Jakub Majchrzak

Born 1982. Polish bass guitarist, guitarist and composer.

Jakub Majchrzak is an independent musician engaged in DIY music scene since twenty years as a band member (Kurws, Przepych, Norymberga, Pustostany among others) or solo, composing as Strzał w Kolano or as a collaborator during several improvised music appreances. As a result of residency in DIY festival Praga in Figueira da Foz he co-founded with Catarina Santos multimedia live act Życia Żółć. He’s performed over 500 shows in various coutries of Eurasia (performing on Primavera Sound Festival, Avant Art Festival, SOTU Festival, Stellar Swamp Festival, DomOFFon, SURVIVAL Art Review, Out of Smth and more), has released 9 studio albums, 1 single, co-produced couple of ones (Barłóg, UZS) and participated in several residency programs (with Iwona Jarosz i Hugo Branco in Aveiro Art House, with the band Brice et sa pute in Lyon). For 13 years he’d been an activist in local DIY social-cultural center in Wrocław, CRK (Centrum Reanimacji Kultury).