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Marcin R. Malinowski
Marcin R. Malinowski was born and grew up in
Gdynia, Poland, a port city on Baltic Sea. He
received his musical education in Gdańsk and
started working as a professional musician in
the Tri-City (Trójmiasto) area. He participated
in various musical stage productions, different
projects of local bands and cultural
institutions in Poland and abroad.
In 2002 Marcin moved to Warsaw where he worked
as a session and freelance musician in addition
to his own individual projects. He performed
with different bands in various styles (jazz,
fusion, hip-hop). During that period, he also
worked as a music tutor.
He made recordings with several talented
musicians such as guitarist Marek Kądziela
(2004), vocalist Julia Sokołowska (2005),
guitarist Deniz Atalay (since 2005 - as a leader
and instrumentalist on Deniz' projects),
vocalist Freedom Lawrence (2007 - the ONE SPIRIT
project), guitarist Frederick Carrilho (2008),
and percussionist & composer Renu Hossain
(2009).
Between 2004 and 2007 Marcin toured in Europe
with several musical stage productions. Those
were the years when he started performing in
clubs all over Poland.
In 2009 the new lineup of MM Group was set and
it featured: Marcin R. Malinowski - piano &
keyboards; Agnieszka Kowalska - voice, flute;
Frederick Carrilho - guitar; Mariusz Kozicki -
trumpet & flugelhorn; Renu Hossain - tabla,
percussions; Łukasz Borowiecki - bass; Michał
Rodzeń - drums, with guest participation of
Deniz Atalay.
2010 saw the start of m2records, recording label
that released El Camino's album ("Bliżej") - the
Mariusz Kozicki band with Marcin's participation
as keyboardist, arranger and producer. The same
year Marcin was performing with El Camino in
Poland.
In 2011 Marcin alias Tigrano co-composed and
recorded the song "What Do I Do", along with
Aphreme, producer and composer featured Cei Bei,
deep house vocalist. Album "What Do I Do" was
released on vinyl in the US by Seasons
Recordings.
In October 2012 Marcin started collaboration
with Armenian musicians. The band was put
together with: Levon Punchinyan (trumpet &
flugelhorn), Arsen Sahakyan (alto saxophone),
Aram Vardanyan (guitar), Hovannes Hartutyunyan
(bass) and Albert Hovannisyan (drums). They
performed at Cafesjian Center For The Arts in
Yerevan, Armenia. In November Marcin also joined
Con Alma, a band founded by vocalist and pianist
Nara Arakelyan and trumpet player Yervand
Margaryan with backing members: Marat Hakobyan
on alto saxophone, Gurgen Ghazaryan on bass,
Armen Avetisyan on drums and Levon Avetisyan on
percussions. Performances were held in Yerevan's
music clubs - The Club and Bourbon Street Club.
In February 2013 Marcin participated in
International Improvising Nights, the collective
project with guitarist and vocalist Dario Elia
(Italy), that mixed various styles and
inspirations, from jazz to electronic ambient
music. They teamed up with Armenian musicians:
Sash Saljyan on bass and Roman Shahinyan on
drums. Concerts were held in Yerevan, Armenia in
music clubs such as: Ulikhanyan Club, The Club
and Club11.
In spring 2013, Marcin started collaboration
with Dutch percussionist Jeroen de Rijk,
beginning series of tele-collaborations.
Project, named eConnection quickly expanded to
include Finnish guitarist Kai Korteila and
Italian bassist Enrico Galetta, with guest
performances from vocalist Petra Poutanen-Hurme
(Finland), Mariusz Kozicki(Poland) on trumpet
and Deniz Atalay (Turkey). First album of
eConnection - 'YAKAMOZ' was released on Feb 22,
2015 by Baileo Music Production and is available
on iTunes.
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