WORK & PROJECTS
DZIWNA WIOSNA (2020-2024)
Dziwna Wiosna is a band founded by Lukasz and two other musicians. They were previously known as Superhuman Like Brando. They signed a contract with the Agora record label in 2020 and thus started to work on the debut album. In 2021 the album of the same name "Dziwna Wiosna" was released. It contains 12 compositions, which were played in all radio stations in the country. The band played concerts in pubs as well as at the most important festivals in the country. They supported the band Kings of Leon during their European tour. In 2022, the album was nominated for the 'Fryderyk' award in the rock/metal album of the year category. In 2023 they released their second album entitled "Duchy Disco".
KASAI (2018-2023)
Kasai otherwise known as Katarzyna Piszek is an artist, composer, pianist with whom Łukasz has had the pleasure of collaborating with whilst playing together in the band Brodka. Łukasz was subsequently invited to participate in the recording of drums for her debut album 'Equals' released in 2019 on the independent label ART2 Music. Following the release of the album Lukasz performed in many concerts with Kasai around Poland.
TOLHAJE (2000-2024)
Tolhaje is a band that has been successfully exploring the broadly defined ethno style for years. They set characteristic, original and at the same time precursory - directions of development and exploration in this type of music. In their work, the group draws inspiration mainly from the cultural borderlands of eastern Poland - especially from the traditions of ethnic groups living in the Bieszczady Mountains and the Polish-Ukrainian borderlands. Łukasz has been co-founding this band since 2000, creating and playing folk/world music with elements of jazz and rock. He has recorded with them four albums:
"And on Sunday" morning" in 2002
"Stereokarpaty" in 2011
"Czereda" in 2014
"Warhol's Mom" in 2018
With Tolhaje, he created the soundtrack for the HBO series Wataha. In 2021, the album "Wataha" with the soundtrack from the HBO series Wataha, which includes Tolhaje's works, received the "Fryderyk" in the category of film, theatre and illustrative music.
Nominated several times and winner of the Polish music industry's "Fryderyk" awards.
Nomination of the album "A w niedziela rano" for the "Fryderyk" award in the category "Ethnofolk" in 2004 as well as the winner of the 2021 "Fryderyk" award for the soundtrack to the film "Wataha". Nominated album in 2019 " Warhol's Mom" in the folk album of the year category.
The band has toured both nationwide and European stages, winning over audiences and juries alike. It can boast no small number of achievements in its track record, including:
1st prize at the 19th International Youth Folk Song and Music Festival Eurofolk Na Pograniczach (Sanok)
2nd prize at the 4th edition of the Polish Radio Folk Music Festival Nowa Tradycja (New Tradition)
Folk Phonogram of the Year 2002 for the CD "A w Niedziela Rano" - an award founded by the Radio Folk Culture Centre at the Polish Radio
Nomination of the CD "A w niedziela rano" to the Fryderyk Award in the "ethno-folk" category in 2004
The group represented Poland at the XXIII European Radio Union (EBU) Festival in Mölln (Germany). They have also been guests at festivals: Sziget (Hungary), Flugery (Lviv, Ukraine), Pohoda Festival (Trencin, Czech Republic), Pulse Festival (London, UK), East of Culture (Rzeszów). It is also worth mentioning that the album "Stereokarpaty", shortly after its premiere, was the album of the week in Polish Radio Rzeszów.
MESKIE GRANIE ORKIESTRA 2021
In 2021, Lukasz became the drummer in the Meskie Granie orchestra, forming a band with which he co-created songs sung by leading artists of the Polish scene, including Dawid Podsiadlo, an artist who plays concerts for an audience of more than 80,000, or Daria Zawiałow, who plays for an audience of 7,000. Meskie Granie 2021 - the twelfth edition of the Polish music festival Meskie Granie, organised by the Live event agency and sponsored Zywiec. It consisted of 8 concerts in 4 Polish cities, held in August 2021. An album was released from this tour. The concert album Meskie Granie 2021 was released on 3rd December 2021 by the Mystic Production label, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Poland. Two CDs and two vinyl editions were released simultaneously (the vinyl edition contained only the contents of the first CD), in addition, the album appeared on digital sales and streaming services. The album reached number one on the nationwide OLiS sales chart. On 22 December 2021, the Association of Audio-Video Producers certified the album gold for exceeding the threshold of 15,000 copies sold, on 12 January 2022 platinum for 30,000, and on 8 March 2023 double platinum for 60,000.
