BIOGRAPHY
Marcin Malinowski was born and grew up in Gdynia, Poland, a port city on the Baltic Sea. He got musical education in Gdańsk and started working as a professional musician in the Tri-City (Trójmiasto) area. He participated in various musical stage productions, different projects of local bands and cultural institutions in Poland and abroad.
In 2001 Marcin moved to Warsaw where he worked as a session / freelance musician in addition to his own individual / solo projects. He performed with different bands in various styles (jazz, fusion, hip-hop). During that period he also worked as a music tutor.
During the next years he made recordings with several talented musicians such as guitarist Marek Kądziela (2004), vocalist Julia Sokołowska (2005), guitarist Deniz Atalay (since 2005 - as a leader and instrumentalist & arranger on Deniz' projects), vocalist Freedom Lawrence (2007 – the “ONE SPIRIT” project), guitarist Frederick Carrilho (2008), percussionist & composer Renu Hossain.
Between 2004 and 2007 Marcin toured in Europe with musical stage productions. Those were the years when he started performing in clubs all over Poland.
In 2009 the new lineup of MM Group was set and it featured Marcin Malinowski - piano & keyboards; Agnieszka Kowalska - voice, flute; Frederick Carrilho – guitar; Mariusz Kozicki - trumpet & flugelhorn; Renu Hossain - tabla, percussions; Łukasz Borowiecki – bass; Michał Rodzeń – drums, with the guest participation of Deniz Atalay.
2010 saw the start of m2records, recording label that released the El Camino album ("Bliżej") - the Mariusz Kozicki band with Marcin's participation as keyboardist, arranger and producer. Since the same year Marcin has been performing with EI Camino in Poland.
In 2011 Marcin alias Tigrano, recorded and co-composed the song "What Do I Do" along with Aphreme, producer and composer, featured Cei Bei, deep house vocalist. Album "What Do I Do" was released on vinyl, in the US by Seasons Recordings.