About this user
Tafkanik is a singer/song-writer, who explores the vast landscapes of electronic music, while not forgetting his love for the wonderful sounds of live instruments.
He gained music and stage experience in Poland, Austria and the UK where he spent a third of his life each. He completed a music high school in Vienna followed by a diploma in „Singing and Stage Performance" in London. Since he was a teenager he participated in numerous music festivals including „Donauinselfest" in Vienna (Austria) which is one of the biggest open air festivals in Europe as well as one of the biggest music TV competitions „Szansa na Sukces" in Poland.
Over the years Tafkanik was experimenting with different genres such as indie rock, jazz and pop. But his biggest interest and passion was always with electronic genres such as trip-hop, electronica and downtempo as well as alternative music.
The current project was launched in 2009. Already that year his song „Two Lovers" was chosen as one of the outstanding songs in the Austrian music scene and awarded the „Spotlight" status by Austrian national broadcaster radio FM4. The same song also reached the semi-final in the biggest song-writing competion in the UK--the UK Songwriting Contest, where it came ahead of several hundred other songs in the Pop cathegory.
In 2010 Tafkanik was selected to represent Austria at the EuroVoice 2010 Contest, which took place in the Athens Arena in Athens, Greece. This TV Contest, which was hosted by the legendary Pamela Anderson and the president of this Contest the renowned composer Éric Serra, was watched by over 5000 people in the hall and millions of TV viewers across the globe.
Tafkanik was nominated for the Austrian Newcomer Award 2011.
Tafkanik to muzyk, zamieszkały w Londynie z doświadczeniem scenicznym w Polsce, Austrii i Wielkiej Brytanii. Ukończył liceum o profilu muzycznym w Wiedniu i szkołę wokalną "Vocal-tech" w Londynie na wydziale wokalistyki i występu scenicznego. Brał udział w wielu konkursach i festiwalach (jako wokalista, autor i kompozytor) między innymi w "Szansie na Sukces" i Donauinselfest w Wiedniu, który jest jednym z największych festiwali pod gołym niebem w Europie.
W 2009 roku Tafkanik został wyróżniony w największym konkursie dla autorów i kompozytorów w Wielkiej Brytanii "The UK Songwriting Contest", gdzie został półfinalistą w kategorii Pop z piosenką "Two Lovers" pokonując kilka tysięcy kandydatów. Ta sama piosenka została wybrana przez dziennikarzy narodowego nadawcy w Austrii FM4 Radio (Orf), jako jedna z 30 najbardziej wybitnych austriackiej sceny muzycznej i otrzymała status "Spotlight 2009".
Among my favourite acts are:
bjork, parov stelar, gus gus, royksopp, reni jusis, air, flykkiller, the knife, oszibarack, smolik, ladytron, mum, portishead, i am cereals, fever ray, avenue d, karanyi, digit-all-love, erlend oye, kraftwerk, depeche mode, pati yang, duran duran, lamb, unkle, ramona rey, dr.no, nana zorin, husky, etro anime, nosowska, laika, morcheeba, massive attack, plej, balkan electrique, emiliana torrini, radiohead, 2raumwohnung, mylo, the chemical brothers, brainstorm, blur, maanam, jimi tenor, firebirds, bronsky beat, erasure, myslovitz, silvia night, plastic, soldout, gustav, daniel agust, and many others ...
Tafkanik
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