Reni Jusis
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Reni Jusis is a female Polish
pop
singer, songwriter and producer. At first, Jusis recorded R&B music, which evolved into electronic dance style in later albums. After ten years of career she recorded piano pop music.
, Gawęda.
Jusis is musically educated. First she took piano lessons in music elementary school and music high school. In 1993 she performed in the musical Fatamorgana ("Mirage") with music of her school friend Adam Sztaba
at the Baltycki Teatr Dramatyczny in Koszalin
. It was the first step to her career, because there she was discovered by music producer and later rapper Yaro
.
Yaro offered Reni to be a backing vocalist in his rock band and later he toured with her. They also were the couple. Finally Yaro changed the band's line-up and style. He began making rap music and Reni sang refrains in his songs. They were a support act for the most popular rapper in Poland Liroy
. Thanks to him they met world-famous Polish jazzman Michal Urbaniak
who took them under his artistic care. Together they even created a few songs, but they never were released. Still, Urbaniak recommended Jusis to Polish record companies which brought about her record contract with label Pomaton EMI. In 1997 Yaro and Reni published the album Yazzda, with smash hit Rowery dwa ("Two Bikes").
. In 1999 album Zakrecona earned as many as 3 awards of Polish Music Industry Fryderyk Awards for: Best Debut Of The Year, Best Song Of The Year and Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year. Reni gained fame and respect of music branch. Unfortunately artistic and private conflicts caused the end of collaboration and relationship between Yaro
and Reni.
Her second album Era Renifera ("Era Of Reindeer" - game of words, because word "reindeer" in Polish contains Reni's name) from 1999 also was a mixture of black rhythms, but this time with addition of reggae. She produced herself the whole album, also composed and wrote almost all the songs. This album brought very popular cover of 10CC
hit Deadlock Holiday, recorded by Jusis as Dreadlock Holiday.
Jusis' fourth album Trans Misja ("Trance Mission" - game of words "trance", "mission" and "transmission"), released after another two-years break in 2003, continued music direction from the previous album, but offered different stylistics - songs in electro-pop style. This time Jusis produced and composed the whole material and wrote almost all lyrics. Michal Przytula remained record engineer and even became Reni's manager. Trans Misja achieved still bigger success than previous albums thanks to three huge hits Kiedyś Cię znajdę ("Some Day I Find You"), Ostatni raz (nim zniknę) ("The Last Time Before I Disappear"), It's Not Enough and still more popular club tournee "Top Secret Tour". The completion of this success was another Fryderyk Award, this time for Best Dance/Electronic/Club Album Of The Year.
The album Magnes was produced and almost entirely composed by Jusis and Przytuła (as Mic Microphone). Reni also penned almost all lyrics. The lead single, Kilka prostych prawd ("A Few Simple Truths"), was released already at in late 2005, nine months before the album. The electro-pop song outwardly signaled that the sound of new material will be the same as on previous record. Still, Magnes turned out to be a radical dance album; additionally, all songs were merged into each other, like one continuous club set. This album consolidated Reni Jusis' position as an icon of Polish club music. The release of the album was accompanied by the second single, the eponymous title track Magnes ("Magnet"). Apart from seven brand new tracks, the album also featured new English language versions of three older hit songs (Leniviec, Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę (as How Can I Ever Forget You) and Kto pokocha (as Single Bite Lover) and remixes of album's first two singles. Next singles released from this album were Mixtura ("Mixture") and Niemy krzyk ("Mute Shout").
Magnes also won another Fryderyk Award in 2007 for Best Club Album of the Year. The album was supported by a major club tour, the "Magnes Tour". The tour was promoted by a brand new single, Motyle ("Butterflies").
While working on this album she married the vocalist and composer Tomek Makowiecki, on August 8, 2008. On January 1, 2010 Jusis gave birth to their son, Teofil.
On July, 2010 Jusis recorded song Twoją wiarę mam ("I Have Your Faith") for Polish version of soundtrack to Walt Disney's Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
. On February, 2011 she dubbed a Polish version of computer game Test Drive Unlimited 2.
On November, 2011 Jusis released her first book, written with Magda Targosz, Poradnik dla zielonych rodziców ("A Guide For Green Parents"), promoting the raising of children in accordance with the ecology.
Poles
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pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer, songwriter and producer. At first, Jusis recorded R&B music, which evolved into electronic dance style in later albums. After ten years of career she recorded piano pop music.
Beginnings
Reni Jusis began performing on stage early as a child. Her first success was winning a local vacation song contest. Later she performed in one the most popular child groups in PolandPoland
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...
, Gawęda.
Jusis is musically educated. First she took piano lessons in music elementary school and music high school. In 1993 she performed in the musical Fatamorgana ("Mirage") with music of her school friend Adam Sztaba
Adam Sztaba
Adam Sztaba - Polish composer, music producer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He graduated in composition from Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy...
at the Baltycki Teatr Dramatyczny in Koszalin
Koszalin
Koszalin ; is the largest city of Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 12 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
. It was the first step to her career, because there she was discovered by music producer and later rapper Yaro
Yaro
Yaro is a town in the Bagassi Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso, in west Africa.The town has a population of 1,573.-References:...
.
Yaro offered Reni to be a backing vocalist in his rock band and later he toured with her. They also were the couple. Finally Yaro changed the band's line-up and style. He began making rap music and Reni sang refrains in his songs. They were a support act for the most popular rapper in Poland Liroy
Liroy
Piotr Marzec , better known as Liroy , is a rapper living in Kielce.He is one of the pioneers of rap & hip-hop culture in Poland. His CDs include East On Da Mic ,Albóóm,...
. Thanks to him they met world-famous Polish jazzman Michal Urbaniak
Michal Urbaniak
Michał Urbaniak is a Polish jazz musician and composer born in Warsaw, playing mainly the violin, lyricon and saxophone during concerts and recordings...
who took them under his artistic care. Together they even created a few songs, but they never were released. Still, Urbaniak recommended Jusis to Polish record companies which brought about her record contract with label Pomaton EMI. In 1997 Yaro and Reni published the album Yazzda, with smash hit Rowery dwa ("Two Bikes").
Solo Debut
After that success Yaro began works on Reni's solo debut album, which was released next year. The first effect was massive hit Zakrecona ("Twisted"), which gave title for her album. It was fulfilled with a mixture of R&B, funk and hip-hop music. All songs were written by Reni mainly with Yaro. In that year Jusis also graduated in choir conducting from Academy of Music in PoznańPoznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
. In 1999 album Zakrecona earned as many as 3 awards of Polish Music Industry Fryderyk Awards for: Best Debut Of The Year, Best Song Of The Year and Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year. Reni gained fame and respect of music branch. Unfortunately artistic and private conflicts caused the end of collaboration and relationship between Yaro
Yaro
Yaro is a town in the Bagassi Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso, in west Africa.The town has a population of 1,573.-References:...
and Reni.
Her second album Era Renifera ("Era Of Reindeer" - game of words, because word "reindeer" in Polish contains Reni's name) from 1999 also was a mixture of black rhythms, but this time with addition of reggae. She produced herself the whole album, also composed and wrote almost all the songs. This album brought very popular cover of 10CC
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
hit Deadlock Holiday, recorded by Jusis as Dreadlock Holiday.
Music Metamorphosis
Another album Elektrenika ("Electrenic" - mix of words "electronic" and "Reni") was released after two years of break and was the breakthrough turn in Jusis' sound for electronic music based on club rhythms, 2-step and house, inspired by the music from the 80's. Almost all lyrics were written by Reni, just like half of compositions. Another half was composed by her with Michal Przytula, who also produced with her the whole album. Przytula earlier worked with Reni on her previous albums as a record engineer. Elektrenika was promoted by "Electrenic Night Tour" which helped her to gain big popularity among the fans of club music. The album brought two big hits, Nic o mnie nie wiecie ("You Don't Know Anything About Me") and Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę ("I Never Forget You") known on the record as Jakby przez sen ("Like Through A Dream").Jusis' fourth album Trans Misja ("Trance Mission" - game of words "trance", "mission" and "transmission"), released after another two-years break in 2003, continued music direction from the previous album, but offered different stylistics - songs in electro-pop style. This time Jusis produced and composed the whole material and wrote almost all lyrics. Michal Przytula remained record engineer and even became Reni's manager. Trans Misja achieved still bigger success than previous albums thanks to three huge hits Kiedyś Cię znajdę ("Some Day I Find You"), Ostatni raz (nim zniknę) ("The Last Time Before I Disappear"), It's Not Enough and still more popular club tournee "Top Secret Tour". The completion of this success was another Fryderyk Award, this time for Best Dance/Electronic/Club Album Of The Year.
Club Icon
For Reni Jusis' fifth album Magnes ("Magnet"), her fans had to wait a long three years, until 2006. In the meantime, Reni left her record label and established her own, named Pink Pong Records, connected with Universal Music Polska. In the beginning of 2006, Pomaton EMI released the 5-disc box set Dyskografia ("Discography") containing Reni Jusis' first four albums and a DVD featuring all her solo music videos.The album Magnes was produced and almost entirely composed by Jusis and Przytuła (as Mic Microphone). Reni also penned almost all lyrics. The lead single, Kilka prostych prawd ("A Few Simple Truths"), was released already at in late 2005, nine months before the album. The electro-pop song outwardly signaled that the sound of new material will be the same as on previous record. Still, Magnes turned out to be a radical dance album; additionally, all songs were merged into each other, like one continuous club set. This album consolidated Reni Jusis' position as an icon of Polish club music. The release of the album was accompanied by the second single, the eponymous title track Magnes ("Magnet"). Apart from seven brand new tracks, the album also featured new English language versions of three older hit songs (Leniviec, Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę (as How Can I Ever Forget You) and Kto pokocha (as Single Bite Lover) and remixes of album's first two singles. Next singles released from this album were Mixtura ("Mixture") and Niemy krzyk ("Mute Shout").
