Fisz

Fisz (born Bartosz Waglewski 19 March 1978) is a Polish rap artist.

Fisz
Fisz performing as part of Tworzywo in 2023
Born	Bartosz Waglewski (1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 (age 47) Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater	European Academy of Arts in Warsaw
Occupation(s)	Rapper, singer, musician, record producer, painter, radio personality
Parent	Wojciech Waglewski (father)
Relatives	Piotr "Emade" Waglewski (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop, alternative rock, rock, jazz hop, alternative hip hop, jazz, electronic, downtempo, funk
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Labels	Asfalt Records, Agora SA, Art2 Music

The musical style of Fisz is unconventional. At the very beginning of his career he started out as a hip hop artist, but went experimental soon after releasing Tworzywo Sztuczne – Wielki Ciężki Słoń in 2004. Fisz and his brother and producer Emade seek inspiration in black music giving soul, funk and jazz touch to their projects. His lyrics are often based on wordplay.

Biography

Fisz, 2010

Bartosz Waglewski was born on 19 March 1978 in Warsaw, Poland.^[1] He is the son of musician Wojciech Waglewski and older brother of Emade (Piotr Waglewski). He studied at Europejska Akademia Sztuk (EAS).

In 2008, he founded a rock band Kim Nowak together with his brother Emade and Michał Sobolewski. The band released two studio albums, Kim Nowak (2010) and Wilk (2012).^[2]

Internationally he gave concerts on stages of London, Berlin, Bordeaux, Calvi, Dijon, Marseille, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Paris and Saint Vallier.

Discography

Further information: Kim Nowak § Discography

Solo albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		POL [3][4][5][6]
Polepione dźwięki	Released: 26 June 2000 Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD	48
Na wylot	Released: 24 September 2001[7] Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD	4	POL: 15,000+[8]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [3]
Fru! (with Envee)	Released: 25 April 2005[9] Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD	4	POL: 5,000+[10]
Piątek 13 (with Emade)	Released: 13 October 2006[11] Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD	8
Męska muzyka (with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade)	Released: 1 February 2008 Label: Agora SA Formats: CD, digital download[12]	—	POL: 30,000+[13]	POL: Platinum[14]
Heavi Metal (with Emade)	Released: 21 November 2008[15] Label: Asfalt Records Formats: CD	18	POL: 6,000+[16]
Zwierzę bez nogi (with Emade)	Released: 21 November 2011[17] Label: Agora SA Formats: CD, digital download[18]	—
Matka, Syn, Bóg (with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade)	Released: 25 October 2013[19] Label: Art2 Music Formats: CD, digital download[20]	—	POL: 15,000+[13]	POL: Gold[21]
Drony (with Emade)	Released: 21 October 2016 Label: Agora SA[22][23][24]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title	Video details
Męska muzyka. Koncert w Fabryce Trzciny (with Wojciech Waglewski and Emade)	Released: 17 December 2008 Label: Agora SA Formats: DVD

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album	Ref.
2000	"Polepiony"	—	Polepione dźwięki	[25]
2001	"Tajemnica" (featuring Novika)	Tomasz Nalewajek, Fisz	Na wylot	[26]
2005	"Kryminalny bluez" (with Envee)	Sebastian Pańczyk	Fru!	[27]
2006	"Kręcioł" (with Envee)	Sebastian Pańczyk, Adam Wyrwas		[28]
	"Nie bo nie" (with Emade)	Maciej Olbrycht	Piątek 13	[29]
2009	"Heavi metal" (with Emade)	Wojtek Zieliński	Heavi metal	[30]
2011	"Zwierzę bez nogi" (with Emade)	Tymon Tykwiński, Jakub Drobczyński	Zwierzę bez nogi	[31]

Awards

Fisz has been nominated to Fryderyk Award eight times.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000 he received two nominations in the categories New Face of Fonography (debiut roku) and Album of the Year – Hip-Hop/Rap (Album Roku Rap/Hip hop) "Polepione dźwięki". A year later, in 2001, he received another nomination in the same category for "Na wylot". In 2003 Fisz, together with Emade, was nominated as Tworzywo Sztuczne in the category Club Album of the Year for "F3". They were also nominated for the Alternative Album of The Year (Album Roku Muzyka Alternatywna) the following year ("Wielki Ciężki Słoń"). In 2005 "Fru!" was nominated in the same category. 2006 brought two more nominations for the Hip hop/R&B Album of The Year ("Piątek 13-nastego") and the Group of the Year (together with Emade).

In addition he has won or has been nominated for the following awards:

• the 2000 Machiner Award for "Polepione dźwięki" in the category Niche Album^{[citation needed]}
• the Album of The Year from the Fluid magazine for "Polepione dźwięki"^{[citation needed]}
• Paszport Polityki for "Polepione dźwięki" (nomination)^{[citation needed]}
• the Most Important Polish Performer in 2001 and the Polish Video of the Year for "Tajemnica" from the magazine Klan^{[citation needed]}
• Przekrój magazine Fenomen Award 2005^{[citation needed]}
• Paszport Polityki in the category Pop-Rock-Scene ("Piątek 13")^{[citation needed]}