Akcent (Polish band)
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_02.JPG) Zenon Martyniuk and Ryszard Warot (May 19, 2011) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Bielsk Podlaski, Poland |
| Genres | Disco polo |
| Years active |
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| Labels | Blue Star, Green Star, Omega Music |
| Associated acts | Zenobiusz Gula |
| Website | zespolakcent |
| Members | Zenon Martyniuk Ryszard Warot |
| Past members | Mariusz Anikiej Artur Kirpsza Wojciech Starosiuk |
Akcent is a Polish music band performing disco polo, founded in Bielsk Podlaski between 1989 and 1990.[1][2]
The band released 16 studio albums and promoted numerous hits, including: "Dziewczyno z klubu disco", "Biorę urlop od ciebie", "Kochana wierzę w miłość", "Przez twe oczy zielone", "Życie to są chwile" or "Przekorny los", as well as "Moja gwiazda" (cover of the song "Tavo bučinys" by the Lithuanian band Miledi), "Mała figlarka" (cover of the song Ya pokinu suyetu moskovskih ulits" (Russian: Я покину суету московских улиц) by the Russian singer Alexander Yakovlev), "Królowa nocy" (cover of the song by the band Mefis) or "Pragnienie miłości" (a cover of the song "Khotet' ne vredno!" (Russian: Хотеть не вредно!) by the Russian duo Valdai). The band also recorded songs with other performers, such as "Rozmowa dwóch serc" and "Niech żyje życie" (a duet with the band Kolor), "W sercu mi graj" (a duet with the Exaited group), "Skradłaś wszystko" (a duet with the band Kroppa), "Moja gitara" and "Pieśń o pokoju" (in a duet with the Lider band) or "Ostatni klaps" (in a duet with Diego).
Winners of the Grand Prix of the National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda several times, moreover, in 2002–2004[1], 2009, 2012–2014 and 2016–2017, they received the festival's Audience Award.[3]
History[edit]
The band was founded in 1989. The name of the band comes from the syllables of the first bands of Zenon Martyniuk, Mariusz Anikiej and Zenobiusz Gula — Akord and Centrum.[4] The band rehearsed in the building of the Military Complementary Command in Bielsk Podlaski, and in exchange for lending a place to play, they performed at military ceremonies. In 1991, they released their debut tape, simply entitled Akcent 1.[5] Soon after, Akcent suspended its activities, and Martyniuk then founded the band Ex-Akcent, with which he recorded three albums: Szczęśliwy czas (1991), Piękna niedziela (1992) and Kolędy (1992).[6] At that time, Anikiej toured with Marek Majewski as the band Marinero. Both formations ended their activity in 1993 after the reactivation of Akcent.[7] Shortly after returning to the stage, the band released two cassettes: Dajcie mi gitarę and Słuchajcie chłopcy, on which they placed, among others, with the song "Stary Cygan", with which they reached the top ten of the nationwide Radio Katowice plebiscite for the Hit of the Year 1993. In 1994, they released the album Życie to jest moments, from which the hits "Mała figlarka", "Sounds of strings" and the title hit come from. A year later, their next album was released. The spell of love, which they promoted with music videos for the songs "It's me" and "Lullaby for the beloved." Also in 1995, they played concerts in the United States for the first time for American Polonia. In 1996, they released an album called Dance, with which they moved away from disco polo sounds in favor of dance music. They promoted the album with music videos for the songs "Daleko od gwiazd" and "Całuj mnie." In 1997, they released two albums: Oczarowałaś mnie, from which the hits "Ostatni most", "Obraz moja" and "Siwy konu" come from, and Gold, containing nine Akcent songs in new arrangements and the premiere song "Psotny Wiatr." At that time, they also went on a short concert tour around Greece for the Polish community there, they also recorded the song "Pieśń o pokoju" with the band Lider.
In July 1998, they received the main prize for the song "Wyznanie" at the 3rd National Festival of Disco Polo and Dance in Ostróda. In the same year, they released an album entitled Wyznanie, which they promoted with the songs: "Wyspa szczęśliwych snów", "Zostań tu" and "Królowa nocy" with the title single. At that time, Anikiej left the band and decided to emigrate to Belgium. His place in the band was first taken by Artur Boroń, in this line-up they recorded and released the album Memories in 1999, which they promoted with music videos for the songs "Summer is to love" and "It's raining" and for the title song. In the same year, he recorded the song "Rozmowa Dwo Serc" together with the band Kolor. In May 2000, Ryszard Warot became Akcent's new keyboardist, and in July the band performed at the National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda, where their song "Laura" received the title of Festival Hit. Artur Kirpsza also played in the band for several months. Both keyboard players took part in the recording of Akcent's album entitled Moja star, which was released in June 2001 and from which comes, among others, the hit "Dziewczyna z klubu disco" and the title hit. In 2002, they released a hits compilation entitled Platynowe przeboje, which they promoted with the premiere song "Pszczółka Maja."
In July 2005, the band received the award for lifetime achievement and for the song "Lambada nad brzegiem morza" at the National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda, a year later they received the award of the mayor of the city of Ostróda at the festival. Also in 2006 they toured the USA. In July 2007 they received the Grand Prix of the National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda for the song "Czemu jesteś taka dziewczyno." In the same year, they went on another Polish tour in the USA and Canada. In July 2009, they received an IRN radio award and a special award from CPN Skład at the National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda. In July 2011, they received their second festival award from the mayor of Ostróda. In July 2013, they received a special award at the festival from the Polo TV station for seven songs in the "Disco Polo Hit Wszech Czasów" plebiscite.
On August 28, 2014, at the benefit of the band's 25th anniversary during the 17th Farewell to Summer in Iłów, Akcent received special awards from the Green Star company, the mayor of the Iłów commune and Vox FM radio. In the same year, they received the Audience Award at the 19th festival in Ostróda for the song "Przez twe eyes green" and recorded the song "W heart mi graj" together with the band Exaited. In February 2015, Maciek Bochniak's film Disco Polo had its cinema premiere. some Accent songs. On July 24, 2015, during the first day of the 20th National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda, the band received the main prize for the all-time clip "Przez twe oczy zielone", and the next day at the same festival, the members received the award for the band of the decade. Also in 2015, they recorded the song "Ty mi skradłaś wszystko" with Artur Kroppa, and their song "Przez twe oczy zielone" gained great popularity on the Internet thanks to the Polish national football team, which celebrated the victory over Ireland in the locker room with this song qualifying match for the Euro 2016 European Championship. On May 23, 2017, the music video for this song exceeded 100 million views on YouTube.[8] On July 22, 2016, during the first day of the 21st National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda, the band won the plebiscite on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Disco Polo Live music magazine, winning all three first places for the songs: "Through your eyes green", "Przekorny fate" and "Kochana wierzę w miłość." On July 28, 2017, during the first day of the 22nd National Festival of Dance Music in Ostróda, the band won the Festival Golden 20 plebiscite for the recording "Przez twe oczy zielone." On July 29, 2017, the group won the Premier Concert audience award for the song "Wakacyjne cuda".[9] On July 28, 2018, during the second day of the 23rd National Dance Music Festival in Ostróda, the band received a special Super Grand Prix award from the organizers and received seven diamond records, including four for the song "Przekorny fate" (one for the album title and three for the single).
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
| Title | Year | Certificate | Sales |
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| Akcent 1[1][10] | 1990 | ||
| Akcent 2. Żegnaj mała[11] | 1991 | ||
| Dajcie mi gitarę | 1993 | ||
| Słuchajcie chłopcy | |||
| Życie to są chwile[12] | 1994 | ||
| Czar miłości | 1995 | ||
| Dance[13] | 1996 | ||
| Kolędy | |||
| Oczarowałaś mnie[14] | 1997 | ||
| Akcent Gold | |||
| Wyznanie | 1998 | ||
| Wspomnienie[15] | 1999 | ||
| Moja gwiazda | 2001 | ||
| Przekorny los[16] | 2016 |
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| Zaczarowana wyspa | 2018 |
Compilations[edit]
| Title | Year | Certificate | Sales |
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| Peron łez i inne piosenki o miłości[19] | 1995 | ||
| Mix – Przeboje[20] | |||
| Platynowe przeboje[21] | 2002 | ||
| Diamentowa kolekcja Disco Polo – Akcent[22] | 2014 |
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| The best of Zenon Martyniuk Akcent | 2017 |
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Chart position | Certificate | Sales | |
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| POL(Airplay)[24] | POLDance[25] | ||||
| "Przez twe oczy zielone" | 2014 | – | 22 | ||
| "Kochana wierzę w miłość"[26] | 2015 | – | – |
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| "Skradłaś wszystko" (with Kroppa)[27] | – | 50 |
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| "Przekorny los"[28] | – | – |
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| "Prawdziwa miłość to ty"[29] | 2016 | – | 22 |
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| "Zaczarowana wyspa"[30] | 2018 | 86 | – | ||
| "Moja gitara" (with Lider) | – | 12 |
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| "–" the single did not chart. | |||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Akcent". discoportal.info (in polski). Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Akcent". Archiwum (in polski). Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "POLO TV poleca Akcent znów zgarnia nagrodę publiczności Festiwalu w Ostródzie! na Polo Tv Telewizja Disco Polo * polotv.pl". www.polotv.pl. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ↑ Przemysław Bollin (September 7, 2015). "Zenon Martyniuk: biały Cygan i król disco polo". muzyka.onet.pl. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ↑ Rokita (in polski). 2017. pp. 51–52. Search this book on
- ↑ Rokita (in polski). 2017. p. 56. Search this book on
- ↑ "Akcent". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ "Akcent bije rekord! 100 milionów wyświetleń!". Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "„Wakacyjne cuda" grupy Akcent najlepszą premierą XXII Festiwalu Muzyki Tanecznej w Ostródzie! przeczytaj na Polo.tv Telewizja Muzyczna Polo TV *Polo.tv". Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wywiad – Akcent". Galeria Akcent (in polski). Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Akcent – biografia". zespolakcent.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ↑ "Wywiad – Akcent". Galeria Akcent (in polski). Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ "Wywiad – Akcent". Galeria Akcent (in polski). Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "O zespole". zespolakcent.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ↑ "Wspomnienie". VOX Music (in polski). Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Przeboje disco polo zespołu Akcent na płycie "Przekorny los" – premiera już wkrótce przeczytaj na Polo.tv Telewizja Muzyczna Polo TV *Polo.tv". www.polotv.pl (in polski). Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ZPAV: diamentowe płyty 2018". bestsellery.zpav.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 "ZPAV: regulamin przyznawania wyróżnień". bestsellery.zpav.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2016-07-02.
- ↑ "Akcent – Peron Łez I Inne Piosenki O Miłości Vol. 1". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Akcent – Mix-Przeboje". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Akcent – Platynowe Przeboje". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Akcent – Diamentowa kolekcja disco polo – Akcent". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Złote płyty CD przyznane w 2016 roku". ZPAV. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ↑ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia – AirPlays – Top – Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ "ZPAV Dyskoteki 22 lutego 2016 r. – 28 lutego 2016 r." ozz.zpav.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2016-03-03.} "ZPAV Dyskoteki 26 października 2015 r. – 1 listopada 2015 r." ozz.zpav.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Kochana Wierzę w Miłość – Single Akcent". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Skradłaś Wszystko – Single Akcent & Kroppa". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ↑ "Przekorny Los – Single Akcent". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "Utwór Prawdziwa Miłość To Ty w wykonaniu Akcent w Apple Music". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ AKCENT – ZACZAROWANA WYSPA – Official Video 2018, retrieved 2023-01-26
Bibliography[edit]
- Rokita, Martyna (2017), Zenon Martyniuk. Życie to są chwile, Edipresse Polska, ISBN 978-83-794-5988-9
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