Duże Pe

Duże Pe on himself (taken from his myspace account myspace.com/duzepe) Hmmm... What shall I start with? In 1996, after hearing yet another local wack MC who had his LP released, I felt like "Damn, I can surely do it better". I started writing my own rhymes, a friend of mine nicknamed Wookie made his first beats, for four years we both learned from basics how to make music. In 2000 I finally decided to get on the stage and rock the mic during a freestyle session in one of the clubs in Warsaw. It went suprisingly well, which seriously boosted my confidence and gave me yet another reason for further developement. After that performance I got approached by DJ Spox, who gave me props for what I did and asked me if I won't like to record something together. From that point, everything starts for real. In summer 2000 we officially named our duo Cisza & Spokoj. In the beginning of 2001 we put our first tracks on some underground compilations and played our first shows in Warsaw. Between 2001 and 2004 we played around 100 gigs around Poland, including being an opening act for Gentleman, Defari, Rahzel, DJ Vadim, Killa Kela, Mr. Thing and lots of local Hip-Hop stars, even though we had no material released yet, which must mean that people quite liked what we did. Meanwhile DJ Spox played lots of parties and I got quite known as an impressive freestyle MC. Everything looked great, but after two years of "underground developement" I felt like we needed a help from the outside to release anything officially. I got in touch with a recognized polish beatmaker, IGS. He liked my style of MC'ing and we quickly created a demo recording. It brought attention of a record label UMC. As a result, in mid-2003 we signed a record deal for my debut album, "Sinus". Meanwhile, I used to freestyle at some reggae parties as well. During one of them I was spotted by a producer named Radikal Irie, who was looking for an MC for Cinq G, a dancehall group he was forming. As a result, I found myself recording two absolutely different albums at the same time. It shouldn't have worked, but it really did. Both albums were released in mid-2004 and both of them were critically acclaimed by local music press. Oh, I almost forgot (pt 1): In April 2004 I won the all-national freestyle contest, getting a title of best freestyle MC in Poland. Oh, I almost forgot (pt 2) - In 2004, together with Mista Pita & DJ Spox we recorded a track "Od Tarnobrzegu po Bangladesz" for Masala Soundsystem, a nu orient/electro/world music group. They liked it so much, that it became a single from their debut LP recording "Masala". As a result, together with DJ Spox we got included into their ranks. Oh, I almost forgot (pt 3) - In the end of 2003 I got approached by a world famous Polish jazz pianist / keyboard player, Wojciech Konikiewicz. He was looking for skillful & intelligent freestyle MC's who'd like to co-operate with his free jazz ensemble named TransTechnoLogical Orchestra. Just like in case of Masala Soundsystem, the performance with TTLO went so good, that together with DJ Spox we were asked to joined their ranks. Damn, it was quite a year (Please note, that I played quite many shows with all the bands mentioned above). Keeping up the pace, in the second half of 2004 I decided to join forces with a fellow member of Cinq G, Mista Pita (MC/voc/kbd/prod), and a female upcoming star of Polish Dancehall, Lady Mocca (MC), to record an EP under the name of Banda Tre. Even though the EP was an internet-only release (still available at www.afterbeat.org), some of it's tracks got on the playlists of an all-national radio station. In mid-2005 I recorded my vocals over Spox's beats for an album Cisza & Spokoj - "Cisza & Spokój" which is about to be finally released on September 2006. Meanwhile, we grew closer to the decision of parting our ways with UMC Records to release that LP on our own. At the end of 2005 we made ToSieWytnie Records (CutItOut Records) official and we started working on the business side of our first release. On another hand, in late 2005 and early 2006 I recorded my vocals for two upcoming Cinq G releases. First of them is an LP named "J.U.M.A.", which shall hit the stores around October 2006. Second is a concept-EP named "Fogga Ragga", where we created the dancehall versions of songs by famous Polish singer of 1930 - 1960 period, Mieczyslaw Fogg. The EP shall be available in early September. As if it wasn't enough, the second LP of Masala Soundsystem is almost prepared and I'm responsible for it's whole lyrical side, having at least 6 tracks where I rhyme myself as well. I haven't listed my guest appearances, and there are quite a few, but... Sorry - I'm afraid there is not enough place for them ;). For the last two years, together with DJ Spox I also had a radio show in an all-national radio station "Radio BIS", before it got cancelled thanks to some wack-ass bureaucratic prick who was ordered to re-profile the station, so it will sound just like the others. Ufffff... That's it. At least for now (August 2006) I surely skipped something important - Sorry, but I always get lost while trying to dig through all the things I did. Releases (available & upcoming): Cisza & Spokoj - "Para z Zielonej Herbaty" (SP/ToSieWytnie/2002) Duze Pe + IGS + DJ Spox - "Sinus" (LP/UMC/2004) Cinq G - "Panama" (LP/Funkydub/2004) Banda Tre - "Banda Tre EP" (EP/Afterbeat/2005) - - - - Cisza & Spokoj - "Cisza & Spokoj" (LP/ToSieWytnie/2006) - Oct 2006 Cinq G - "Fogga Ragga EP" (EP/???/2006) - Nov 2006 Cinq G - "J.U.M.A." (LP/???/2006) - 14 Jul 2007 Masala Soundsystem - TBA (LP/???/???) - ??? Read more on Last.fm. 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