SUPERHUMAN LIKE BRANDO (2018-2019)
In 2018, Lukasz formed a band together with Dawid Karpiuk, guitarist and vocalist (later Dziwna Wiosna). They invited a bass player to join them and with this line-up they entered the studio to record tracks for their debut album. It was released in 2018 by Nextpop label and immediately lands on the charts and in Polish radio stations. The band embarks on a tour to promote the album, the concerts are received with huge interest.
PORTRETY (2019)
Lukasz recorded the solo track 'Father Sparrow for a special vinyl release entitled. "Portraits" released in 2019 by independent label You Know Me Records. U Know Me Records proudly presented a special album showcasing the Polish percussion scene - each track was produced by a different drummer - including Lukasz. This album presents portraits from the cream of contemporary Polish drummers. In his track 'Father Sparrow', Łukasz Moskal demonstrates that he is perfectly at home working closely with electronic instruments. This album is distributed in the UK by Pchonica Records and Japan by Record Store Diskunion.
BRODKA (2016-2019)
In 2016 Lukasz started his work as a session drummer for popular Polish artist Brodka. Brodka is a singer, composer, songwriter, video director, producer and conceptual artist who pays as much attention to the musical, textual and visual layers of everything she creates. Brodka redefines herself with every album, drawing on alternative rock, pop, electronica and the mountain music she grew up in - she has developed her own unique, uncompromising style. Brodka's work has gained recognition among the general public as well as critics and music journalists. She is a six-time winner of the Fryderyk awards - the most important music award in Poland, granted by the Phonographic Academy. She has performed at many foreign festivals such as SXSW, The Great Escape, Sziget and on the biggest stages of Polish festivals. It was during Łukasz's stay in the UK that Brodka's manager contacted him to join the group and support Brodka at Brighton's The Great Escape festival. This is how Lukasz's collaboration with Brodka begins, resulting in joint tours to the US, Japan and the UK, as well Poland. Lukasz played many concerts with Brodka, festivals such as The Great Escape in Brighton, Sziget in Budapest, SXSW in Texas, Rock en Seine in Paris or Colours of Ostrava, Tallin Music Week. He records an MTV Unplugged concert, which is received with great enthusiasm and interest, released on dvd, many video sessions whether for Sofa Sounds or Red Bull. In 2016 he played a UK tour with Brodka supporting Beth Orton. As part of the European Stadium of Culture TV show in 2017, Lukasz collaborated with the UK's UNKLE (James Lavelle).
SISTER WOOD (2014-2016)
The band Sister Wood formed in 2014 with his current wife Rachel and her sister Sarah. In 2015 they released their debut album 'Language Barriers'. The band played original songs composed together for which they were nominated for the 'Fryderyk' award in the debut of the year category. This bears fruit in many concerts in Poland but also abroad, e.g. at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic.
NOSOWSKA (2007-2011)
In 2007 Lukasz began a concert collaboration with the artist Katarzyna Nosowska, a Polish rock and alternative singer, songwriter, composer, writer, columnist and radio presenter. As well as her solo project Nosowska she is also the vocalist of the very popular music band "Hey". Nosowska is a vocalist, lyricist, writer or simply - an expressive personality and artist. She always plays by her own rules - creating music, writing books, creating her presence in social media or collaborating with brands. Thanks to the truth and emotion she puts into everything she does, she is believed and accompanied by fans of all ages.
In 2008 another album by Nosowska was released, this time with Lukasz's participation under the title 'Nosowska Osiecka', where you can hear his parts of drums, percussion instruments as well as guitar. The recordings reached the 1st place on the OLiS list. In 2009, the album was awarded the Fryderyk in the category "Album of the Year - Poetic Song". On 5th June, a special edition of the album was released, which includes an additional DVD featuring a 43-minute film showing the work on the album. On 9th September, the release achieved double platinum status. Total circulation exceeded 60,000 sets. The music was recorded in the Polish radio studio "Trójka" named after Agnieszka Osiecka. In 2011, Lukasz recorded another album entitled 'Osiem'. These recordings debuted at number 1 on the OLIS chart. At the end of 2011, the album was certified platinum.
