Lech Janerka

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Lech Janerka at a concert in 2005.

Lech Andrzej Janerka (born May 2, 1953 in Wrocław ) is a Polish rock musician , singer, bassist and composer. In the 1980s he was the leader of the important Polish no-wave band Klaus Mitffoch .

Live and act

At the end of the 1970s Janerka appeared in a duet with his wife Bożena. They performed together at student music festivals. In 1979 Janerka founded the band Klaus Mitffoch , with whom he recorded the album of the same name in 1984, which is considered to be one of the most important albums in Polish rock history. Shortly afterwards he left the band and devoted himself to a solo career. He did not achieve any major commercial success, but is nevertheless considered a very important representative of Polish alternative rock. He has received several awards, including two Fryderyks for the album Fiu fiu… .

In 2011 Janerka was awarded the Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski .

style

Janerka combines many genres in his work, including rock, folk and blues, from which he has built his own characteristic style. His music is mostly assigned to alternative rock . He is known for his abstract, sometimes absurd texts. His style is considered formative for a later generation of Polish rock music, such as Marcin Świetlicki , Maciej Maleńczuk, Tymon Tymański .

Discography

  • 1985: Klaus Mitffoch (Tonpress / MTJ)
  • 1986: Historia podwodna (Tonpress)
  • 1989: Piosenki (Muza Polskie Nagrania)
  • 1991: Ur (Intermal)
  • 1993: Co lepsze kawałki (compilation; Sonic)
  • 1994: Bruhaha (MJM Music)
  • 1994: Bez prądu (live album; Polskie Radio Łódź)
  • 1997: Dobranoc (Koch International)
  • 2002: Fiu fiu ... ( BMG )
  • 2005: Plagiarism (BMG)
  • 2005: The Best - Strzeż się tych miejsc (compilation; Agencja Artystyczna TMJ)
  • 2007: Gwiazdy polskiej muzyki lat 80. (compilation as newspaper supplement; TMM Polska / Planeta Marketing)
  • 2010: Najmniejszy koncert świata (Live-DVD; Agora Polska SA)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Mitffoch. RMF.FM, accessed July 5, 2016 (Polish).
  2. ↑ Krzysztof Celiński: recenzja Plagiaty Lech Janerka. TylkoRock.pl, accessed July 5, 2016 (Polish).
  3. ^ Robert Kasprzycki: Lech Janerka - Plagiaty. (No longer available online.) Onet.pl, March 12, 2005, archived from the original on July 5, 2016 ; Retrieved July 5, 2016 (Polish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / muzyka.onet.pl
personal data
SURNAME Janerka, Lech
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitffoch, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish rock musician, singer, bassist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw