Alex Kortan

Born 12-12-1963 - Lodz, PL.

 

Music composer, songwriter, arranger, engineer, programmer, producer and performer.
Was playing many years in many different bands - classical, blues, jazz, rock, metal, punk ... until found out own way.

Former member of Emerald, Sekta, Cinema, Precz!
Leader of Flashback, Jazzgot, Love Till The Pain, I Want You, Front, The Outsiders, The No-ones, Promienie.

From 1995 makes music alone in his own home-sound-studio.

His music is vivid, progressive, represents many styles and depends on weather behind a window.

Influences:
Abba, AC/DC, B-52's, Bach, Bad Brains, Bauhaus, Beatles, Beethoven, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Bowie, Bragg, Buzzcocks, Captain Beefheart, Chopin, Chumbawamba, Damned, Davis, Debussy, Discharge, Dowland, Dvorak, East of Eden, Eno, Extreme Noise Terror, Fripp, Frith, Fugazi, Glitter, Grateful Death, Grieg, Haendel, Haydn, Hendrix, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Lutoslavsky, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mahler, Minor Threat, Motorhead, Mozart, Nofx, Nomeansno, Poison Idea, Ramones, Ravell, Rollins, Rush, Stockhausen, Sex Pistols, Sheer Terror, Shriekback, Sinatra, Snuff, Stiff Little Fingers, Stravinsky, Tschaikovsky, Varese, Wagner, Zappa.

Instrumentation:
vocals, voices, guitars, bass, drums, harp, keys & others ...

Discography:

Kortan - "Forever & Never" (2005 Fermata Records)
Precz! - "Precz z wami!" (1995 Fermata Records)
Front - "Nie!" (1993 Fermata Records)
I Want You - "I don't care!" (1992 Fermata Records)