ZAKOPOWER (2005-2015)
In 2005, Lukasz began a studio and concert collaboration with the band that Zakopower had just created. He was an important element of the band giving a distinctive sound and character to it's work. Zakopower is, to put it briefly, a folk 'soul' clothed with a rock 'body'. On the one hand, it is faithful to its roots, on the other hand, it eagerly absorbs contemporary musical trends and beautifully balances traditional folk instrumentation with the menacing murmur of a guitar, the strong beat of a rock rhythm section or jazz winds. The band has thousands of loyal fans, thanks to whom it regularly plays around 100 concerts a year. The band played at prestigious European festivals: Ostrava, Rudolstad, Eurocultured in Manchester, Saint Petersburg and the Sziget Festival in Hungary. Lukasz with Zakopower has also visited during tours: India (Mumbai), Morocco, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, USA (Chicago, New York, New Jersey), Canada (Toronto), China (Shanghai, Beijing, Lanzhou, Xining). In 2010 he added to this by participating in Nigel Kennedy's Polish Weekend London at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre. Which led to an island tour at the O2 and HMV arenas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, London, Bristol and Bournemouth. Zakopower made its debut on the Polish music market with the album Music Hal released in 2005, which was excellently received by the public (Golden Record) and the victory of the then unknown Zakopower in Opole and on Top Trends in 2005. The band's second album Na siedem (2007) sold more than 600,000 copies, which is huge by Polish standards. It featured a guest appearance by Nigel Kennedy, fascinated by Zakopower's work. For this album, Zakopower was honoured with the Fryderyk Award in the category Album of the Year Etno/Folk! The 3rd album, "Boso", was a huge success for the band, with 3 Fryderyks, a Golden Superpremiere at the Opole Festival, a triple platinum for sales, and the single "Boso" staying at number 1 on most charts for months. The fourth studio album Drugie pół (2015) - is an enrichment of the already proven 'set' with the classic string instruments of the Atom String Orchestra. Shortly after its release, the album achieved gold album status. Lukasz also recorded a video concert for Polish Television TVP "Zakopower Koncertowo" in 2009 which was released on DVD, the recordings achieved gold DVD status, as well as a concert of Polish carols "Kolędowe" in 2011. In 2007, he recorded the album "Na siedem", on 3rd March 2010 the album received the status of gold record. In 2011, he recorded "Boso", the third full-length album by Zakopower. The album reached number 1on the OLIS list and achieved triple platinum status. On 25 September 2015, the fourth self-titled album and at the same time the last album for Lukasz with the Zakopower band is recorded, released by Kayax through Warner Music Poland distribution.
FISZ EMADE TWORZYWO (2003-2005)
Łukasz started his collaboration with this band as a percussionist playing congas and percussion instruments. Tworzywo Sztuczne is a Polish group performing hip-hop music in the broadest sense of the term, with influences from such genres as jazz, downtempo and funk. It was formed in 2002 in Warsaw on the initiative of brothers: music producer and instrumentalist Piotr "Emade" Waglewski and rapper and singer Bartosz "Fisz" Waglewski. He performed with the band in Poland as well as on tour in France and Corsica. He recorded the concert album "Na rzywo w mózgu". It was released on 29th November 2004 by the music label Asfalt Records[1]. The recordings were made on 13th March 2004 at the Mózg club in Bydgoszcz. He also made a guest appearance on Fisz Envee's album "Fru!"
MERITUM (2002-2003)
The band Meritum was formed by Paweł Szamburski in the summer of 2001. The first line-up featured Tomasz Bandyra playing bass guitar, Patryk Zakrocki on electric guitar and Rafał Listopad on drums. At first, Meritum tried to combine acoustic hip-hop and instrumental jazz music, but soon the idea of the band started to transform, new inspirations, new ideas appeared, and the music became more and more complicated and deep. Ambitions and technical capabilities grew, so the line-up had to change. The band was joined by Karol Maśluszczak on electric piano, Dj D-Art., soon followed by Dj Lenar and finally Lukasz Moskal, who, playing extremely dynamic drums, developed the rhythmic possibilities of the group. In 2002, the first repertoire was developed, several mature compositions. Meritum performed in jazz clubs in the capital, at art vernissages, at events with improvised music - "Djazzpora".
AGRESSIVA 69
In 2001, Lukasz was invited to a recording studio for a session to record drum parts for an album by one of the most popular and well-known rock and industrial groups in Poland in the 1990s, Agresiva 69, with the same title released by Ultra Records.
JUSTYNA STECZKOWSKA (2000-2004)
In 2000, when he was only 18 years old, Lukasz recorded his first album, the first tracks of drums and percussion instruments for the album "Dzieni noc" released by Pomaton EMI, as a sideman for the artist Justyna Steczkowska, who, among other things, represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 in Dublin. This marks the start of a studio and concert partnership with the artist. Justyna Steczkowska is a Polish singer, composer, songwriter, violinist and media personality, occasionally also a film and theatre actress, television presenter, fashion designer and photographer. Member of the ZPAV Phonographic Academy.
He also recorded the following albums both as a drummer and percussionist:
"Mów Do Mnie Jeszcze" in 2001 released by Pomatonu EMI,
"Alkimja" in 2002 by Luna Music and
"Famme Fatale" 2004 by Pomoaton EMI