Artur Rojek
{{Short description|Polish guitarist and singer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Artur Rojek
| image = Artur Rojek, 3-Majówka 2022 20.jpg
| caption = Rojek in 2022
| occupation = Musician, singer
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|05|6}}
| birth_place = Mysłowice, Poland
| years_active =
| alma_mater = Jerzy Kukuczka University of Physical Education in Katowice
| children = 2 (sons)
| spouse = Anna (Dominik) Rojek
| relatives =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| alias =
| instrument = Guitar
| genre = Rock
| label = Kayax
| years_active = 1992-present
| associated_acts = Myslovitz, Lenny Valentino
| website = [http://www.arturrojek.pl www.arturrojek.pl]
}}
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Artur Marcin Rojek (born May 6, 1972) is the former guitarist and lead singer of the Polish alternative rock group Myslovitz.Gazeta Wyborcza, "Jak Artur Rojek redagował ?Gazetę?", 2006-06-29, [http://katowice.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,35019,3450880.html] He and the lead guitarist Wojciech Powaga founded the Mysłowice-based group in 1992. He was also the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter for the dream pop band Lenny Valentino, which formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2001.Gazeta Wyborcza, "Rozmowa z Arturem Rojkiem z Lenny Valentino", 2001-11-26, [http://trojmiasto.gazeta.pl/trojmiasto/1,35611,575143.html]
He is the artistic director of Off Festival, an annual music festival established in 2006, which was held in his hometown Mysłowice until 2009.Gazeta Wyborcza, "Rojek zdradził gwiazdy kolejnego Off Festivalu", [http://info.wyborcza.pl/temat/wyborcza/artur+rojek] Now the festival takes place in Katowice.
On 20 April 2012, Myslovitz informed about Rojek's departure in an official message signed by all members of the group.
In April 2014, Rojek released his debut solo album, Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń.{{cite web|title=Nowości Muzyczne 2014|url=http://www.eskarock.pl/co-w-radiu-eska-rock-czytaj/97491/nowosci_muzyczne_2014_artur_rojek_-_skladam_sie_z_ciaglych_powtorzen_-_w_ten_weekend_w_escerock_video|publisher=Eska Rock|accessdate=24 May 2014|archive-date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428005444/http://www.eskarock.pl/co-w-radiu-eska-rock-czytaj/97491/nowosci_muzyczne_2014_artur_rojek_-_skladam_sie_z_ciaglych_powtorzen_-_w_ten_weekend_w_escerock_video|url-status=dead}}
Of his early trajectory, Rojek states, "I started my musical adventure with OMD. Then there were early U2 records and first guitar UK bands, like [the] Housemartins." He has also namechecked the House of Love, the Stone Roses, Ride, the High, the Boo Radleys and Galaxie 500.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicpress.sk/rozhovory/artur-rojek-moje-hudobne-dobrodruzstvo-sa-zacalo-uz-v-siestej-triede-na-zakladnej-skole|title=Artur Rojek|last=Hevier|first=Daniel|date=1 August 2017|website=Music Press|access-date=2 September 2022}}
Discography
; Studio albums
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=Music videos=
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| scope="row" |"Beksa"
|rowspan=2|2014 |Michał Braum |rowspan=2|Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń |Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AYOis02tujI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140307180856/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOis02tujI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOis02tujI| title = Artur Rojek - Beksa (Official Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
| scope="row" |"Syreny"
|Tomasz Gliński |{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Zcf9Wu3sy3s| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcf9Wu3sy3s| title = Artur Rojek - Syreny (Official Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
References
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Category:People from Mysłowice
Category:Polish male guitarists
Category:20th-century Polish male singers
Category:21st-century Polish male singers