Tymon Tymański

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Ryszard Waldemar "Tymon" Tymański (born September 30, 1968 in Danzig ) is a Polish musician (double bass, electric bass, guitar, vocals), performer, composer.

Live and act

Tymański first appeared in the mid-1980s as a writer and actor in experimental theater plays. He learned the guitar as a child and later switched to the electric bass. With a school friend he formed the band The Howling Dogs .

In 1983 he founded Sni Sredstvom za Uklanianie, then a post-punk / new wave band. In 1986 he began studying English at the University of Gdansk and joined the well-known Gdansk performance group Totart. Two years later, Sni Sredstvom Miłość emerged, the most important band on the Yass scene. Tymański is considered to be the inventor of the term yass . In 1992 he founded his second important band, Kury, with which he was awarded a Fryderyk in 1998 . After the breakup of the yass scene, Tymański devoted himself increasingly to simpler forms of rock, especially with his band Tymon & the Transistors.

Other bands from Tymańskis were Tymon i Trupy, Czan, NRD, The Users, Masło, Tymański Yass Ensemble. He also moderated two television programs ( Dzyndzylyndzy and Brzóska Show ) in the 1990s . In 2001 his book was published (together with Zbigniew Sajnóg) Chłopi 3 . In the same year he was awarded a Paszport Polityki for complete works. He was awarded an Orzeł for his soundtrack to Wojciech Smarzowski's film Wesele . In 2013 his autobiography ADHD was published .

Tymański is a Buddhist . His works often contain references to Zen Buddhism.

He was a co-owner of the music label Biodro Records.

Discographic notes

  • Tymon i Trupy Songs for Genpo (Music Corner Records, 1996)
  • Kury POLOVIRUS (Biodro Records, 1998)
  • NRD Sport i religia ( Not Two Records , 1998)
  • Tymon & Transistors Wesele (ZIC ZAC, 2004)
  • Sni Sredstvom Za Uklanianie 1983–1986 (Biodro Records, 2006)
  • Tymański Yass Ensemble Free Tibet (Biodro Records, 2008, with Antoni Gralak , Ireneusz Wojtczak, Wojciech Mazolewski , Jakub Staruszkiewicz and guests)

Web links

Commons : Tymon Tymański  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Sebastian Rerak: Chłepcąc ciekły hel - Historia yassu . A KuKu Sztuka, Gdynia 2013, ISBN 978-83-925374-1-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tymon & The Transistors. Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Polish).
  2. ^ ADHD - Tymon Tymański. Retrieved September 4, 2016 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Tymański, Tymon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tymański, Ryszard (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig