Cezary Ostrowski

Cezary Ostrowski
Cezary Ostrowski in 2005
Background information
Also known as	Cezary Fish
Born	September 30, 1962 (1962-09-30) (age 49)
Origin	Brzeg, Poland
Genres	Avant-garde, punk, punk jazz, classical, new wave, techno, experimental rock, noise rock, grindcore, country, dark ambient, dub, easy listening, jazz
Occupations	Composer, producer
Instruments	Sampler, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Years active	1980–present
Labels	MyHouse, Sonic
Associated acts	Bexa Lala, Leo Patett, HagenBaden 235, Mechaniczna Pomarańcza
Website	bexalala.pl
Notable instruments
Sampler, guitar

Cezary Maciej Ostrowski (born 30 September 1962 in Brzeg, Lower Silesia, Poland) is a Polish composer, musician, songwriter, author, visual artist and journalist.^[1]

He is best known for his work as a leader of the critically acclaimed new wave band Bexa Lala, established in 1983. Before that, he had fronted the groups: Taz and Leo Patett in the early 1980s, bands renowned for their rough, and violent sound influenced by free jazz, electronica, and post-punk. In 2001, he formed the jazz duo Trzaska & Ostrowski that released the album Blades. In 2003 his another duo Swietlicki & Ostrowski released the album Crawl. Ostrowski's music is generally characterised by intensity and a wide variety of influences.

Cezary Ostrowski currently lives in Poznań, Poland.

Ostrowski The-Rite-of-Springs

Youth and education

Ostrowski was born in the small town of Brzeg in the Lower Silesia, Poland, to Izabela and Tomasz Ostrowski.

As a child, Ostrowski lived in Brzeg and then Zielona Góra in Poland. His father Tomasz was a lawyer, with a love of literature, and his mother was a teacher. In spite of this Ostrowski was often in trouble with the local school authorities. In 1977 his family moved to Poznań. After his secondary schooling, Ostrowski studied drawing (Fine Art) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań.

Work with other artists

Cezary Ostrowski has also played with Mikolaj Trzaska, Olga Jackowska, Marcin Swietlicki, Malgorzata Ostrowska, Piotr Bikont.

References

1. ^ Leopoldseder, Hannes; Schöpf, Christine; Stocker, Gerfried (2005-11-15). Cyberarts 2005: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica. Hatje Cantz. p. 282. ISBN 9783775716574. http://books.google.com/books?id=t9Q2AQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 30 June 2011. 

External links

• Cezary Ostrowski on ccMixter.org
• Cezary Ostrowski on ReverbNation
• Cezary Ostrowski on Last.fm
• Music for the Fish on archive.org
• Brainscan on DMOMA

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Name	Ostrowski, Cezary
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Date of birth	30 September 1962
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