Kasia Nosowska
Encyclopedia
Katarzyna Nosowska (born August 30, 1971, Szczecin
) is the lead singer of the Polish
rock
band Hey
. She is also known for her solo career, which in contrast to Hey's guitar-driven rock delves more into electronica
. Apart from penning Hey's lyrics, she also writes for several Polish magazines.
She received many awards, including The Fryderyk
for The Best Female Singer, The Best Songwriter and The Best Alternative Album.
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
) is the lead singer of the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Hey
Hey (band)
Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s....
. She is also known for her solo career, which in contrast to Hey's guitar-driven rock delves more into electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
. Apart from penning Hey's lyrics, she also writes for several Polish magazines.
She received many awards, including The Fryderyk
Fryderyk
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...
for The Best Female Singer, The Best Songwriter and The Best Alternative Album.
With Hey
- Fire (1993)
- Ho! (1994)
- Live! (1994)
- Live - Special edition not for sale (1994) - brought out only for fans gathered at her concert in KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
- Heledore (1995) - EP
- ? (1995)
- ? (English version, 1995)
- Karma (1997)
- Hey (1999)
- [sic!] (2001)
- Koncertowy (2003)
- Music Music (2003)
- Przystanek Woodstock 2004 (DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, 2004) - Echosystem (2005)
- Echosystem DVD (2006)
- MTV Unplugged CD+DVD (2007)
- Miłość! Uwaga! Ratunku! Pomocy! (2009)
Albums
- puk.puk (1996)
- Milena (1998)
- Sushi (2000)
- UniSexBlues (2007)
- N/O (Nosowska/Osiecka) - album of songs written by Agnieszka OsieckaAgnieszka OsieckaAgnieszka Osiecka She was a poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist...
(2008) - 8 (2011)