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"I played/composed/produced:
future, no wave, electric, free, acoustic, ethno, nu jazz;
indie, punk, dark wave, psychodelic, metal rock;
ethno, meditative, sacral, experimental contemporary classical music;
dark ambient, noise, electro, industrial, EBM;
and there is still an endless sea of music that I desire to be into ... It is a New Millenium and a new music is necessary...I respect tradition deeply, but I do not pray to it - too much looking backwards is sometimes a serious obstacle in developing new streams - I look to the future, definitely..."
Voytek Konikiewicz
from an interview for Polish Radio, Channel 1, March 2007
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This is an official, updated bio - someone wrote it but, well, to me a bit too stiff... :-( Ok, let it be up to this blessed day when somoeone will change it :-)/
Creativity ,openess,free spirit..."He is a true man of the New Renaissance".../prof.Henryk Skolimowski,The University of Michigan/
*futuristic*alternative*independent*experimental*
Wojciech (Voytek) Konikiewicz /born 1956 in Wroclaw[Breslau], South West Poland/ is a rare example of a person whose educational background includes studies in classical music / piano, composition /, technology /electroacoustics/ and philosophy.
Konikiewicz has a well-established position in several fields of activity.As a composer he scores music from works for symphony & chamber orchestra, choir,string quartet, reed trio, saxophone and piano, saxophone and organ, harp and organ etc. to progressive, free & nu jazz, experimental, electronic /dark ambient,EBM,noise,industrial,trance /,dub & reggae, ethno and sacral pieces.The remarkable features of his music are:
- treating music and sound as a mood-creating unity
- modern harmonies and techniques that reflect composer's interest in 20th century music
- echoes of in-deep studies in sacral and ethnic music
- using both hi-tech electronic and acoustic instruments
Konikiewicz is one of the most creative and
multidimensional artistic personalities of Polish electro,jazz,indie rock as well as reggae & dub music.
In 80-ties he took part in a free -punk- funk jazz rebel, founding legendary groups like Sesja 80 Acoustic Action ,Green Revolution and Free Cooperation ,as well as in the independent rock movement ,that flourished during Solidarity time, touring and recording with numerous legendary ,reggae,punk & indie rock groups (Izrael,Tilt,Deuter,T.Love,Klaus Mitffoch,Citizen GC etc.),performing at famous rock (Jarocin) , reggae (Solidarity Against Apartheid,Robrege Festival) and jazz festivals .
Since 1985 he writes music for feature, documentary, experimental and TV films, as well as for theatre, ballet and mime theatre.
Performing artist -he performs both as a soloist / piano, electronic instruments,laptop,pipe organ, harpsichord/ and as a member of many groups - playing contemporary, experimental,electro, jazz,regaae & dub,indie rock or improvised music. He also takes part in some multicultural projects, cooperating with musicians of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Educator and theoretician of culture -he leads workshops, meetings, publishes essays, articles etc.
Cooperated and/or played: with many Polish independent rock,jazz & electronic artists and groups,as well as from other countries (b.o. Japan, Korea, France, USA) - for example UK: Asian Dub Foundation, Dr Das, J.J.Burnell(The Stranglers),Benjamin Zephaniah,Ian Paice(Deep Purple),Steve Harris , Jan Kopinski, Cathy Stevens, Karl Bingham, Steve Iliffe etc. (see the official website for more detailed info)
SOME LESS OFFICIAL BIO- as to me, much less stiff :-)
KONIKIEWICZ@TRANSGROOVE
***Hypnoelectronic,futuristic, psychodelic ,trancey and totally free music***
KONIKIEWICZ@TRANSGROOVE presents a radical,hi-tech backed up concept of music in which trance,freedom of expression and live interaction between musicians and electronics are crucial. Most of trio's concerts last 3 hours and are endless trips into the world of unlimited imagination.
A wizard of electronics, virtuoso keyboardist and pianist Voytek Konikiewicz is an absolute guru of XXIst century electro jazz.Not only -he has been cooperating with radical wave of Polish, Japanese, British, US and French jazz artists but also working within most advanced contemporary electronic music streams like noise, industrial,ambient ,neogothic,trance,techno and EBM.Touring Europe, America, Asia (Japan, Korea) he is permanently in search of new ideas. He is also an active lecturer and workshop leader involved in many multidimensional activities. He is a member of Advisory Council of an exclusive US based ISIM society. In TRANSGROOVE he plays synths,laptop, samplers and live electronics, accompanied by 2 young, most talented musicians: Marcin Lamch on electric & double bass and Przemek Pacan on drums.
Concerts always feature hard core live visuals by unbelievable, one & only VJ FX (pls, check his website http://vjfx.pl ).Altogether- a ruthless, audiovisual trrrrrrrrrrrrancey trip...
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