Magnes also won another Fryderyk Award in 2007 for Best Club Album of the Year. The album was supported by a major club tour, the "Magnes Tour". The tour was promoted by a brand new single, Motyle ("Butterflies").
Acoustic turn
After nearly two-year long break, Reni Jusis announced a release of an album with acoustic music. The album got released in 2009 under the title Iluzjon cz. I ("Iluzjon, Part I") and was promoted by a single A mogło być tak pięknie ("It Could Have Been So Lovely"). It was released by new Jusis' own record label, Amfibia Records. The new project wasn't only a stylistic turning point in her career but also a turn in the way of performing. This time the artist planned to perform in old theatres instead of clubs, because of the album's title, which is the name of the old cinema Reni used to go to when she was young. Unfortunately sales of this album were so poor that Jusis didn't go on tour. Jusis explained that the sudden turn in her style is caused by the aim of going back to her first musical fascinations. 'The concert of Soyka & Yanina impressed me of all concerts the most,' she spoke. 'It was after this particular concert that I started to think of my own music career and founding a band consisting of eminent musicians. Not until today, after ten-year long career, I had been ready to take up this challenge', she confessed.While working on this album she married the vocalist and composer Tomek Makowiecki, on August 8, 2008. On January 1, 2010 Jusis gave birth to their son, Teofil.
On July, 2010 Jusis recorded song Twoją wiarę mam ("I Have Your Faith") for Polish version of soundtrack to Walt Disney's Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is an computer animated film based on the Disney Fairies franchise, produced by DisneyToon Studios. It is the sequel to the 2009 film, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and revolves around Tinker Bell, a fairy character created by J. M...
. On February, 2011 she dubbed a Polish version of computer game Test Drive Unlimited 2.
On November, 2011 Jusis released her first book, written with Magda Targosz, Poradnik dla zielonych rodziców ("A Guide For Green Parents"), promoting the raising of children in accordance with the ecology.
Albums
- ZakręconaZakreconaZakręcona is Reni Jusis's first solo album which brought her into limelight. All of songs were written by Jusis and rapper Yaro. Released in June 1998, it was popular due to its cheerful lyrics and uplifting funk, hip hop rhythms. After release of the title track as the first single, the album sold...
(1998) (Gold Record) - Era ReniferaEra ReniferaEra Renifera is second studio album by Polish singer Reni Jusis. Musically it's a mixture of many genres just like Jusis previous record Zakręcona. Elements of reggae can also be heard...
(1999) - ElektrenikaElektrenikaElektrenika is the third studio album by Polish singer Reni Jusis. Most of the lyrics and half of compositions were written by Jusis herself. Michał Przytuła is composer of the other half of material. Przytuła who worked with Jusis on her previous projects as a record engineer gets a producer...
(2001) - Poland Top 50 (#23) - Trans MisjaTrans MisjaTrans Misja is the fourth studio album by Polish pop/dance singer Reni Jusis. The album was produced by Jusis and Michał Przytuła, who also worked on Elektrenika in 2001. They wrote most of the songs while English lyrics were written by S. Magassouba and M. Demucha. Trans Misja is a reminder of...
(2003) - Poland Top 50 (#4) - Dyskografia (4CD+DVD) (2005)
- MagnesMagnes AlbumMagnes is the fifth solo album released by Reni Jusis. This dance album contains six original songs, one cover song , three English language versions of her older songs and remixes of the first singles...
(2006) - Poland Top 50 (#4), Europe Top 100 (#75) - Magnes Special Edition (4CD) (2006)
- Iluzjon (2009) - Poland Top 50 (#11)
Singles
- "Rowery dwa" (1997) - with Yaro
- "Dziś jest pełnia" (1997) - with Yaro
- "Zakręcona" (1998)
- "Graj więcej" (1998)
- "Byłeś serca biciem" (1998)
- "Dreadlock Holiday" (1999)
- "W głowie woda" (1999)
- "Uciekaj - buzi, buzi" (1999)
- "Miej oczy otwarte" (1999)
- "Nic o mnie nie wiecie" (2001)
- "Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę" ("Jakby przez sen") (2001)
- "Kiedyś Cię znajdę" (2003)
- "Ostatni raz (nim zniknę)" (2003)
- "It's Not Enough" (2003)
- "Let's Play Pink Ping Pong" (2003)
- "Stop Global Experiment" (2005) - with Sidney Polak
- "Kilka prostych prawd" (2005)
- "Magnes" (2006)
- "Mixtura" (2006)
- "Niemy krzyk" (2006)
- "Motyle" (2007)
- "A mogło być tak pięknie" (2009)