Kasia Stankiewicz Explained

Kasia Stankiewicz
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:2 June 1977
Birth Place:Działdowo, Poland
Genre:Indie pop, pop, pop rock
Occupation:Singer
Label:Zic Zac, BMG Poland, EMI Music Poland, Warner Music Poland
Associated Acts:Varius Manx

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).[1] [2]

In 1999 she recorded her first solo album, Kasia Stankiewicz, with soul and jazz compositions.[3] 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).[3] She released two singles from the album: "4 ręce" (4 Hands) and "Marzec" (March). On the album was also a song called Dla Frycka which Stankiewicz wrote for her first-born son. A third single from the album is "W środku myśli" (In the Center of Thoughts). It was one of the ten chosen songs to take part in the preliminary to the Sopot Music Festival.

During 2008 Kasia Stankiewicz performed and recorded "Baby w Meksyku" on the Te 30 Urodziny (30th Birthday) [4] 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
POL
[5] [6]
Kasia Stankiewicz
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Zic Zac/BMG Poland
  • Formats: CD
Extrapop
  • Released: August 22, 2003[7]
  • Label: Raf/BMG Poland
  • Formats: CD (+CD),[8] digital download[9]
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Mimikra
  • Released: October 20, 2006[10]
  • Label: EMI Music Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download[11]
Lucy and the Loop
  • Released: October 10, 2014[12]
  • Label: Warner Music Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download[13]
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

TitleYearDirectedAlbumRef.
"Dopiero od jutra"1999Kasia Stankiewicz[14]
"Niepewność"
(Michał Żebrowski with Kasia Stankiewicz)
2002Lubię, kiedy kobieta[15]
"Schyłek lata"2003Karolina BenderaExtrapop[16]
"Francuzeczka"Joanna Rechnio[17]
"Saint Etienne"[18]
"Marzec"2006Mimikra[19]
"4 Ręce"Joanna Rechnio[20]
"W środku myśli"2007Grupa 13[21]
"Lucy"2014Lucy and the Loop[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artyści - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL - biografia, płyty, albumy, zdjęcia, galeria, wywiady, wiadomości, informacje, teledyski, czat . Muzyka.interia.pl . 2014-08-05 . dead . https://archive.today/20140811193620/http://muzyka.interia.pl/artysci/artysta/kasia-stankiewicz . 2014-08-11 .
  2. Web site: Varius Manx – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at . Last.fm . 2014-08-05.
  3. Web site: Poprawna Kasia - WPROST . Wprost.pl . 15 December 2006. 2014-08-05.
  4. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz's Songs | Stream Online Music Songs | Listen Free on Myspace . Myspace.com . 2014-08-05.
  5. Web site: Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart. olis.onyx.pl. 2016-05-15.
  6. Web site: Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart. olis.onyx.pl. 2016-05-15.
  7. Web site: Extrapop - Kasia Stankiewicz - Muzyka - WP.PL. muzyka.wp.pl. 2016-05-15.
  8. Web site: Extrapop (Reedycja) - Stankiewicz Kasia za 33,99 zł | Muzyka empik.com. empik.com. 2016-05-15.
  9. Web site: Extrapop: Reedycja by Kasia Stankiewicz. iTunes. 3 December 2012.
  10. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Mimikra - Muzyka w Interia.pl . muzyka.interia.pl . 2016-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120729234158/http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/kasia-stankiewicz-mimikra%2C21817 . 2012-07-29 .
  11. Web site: Mimikra by Kasia Stankiewicz on iTunes. 24 November 2006. itunes.apple.com. 2016-05-15.
  12. Web site: Warner Music Poland :: STANKIEWICZ :: LUCY AND THE LOOP . 2014-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011181024/http://warnermusic.pl/index.php?action=katalog&album_id=18302 . 2014-10-11 .
  13. Web site: Lucy and the Loop by Stankiewicz on iTunes. 10 October 2014. itunes.apple.com. 2016-05-15.
  14. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Dopiero od jutra (oficjalny teledysk) - YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20150719221204/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEfBnSosg8. 2015-07-19 . dead. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  15. Web site: Michał Żebrowski & Kasia Stankiewicz - Niepewność (2001) HQ - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/jzR0i4OZpnI. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  16. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Schyłek lata [Official Music Video] - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/YZi7jxdKjEY. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  17. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Francuzeczka [Official Music Video] - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/S6F8NpNBiu8. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  18. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Saint Etienne [Official Music Video] - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/tZAADKWBc-E. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  19. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - Marzec - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-4Eywj8f38o. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  20. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - 4 Rece [Official Music Video] - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/i9bsgv3hUiM. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  21. Web site: Kasia Stankiewicz - W środku myśli - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/hobDdKEuCt0. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.
  22. Web site: Stankiewicz - Lucy (Official Music Video) - YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/RLPampdv3Q8. 2021-12-13 . live. youtube.com. 2016-05-15.