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Kayax

{{primary sources|date=February 2020}}{{Infobox record label

| name = Kayax

| image =

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| parent =

| founded = 2001

| founder = Kayah, Tomasz Grewiński

| defunct =

| distributor = EMI Music Poland (POL), Warner Music Poland (POL)

| genre = hip-hop, pop, pop rock

| country = Poland

| location = Warsaw, Poland

| url = {{URL|kayax.net}}

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Kayax Production & Publishing Sp. z o.o. is an independent Polish entertainment company that operates a record label, music publisher, management and concert agency.{{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/o-nas/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}} It was founded by singer Kayah and her business partner, musician Tomasz Grewiński, in 2001 in Warsaw.{{cite web|url=http://www.krs-online.com.pl/kayax-production-publishing-sp-z-o-o-krs-67597.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150208184829/http://www.krs-online.com.pl/kayax-production-publishing-sp-z-o-o-krs-67597.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2015 |title=KRS 0000071207 KAYAX PRODUCTION & PUBLISHING SP. Z O.O., NIP 5252225818 |work=krs-online |accessdate=22 September 2014 }} Kayah was initially founded as a record label. In 2003, Kayax signed chillout duo 15 Minut Projekt and producer Envee.{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/kayah-zaklada-wytwornie,376719,44 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140922132344/http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/kayah-zaklada-wytwornie,376719,44 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 September 2014 |title=Kayah zakłada wytwórnię |work=Muzyka |accessdate=22 September 2014 }}

Folk, hip-hop and rock acts have signed with Kayax. The label's best-selling artists include alternative singer Maria Peszek, jazz-pop singer Krzysztof Kiljański and folk pop band Zakopower, yielding albums certified Gold and Platinum in Poland.{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2012#title|title=Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum|work=Bestsellery i wyróżnienia|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191248/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2012#title|url-status=dead}}

Artists

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  • Artur Rojek (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/artur-rojek-wyda-solowa-plyte-podpisal-umowe-z-kayax|title=Artur Rojek wyda solową płytę, podpisał umowę z Kayax|publisher=wirtualnemedia.pl|accessdate=2014-09-22}}
  • Atom String Quartet (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/atom-string-quartet/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/200/Artykul/1119729,Atom-String-Quartet-gratka-dla-milosnikow-jazzu|title=Atom String Quartet - gratka dla miłośników jazzu - Trójka - polskieradio.pl|publisher=polskieradio.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Monika Brodka (recording contract and management){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/brodka/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rozswietlamykulture.pl/reflektor/2012/07/14/brodka-lax/|title=Brodka|publisher=rozswietlamykulture.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Urszula Dudziak (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/urszula-dudziak/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Maria Peszek (management contract, formerly also recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/maria-peszek/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Marek Dyjak (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/marek-dyjak/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Mery Spolsky{{cite web|url=http://kayax.pl/artysta/mery-sposky/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.pl|accessdate=17 June 2020}}
  • Fox (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/fox/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/fox-box,135881,plyta.html|title=Płyta Fox - "Box" - Onet Muzyka|publisher=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Grabek (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/grabek/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • HEY (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/hey/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/alternatywa/hey-i-nosowska-w-kayaxie/d3mqf|title=Hey i Nosowska w Kayaxie|work=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Krzysztof Zalewski (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/krzysztof-zalewski/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/rock/krzysztof-zalewski-po-idolu-wszyscy-mnie-zaglaskiwali/rdwns|title=Krzysztof Zalewski: po "Idolu" wszyscy mnie zagłaskiwali|work=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • June (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/june/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Kayah (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/kayah/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Loco Star (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/loco-star/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Kasia Nosowska (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/nosowska/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924005138/http://kayax.net/artysta/nosowska/|url-status=dead}}
  • Patrick The Pan (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/patrick-the-pan/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/alternatywa/patrick-the-pan-w-barwach-wytworni-kayax/c2nfp|title=Patrick the Pan w barwach wytwórni Kayax - Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Sara Brylewska (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/sara-brylewska/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kultura/muzyka/1577511,1,recenzja-plyty-sara-brylewska-skad-przyszlas.read|title=Recenzja płyty: Sara Brylewska, "Skąd przyszłaś"|publisher=polityka.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Skubas (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/skubas/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/alternatywa/skubas-zapowiada-plyte-brzask/2x7y3|title=Skubas zapowiada płytę "Brzask" - Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Andrzej Smolik (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/smolik/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/rock/smolik-wielka-medialna-mistyfikacja-xx-w/neg17|title=Smolik - wielka medialna mistyfikacja XX w. - Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Zakopower (recording and management contract){{cite web|url=http://kayax.net/artysta/zakopower/|title=Kayax|publisher=kayax.net|accessdate=22 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/zakopower-musichal|title=Zakopower|publisher=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180212100012/http://muzyka.onet.pl/zakopower-musichal|archive-date=12 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

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  • 15 Minut Projekt (recording contract)
  • Andrzej Bachleda (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/andrzej-bachleda-time-ruines,133987,plyta.html|title=Płyta Andrzej Bachleda - "Time Ruines" - Onet Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=2014-09-22}}
  • Bisquit (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/bisquit-pytania|title=Bisquit|publisher=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924040839/http://muzyka.onet.pl/bisquit-pytania|url-status=dead}}
  • Benzyna (recording contract)
  • Buldog (recording contract)
  • Envee (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/envee-recipes-2cd,132699,plyta.html|title=Płyta Envee - "Recipes (2CD)" - Onet Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • IncarNations (recording contract)
  • Krzysztof Kiljański (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/krzysztof-kiljanski-in-the-room|title=Krzysztof Kiljański - "In The Room" - Muzyka|publisher=muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • L.U.C (recording contract)
  • Marcin Wyrostek (recording contract)
  • Maja Kleszcz & IncarNations (recording contract)
  • Mosqitoo (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://www.rmf.fm/muzyka/biografia,1483,Mosqitoo.html|title=Mosqitoo :: Biografia|publisher=rmf.fm|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Natalia Lubrano (recording contract)
  • Novika (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/novika-mixfinder,137205,plyta.html|title=Płyta Novika - "Mixfinder" - Onet Muzyka|publisher=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Snowman (recording contract)
  • Sofa (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/artysci/katalog/sofa,162703,artysta.html|title=Sofa - Piosenki, Płyty, Biografia - Onet Muzyka|publisher=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Tatiana Okupnik (recording contract){{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/tatiana-okupnik-on-my-own,106324,plyta.html|title=Płyta Tatiana Okupnik - "On My Own"|work=Muzyka|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
  • Warsaw Village Band (recording contract)

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://kayax.net}}

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Category:Polish companies established in 2001

Category:Mass media companies established in 2001

Category:Polish independent record labels

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