Janusz Frychel

Janusz Frychel (born January 7, 1967) is a Polish musician, bassist, composer, and lyricist. His music combines styles such as blues, rock, pop, and folk. He is one of the founders of the band Gang Olsena. Since 1988, he has been performing on major stages and festivals in Poland and abroad.

Musical biography In 1986, he formed his first band, Lean Back, together with Ireneusz Kucharczyk, Zbigniew Szczerbiński, and Tomasz Kupka. The group performed, among others, at Spodek in Katowice as the winner of the Rawa Blues Festival eliminations and at the Silesian Jazz Festival.

In 1988, Janusz Frychel co-founded the band Gang Olsena, He has performed at festivals such as National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, FAMA in Świnoujście, Rawa Blues at Spodek in Katowice, Country Picnic in Mrągowo, the Jarocin Festival, and the Woodstock Festival Poland organized by Jurek Owsiak. Janusz Frychel has recorded six albums with Gang Olsena. The song Białe Myszy, Dzikie Koty from the album GO! was featured in the Anthology of Polish Blues released in 2008 under the patronage of Polish Radio Three and in the second edition of the Polish Top All-Time Hits Anthology published by Polish Radio in 2011.

Throughout his career, Janusz Frychel has collaborated among others with composer Katarzyna Gärtner Additionally, he has performed and recorded with groups such as Acoustic Travel Band, Pilár, Kid Brown, GO! - Gang Olsena (1992) Dzika Wolność - Gang Olsena (1994) Przystanek Woodstock '96 (1997) Raycowny Rhythm & Blues - Gang Olsena (2000) Czar Korzeni - Katarzyna Gärtner (2000) Disco & Blues - Gang Olsena (2004) Live - Gang Olsena (2006) Nowy Dzień – Kid Brown (2008) Pozytywizm – Kid Brown (2009) Twarze – Ludwik Konopko (2010) Nasze Poddasze – Pilár (2014) Tak myślę sobie – Teren C (2017) Słone Piosenki – Joanna Cieśniewska (2018) Rock Nie Na Plaży – guest appearance with Dżem (2021) 30 Lat Na Scenie – Live in Radio Katowice - Gang Olsena (2021)