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Tomek

acoustic and electr(on)ic since 1999

About Me

Tomek is Franck Lafay's solo project. After playing with several bands in the 90s, he finally made up his mind and started the recording of a more intimate repertoire in 99. Out of these home sessions was born his first album, in which he plays all the instruments himself. Some tracks are purely instrumental, and the simultaneous use of machines (sampler & sequencer) and instruments takes us through very detailed & ever changing atmospheres.

Above all a studio project, some magical pedals (live samplers) enable him the following year to give concrete expression to these songs on stage, where he plays the guitar and sings, on his own, lead by a musical urge. Thus, since 2001, Tomek has among others shared the stage with the Birdwatcher (US), Tamara Williamson (Can), Troy Von Balthazar (US), Sug[r]cane (Lux), Melmac (F), Blumen (F)...

At the same time, Franck also appears in other musical projects ( Baka ! - experimental noises vs live electronics, Gasp - electronica-ambiant). He also collaborates with visual artists, dancers & puppeteers ( Annex99 , Luc Bernad , Stéphan Pelissier, Cie Encorps à venir, Cédric Touzé, les Enclumés ), doing the sound work for their performances & shows.

These last months, he performed in a musical/sound/puppet/sculptures show called Papy l'boxeur with Cédric Touzé / T^ete d'enclume and in a new duet called FranKendriK (electro-accordion).

The new album is ready, more info to come soon.

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Tomek est le projet solo de Franck Lafay, qui après plusieurs expériences en groupe au cours des années 90, se décide à enregistrer un répertoire plus intimiste durant l'année 99. De ces sessions à la maison naît le 1er album, 9 titres - instrumentaux & chantés - où il joue de tous les instruments et utilise également des machines - sampler et séquenceur - au service de morceaux aux ambiances fouillées & changeantes.

Projet avant tout studio, quelques pédales magiques (samplers en direct - live looping) permettent l'année suivante de concrétiser ces morceaux seul sur scène avec une guitare, une voix et beaucoup d'envies. Ainsi, depuis 2001, Tomek a notamment partagé la scène avec the Birdwatcher (US), Tamara Williamson (Can), Troy Von Balthazar (US), Sug[r]cane (Lux), Melmac (F), Blumen (F)...

Parallèlement à Tomek, Franck participe à d'autres projets musicaux ( Baka ! - experimental noises vs live electronics, Gasp - électro-ambiant), et collabore avec des artistes plasticiens, danseurs & marionnettistes ( Annex99 , Luc Bernad , Stéphan Pelissier, Cie Encorps à venir, Cédric Touzé, les Enclumés ) pour des installations sonores, performances & spectacles.

Ces derniers mois, il a joué dans un spectacle de théâtre plastique et musical intitulé Papy l'boxeur avec Cédric Touzé / T^ete d'enclume et dans un nouveau duo nommé FranKendriK (électro-accordéon).

Le nouvel album est terminé et devrait sortir d'une manière ou d'une autre. Plus d'infos bientôt.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/24/2006
Band Website: tomekmusic.free.fr
Band Members:

Franck : acoustic & electric guitars, live loops, other sounds, vocals

. additional musicians .
Fred : drums
Priscille : backing vocals
Influences: Krzysztof Kieslowski - Bob Mould/Sugar/Hüsker Dü - Dominique A - Hood - David Lynch - Imagho - Tod Browning - Kat Onoma/Rodolphe Burger/Philippe Poirier - Unwound - Programme - Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon - Lisa Germano - Stina Nordenstam - David Sylvian - Talk Talk - PJ Harvey - Four Tet - Shannon Wright - Sonic Youth - The Prisoner - Chokebore - Lhasa de Sela - Iva Bittova - Lo'Jo - Juno - Noir Désir - Hint - Portobello Bones - Prohibition - Condense - Bästard - Blumen - Tindersticks - Carla Bozulich - The avengers - Wild Palms - Blonde Redhead - Scanner - Akosh - Richard Brautigan - LIFE ! ....
Sounds Like: nothing else, ahah !
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New songs added

Hi all,I'm proud to announce 2 new songs from the forthcoming album (self-released ? might be) have been uploaded for your ears :- "Autopsie", with a special guest on saxophone : Arnaud from La Phaze ...
Posted by Tomek on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:57:00 PST

I like design, but I hate heavy sites. A note to users.

I do like design, I do love websites that are well done, nice and light code, pages fast to download.The default interface isn't pretty, the default code isn't light either, quite right, but I don't w...
Posted by Tomek on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:41:00 PST

this is the end of the waiting, my friend...

After more than 4 years searching, losing traces, rehearsing, erasing and recording again, editing, doing many other things and coming back to it again, I finally managed to end this recording and mi...
Posted by Tomek on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:14:00 PST

New versions coming soon...

As I re-recorded some voices on several songs, I'm currently mixing them and will put them online as soon as possible... Stay tuned !...
Posted by Tomek on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:46:00 PST