Fisz

Fisz (born Bartosz Waglewski 19 March 1978) is a Polish rap artist.

The musical style of Fisz is unconventional. At the very beginning of his career he started out as a hip hop artist, but went experimental soon after releasing Tworzywo Sztuczne – Wielki Ciężki Słoń in 2004. Fisz and his brother and producer Emade seek inspiration in black music giving soul, funk and jazz touch to their projects. His lyrics are often based on wordplay.

Biography

Bartosz Waglewski was born on 19 March 1978 in Warsaw, Poland. He is the son of musician Wojciech Waglewski and older brother of Emade (Piotr Waglewski). He studied at Europejska Akademia Sztuk (EAS).

In 2008, he founded a rock band Kim Nowak together with his brother Emade and Michał Sobolewski. The band released two studio albums, Kim Nowak (2010) and Wilk (2012).

Internationally he gave concerts on stages of London, Berlin, Bordeaux, Calvi, Dijon, Marseille, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Paris and Saint Vallier.

Discography

Solo albums Title Album details Peak chart positions SalesPOL Polepione dźwięki Released: 26 June 2000 Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD 48Na wylot Released: 24 September 2001 Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD 4 POL: 15,000+ "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOL Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD 4 POL: 5,000+ Piątek 13 (with Emade) Released: 13 October 2006 Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD 8Męska muzyka(with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade) Released: 1 February 2008 Label: Agora SA Formats: CD, digital download — POL: 30,000+ Heavi Metal (with Emade) Released: 21 November 2008 Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD 18 POL: 6,000+ Zwierzę bez nogi (with Emade) Released: 21 November 2011 Label: Agora SA Formats: CD, digital download —Matka, Syn, Bóg(with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade) Released: 25 October 2013 Label: Art2 Music Formats: CD, digital download — POL: 15,000+ POL: Gold Drony(with Emade) Released: 21 October 2016 Label: Agora SA "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums Title Video detailsMęska muzyka. Koncert w Fabryce Trzciny(with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade) Released: 17 December 2008 Label: Agora SA Formats: DVD

Music videos Year Title Directed Album Ref. 2000 "Polepiony" Polepione dźwięki 2001 "Tajemnica" (featuring Novika) Tomasz Nalewajek, Fisz Na wylot 2005 "Kryminalny bluez" (with Envee) Sebastian PańczykFru! 2006"Kręcioł" (with Envee) Sebastian Pańczyk, Adam Wyrwas "Nie bo nie" (with Emade) Maciej Olbrycht Piątek 13 2009 "Heavi metal" (with Emade) Wojtek Zieliński Heavi metal 2011 "Zwierzę bez nogi" (with Emade) Tymon Tykwiński, Jakub Drobczyński Zwierzę bez nogi

Awards

Fisz has been nominated to Fryderyk Award eight times.

In 2000 he received two nominations in the categories New Face of Fonography (debiut roku) and Album of the Year – Hip-Hop/Rap (Album Roku Rap/Hip hop) "Polepione dźwięki". A year later, in 2001, he received another nomination in the same category for "Na wylot". In 2003 Fisz, together with Emade, was nominated as Tworzywo Sztuczne in the category Club Album of the Year for "F3". They were also nominated for the Alternative Album of The Year (Album Roku Muzyka Alternatywna) the following year ("Wielki Ciężki Słoń"). In 2005 "Fru!" was nominated in the same category. 2006 brought two more nominations for the Hip hop/R&B Album of The Year ("Piątek 13-nastego") and the Group of the Year (together with Emade).

In addition he has won or has been nominated for the following awards:

the 2000 Machiner Award for "Polepione dźwięki" in the category Niche Album the Album of The Year from the Fluid magazine for "Polepione dźwięki" Paszport Polityki for "Polepione dźwięki" (nomination) the Most Important Polish Performer in 2001 and the Polish Video of the Year for "Tajemnica" from the magazine Klan Przekrój magazine Fenomen Award 2005 Paszport Polityki in the category Pop-Rock-Scene ("Piątek 13")