Szymon Tarkowski profile picture

Szymon Tarkowski

szymektarkowski

About Me

I was born 15th of August 1978 in Radom, Poland. At the age of 13 I started playing the classical guitar but three years later changed the instrument for the bass guitar. With my first groups I played mostly rock'n'roll stuff, but later decided to follow different types of music - jazz, psychedelia, avant garde. In 1999 I moved to Warsaw and since then I have cooperated with the groups such as Transylwania (psycho-jazz), Wiosna (jazz-rock), Slimak Trio (free-jazz), Batyskaf (nu-jazz-rock). I have also been the main organizer of the Festival WUJek (Warsaw Underground Jazz) since 2001. Currently I am playing freaky songs with the bands Plyny and Pustki .
So far, I've released three CD's - Wiosna 'Prima Aprilis' (2002), compilation 'WUJek' (2006) and Plyny 'Plyny' (2007).
Apart from music I'm very much interested in studying languages and linguistics, travelling around Europe (there are some plans for Africa and Asia as well;-)) and reading.
The tracks above are chosen from the repertoire of the four groups - Wiosna, Slimak Trio, Batyskaf and Plyny - enjoy!
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/14/2007
Band Website: plyny.yh.pl
Band Members:
Influences: The Beatles, King Crimson, Yes, Marillion, Camel, Porcupine Tree, Bjork, The Sugarcubes, Porno For Pyros, Jane's Addiction, Primus, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kaki King, Tymon i Trupy, Kury, Milosc, Mazzoll and Arythmic Perfection, Loskot, Maestro Trytony, Mikolaj Trzaska, Armia, Homo Twist, Tortoise, Sea & Cake, Gastr del Sol, Jaga Jazzists, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Miles Davis, Chic Corea, Louis Sclavis, Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Air, Blur, Radiohead, Stereolab, Telepopmusic, Nelly Furtado, Outkast, manu Chao, Rokia Traore, Ojos de Brujo, Amadou & Mariam, Noir Desir, Maria Joao & Mario Laginha, Madredeus, Huun-Huur-Tu, Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa - just to mention a few;-)
Sounds Like: the sounds may be different, but the spirit is the same
Type of Label: Indie