Kasia Stankiewicz

Kasia Maria Stankiewicz (born 2 June 1977, Działdowo, Poland) is a Polish pop singer.

She started her career in 1995 singing a song by Varius Manx, a multi-platinum Polish band, in the TV song contest Szansa na sukces (A Chance for Success).

In 1999 she recorded her first solo album, Kasia Stankiewicz, with soul and jazz compositions. In 2001 Kasia Stankiewicz recorded "The Bridge Song" with the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The single promoted their new album around the world. In 2003 she produced and published a new album called Extrapop. The first single "Schyłek lata" (The End of Summer) was a smash hit in Poland, and two other singles "Francuzeczka" (The French Girl) and "Saint Etienne" were successful too. Kasia also left behind her "good girl" image.

In 2006 Stankiewicz released a new album called Mimikra (Mimicry). album of Martyna Jakubowicz along with other artists recordings and two new songs performed by Jakubowicz.

In December 2012, she produced a two-disc re-release of "Extrapop". There is original material on disc 2, and some remixes and the song "Run" for the series "Londoners". Kasia Stankiewicz performed Dancing with balloons in English on TVP Polonia in Poland in 2013 to promote her work.

The album, entitled "Lucy and the Loop" was released in October 2014 by Warner Music Poland. The first single "Lucy" premiered on 22 August 2014. The album was in English, Stankiewicz recorded it in studios in Great Britain, Poland and Iceland. Among the track list of the CD were Lucy, Soul, Up and Dancing With Balloons among others. In 2016 Varius Manx & Kasia Stankiewicz released the 25 live 2-CD album. Varius Manx and Kasia Stankiewicz did a 25th anniversary concert at CKK Jordanki Concert Hall, in 2017 and other notable locations during their jubilee concert tour.

Discography

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positionsPOL Kasia Stankiewicz Released: 1999 Label: Zic Zac/BMG Poland Formats: CD —Extrapop Released: August 22, 2003 Label: Raf/BMG Poland Formats: CD (+CD), digital download 38Mimikra Released: October 20, 2006 Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download —Lucy and the Loop Released: October 10, 2014 Label: Warner Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 33 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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