Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band based in Toronto and consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bass player Eon Sinclair and drummer Chuck Treece. Their sound has been described as a combination of reggae and ska. Bedouin Soundcla ...

Personal life

Born in

in 1982, Malinowski's family moved to

when he was nine months old. He attended St. George's School where he played his first show at the age of 16 as part of a school talent night. He received the Rigg Scholarship in his last year of high school. He attended Queen's University where he graduated with a Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degree in 2004. He met Eon Sinclair at Queen's and after discovering their mutual love of reggae music, decided to form their own band,

, with fellow Queen's student, Patrick Pengelly. By the end of third year, they signed to Stomp Records and had toured across Canada. In 2005, Malinowski moved to

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to pursue music full-time. In 2009, Malinowski co-founded Pirates Blend Records. Malinowski participated in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games Torch Relay, carrying the torch through part of the downtown Vancouver course. Upon moving home to Vancouver in 2012, Malinowski started volunteering at St. James Academy on the downtown east side in Vancouver. He taught songwriting to kids in the after-school and summer programs. The students from St. James appear on Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast's ''Indian Summer'' EP, as well as their 2014 full-length album, Martel. In 2013, he walked the

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, a well-known pilgrimage walk that stretches from the

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on the western coast of

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Bedouin Soundclash

While attending Queen's University, Malinowski met Eon Sinclair and formed

. In 2001, they released their first album, ''

Root Fire ''Root Fire'' is the debut album from the Canadian rock band Bedouin Soundclash, made while the members of the band were still in school at Queen's University. Track listing All songs were written by Bedouin Soundclash. #"Rodigan State Addr ...

'', which was hailed as "one of the best debut albums" by ''

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'' In 2004, they enlisted Darryl Jenifer of

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as the producer of their album, ''

Sounding A Mosaic ''Sounding a Mosaic'' is the second album from the Canadian rock band Bedouin Soundclash. The album was released on September 7, 2004. Recorded in Montreal and produced by Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, the album spawned the hit single "When the ...

''. The band's break came when

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invited them to play

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2005. That year, they signed to

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. Mike Davies of the

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championed the hit ''

'' single, "

When The Night Feels My Song "When the Night Feels My Song" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Bedouin Soundclash released in 2004 as the lead single from their debut album ''Sounding a Mosaic''. It features a reggae/soft rock sound. When this song was first rel ...

", which rocketed to #24 on the charts and was the second most played song in Canada that summer. They toured with

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and

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in 2006. The band received the

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for New Group Of The Year at the 2006 JUNOS in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2007, they released the album '' Street Gospels''. The band released the EP ''Where Have All The Songs Played Gone To'' in 2009, before the full-length album ''

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provided backing instrumentation for the record. He toured in support of this album with Michael Rault and

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as opening acts.

Armistice

Malinowski recorded a five-song EP with Cœur de pirate and

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at The Bronx's studio in Van Nuys, California under the band name

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. The EP was released February 15, 2011 and contains the single "Mission Bells".

Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast

After moving back to Vancouver in April 2012, Malinowski started collaborating with local string trio, The End Tree. The End Tree joined Malinowski, eventually becoming known as The Deadcoast in recordings and on stage. In July, 2012, it was announced that Malinowski would perform alongside

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, and

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for the European leg of the 2012 Revival Tour. In November 2012, Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast released a five-song EP, ''Indian Summer'', to coincide with their tour in Europe as part of the Revival Tour. On February 11, 2014, they released an eighteen-song full-length album, entitled ''Martel''. Malinowski explains that the concept behind the album was loosely based on a distant French Huguenot relative of his, Charles Martel. The album is divided into two distinctive parts, the Pacific and the Atlantic. The first single, "Patience Phipps", was based on a name that Malinowski found in his family tree.

Writing

In 2014, Malinowski inked an e-book publishing deal with HarperCollins for his book "Skulls & Bones: 14 Letters from a Sailor at the End of the World. An illustrated novella, the book follows the travels of the sailor "Martel" through a series of letters written to his granddaughter, whom he lost contact with long ago. Telling of their ancestral past, his life at sea, and the choices upon which their lives have been built, Martel's letters illuminate the power of stories passed down through generations—stories that changed over time, and that ruptured their family narrative, tearing them all apart. The e-book's enhanced version includes songs and videos from the accompanying Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast album, ''Martel'', which was released February 11, 2014, as well as original ink drawings by Malinowski. The book was released on Sept. 1 2015.

Visual Art

After graduating Queen's University, Malinowski had a solo show at Gallery Bibbiane in Toronto. He paints mainly in encaustic with mixed media. In 2006, his work was part of a group show for Pop Montreal. The Crystal Gallery in Whistler housed a show of his in April 2014 and he has recently been commissioned by the Burrard Arts Foundation to create a mural which will be mounted in the Gastown area of Vancouver, which Malinowski calls home. The mural was scheduled to be unveiled mid-September 2015. Malinowski created the album cover art for Bedouin Soundclash's first three albums."Toronto Through The Eyes of Jay Malinowski"
''blogTO'', November 1, 2006

Discography

Footnotes

External links

Jay Malinowski Official WebsiteJay Malinowski CBC Music Artist Page
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