Artur Rojek

Artur Marcin Rojek (born May 6, 1972) is the former guitarist and lead singer of the Polish alternative rock group Myslovitz.[1] He and the lead guitarist Wojciech Powaga founded the Mysłowice-based group in 1992. He was also the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter for the dream pop band Lenny Valentino, which formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2001.[2]

Artur Rojek
Rojek in 2007
Born (1972-05-06) 6 May 1972
Mysłowice, Poland
Alma materJerzy Kukuczka University of Physical Education in Katowice
OccupationMusician, singer
Spouse(s)Anna (Dominik) Rojek
Children2 (sons)
Musical career
GenresRock
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1992-present
LabelsKayax
Associated actsMyslovitz, Lenny Valentino
Websitewww.arturrojek.pl

He is the artistic director of Off Festival, an annual music festival established in 2006, which was held in his hometown Mysłowice until 2009.[3] Now the festival takes place in Katowice.

On 20 April 2012, Myslovitz informed about Rojek's departure in an official message signed by all members of the group.

In April 2014, Rojek released his debut solo album, Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń.[4]

Discography
Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart position Sales Certifications
POL
Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń
  • Released: 4 kwietnia 2014
  • Label: Kayax/Agora
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 2[5]
  • POL: 60,000+ [6]
  • POL: 2× Platinum[7]
Kundel
  • Released: 13 marca 2020
  • Label: Kayax/Agora
 4[8]

Music videos
Title Year Directed Album Ref.
"Beksa" 2014 Michał Braum Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń [9]
"Syreny" Tomasz Gliński [10]
gollark: What about it?
gollark: ```JS is the worst, worse than this verseIf you use JS, reverseI just rhymed a verb with a nounJS is too weak, it's worse than this verse```
gollark: Antihaskell rap from the esolangs people.
gollark: ```Y'allEver hear of a cool language?It goes a little likefibs = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) fibs (tail fibs)Oh, you didn't understand that?ExactlyHaskell is the worstWorse than this verseIf you use Haskell, reverseI just rhymed reverse with verseHaskell is still worse than this verseThose who use Haskell, let me enlighten youHaskell is the only language that can't shine a light on youWhy? Because that's IO (oh)Haskell has a successor functionWhat a coincidence, because it sucksLet me introduce you to my friend FoopyFoopy's my own language, it's everything Haskell couldn't doHey, Foopy, my main man?Foopy: Yeah, dude?You suck too!Foopy is impossible to useFunctional programming's like boozeWith objects you can't loseHaskell's the worst, Foopy's the worst, OOP is the wayFP's the worstWorse than this verseIf you use FP, reverseI just rhymed reverse with verseFP is still worse than this verseLemme introduce some morePython, Rust, Ruby, these aren't choresRust's the ultimate high-level languageIt's taking the world by stormPython and Ruby are your Swiss army knivesAlways there when you need them mostThese languages are beautiful in their simplicityBeautiful in their complexityHaskell only has complexityUgly complexityHard to use, hard to learnHaskell is the worstWorse than this verseIf you use Haskell, reverseI just rhymed reverse with verseHaskell is still worse than this verse```
gollark: Well, potatOS executes the entire CC BIOS and loads all the APIs...

References
  1. Gazeta Wyborcza, "Jak Artur Rojek redagował ?Gazetę?", 2006-06-29,
  2. Gazeta Wyborcza, "Rozmowa z Arturem Rojkiem z Lenny Valentino", 2001-11-26,
  3. Gazeta Wyborcza, "Rojek zdradził gwiazdy kolejnego Off Festivalu",
  4. "Nowości Muzyczne 2014". Eska Rock. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. "OLiS – sprzedaż w okresie 11.08.2014 – 17.08.2014" (in Polish). olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  6. "ZPAV: Regulamin przyznawania wyróżnień" (in Polish). zpav.pl. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  7. "ZPAV: platynowe płyty 2017" (in Polish). bestsellery.zpav.pl.
  8. "OLiS – sprzedaż w okresie 13.03.2020 – 19.03.2020" (in Polish). olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOis02tujI
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcf9Wu3sy3s
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