Misia Furtak is a singer and bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 (associated with her shortscale bass guitar in the shape of a Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterfly

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) most known as a member of the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 group Très.b

Très.b

très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Anthony Chorale...

. She was born in Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 and is of Lemko

Lemkos

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 origin.

As a child she studied violin, piano, and flute but didn't like it very much.

She moved to Denmark and studied at Testrup Højskole

Testrup Folk High School

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 where she met her band mates Tom and Olivier. They first lived in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 and shared a 12m2 room, but later moved to Maastricht

Maastricht

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 and Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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After having lived in The Netherlands and Denmark

Denmark

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, she moved to Poland where in June 2010, her and Très.b

Très.b

très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Anthony Chorale...

 signed to Pomaton EMI

EMI

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 and their debut called The Other Hand was released 21 September 2010. The album was recorded in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

 at Studio 333 and was mixed in New York City

New York City

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 by Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt is an award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer. An Australian based in New York, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton. He has also worked with the likes of P.J...

, who has worked with acts like PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

, Nick Cave

Nick Cave

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 and Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

. It was well received, and in May 2011 the band was awarded a Fryderyk

Fryderyk

The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

 for Best Debut Album of the Year.

Misia Furtak is also known for her coopertion with a Polish band Dr.No, with the most recent release being a single called "Dissaray". This track will be featured on the upcoming Polskie Radio Program III compilation Offensywa vol.4. Their earlier recording was a tribute to Polish poet Stanisław Wyspiański and was featured on a special compilation released by Polish Radio.

Her solo work as Misia is mju is a lo-fi Ep called "40 winks" available for free via Bandcamp

Bandcamp

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.

She has also made appearances on albums by Lucky Fonz III

Lucky Fonz III

Lucky Fonz III as Otto Wichers, is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Nijmegen, The Netherlands.-History:Wichers studied at the University of Amsterdam when he recorded his first titleless album in 2005. After winning the Grote Prijs van Nederland in the category singer-songwriter, Lucky Fonz III...

, Envotion, and Bajzel to name a few. She used to have a trip-hop band called Glorybox. She has never met the other member of Glorybox, Frederik lived in Sweden and they worked over the Internet (2002–2003).

Her list of favourite/inspiring songs, prepared for a radio interview in Janury 2011 included works by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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, David Bowie

David Bowie

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, The Smiths

The Smiths

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, Lou Reed

Lou Reed

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 and John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

, PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

, Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

, The National

The National (band)

The National is an indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999 and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone...

 and Local Natives

Local Natives

Local Natives are an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their debut album, Gorilla Manor, was first released in the UK in November 2009, and later released in the US on February 16, 2010...

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She is also a journalist and holds a degree in New Media Studies.

Awards

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| The Other Hand

The Other Hand (album)

The Other Hand is a major label debut album by the international indie rock band très.b. It was released on September 21, 2010 in Poland.-Background:...

| Fryderyk

Fryderyk

The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

; Best Debut Album of the Year (Fonograficzny Debiut Roku)
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