Unlike most Polish bands, Smolik usually records his stuff in English. He’s been making top notch music and soundtracks since the 90s, both solo and in numerous collaborations with other artists.
By the way, if you see this before September 2025, you have a chance to see Smolik and others live in Sopot. The event “Przestrzenie. Smolik i Goście” will take place at Opera Leśna, which happens to be the venue where the old Eastern Bloc held their version of the Eurovision song contest.
So where do you start with someone like Smolik, who’s been around for ages and been involved in so many different projects? Scroll down for tips or go straight to this playlist on Spotify.
Early stuff
In the early 90s, Smolik was the keyboardist of Wilki, a brilliant band maybe most famous for hits like “Baśka” and “Urke”. While Smolik was in the band, they released two albums, Wilki and Przedmieścia. When Wilki went into a 15-year hiatus, Smolik kept working with other bands and as a solo artist.
Solo albums
If you’re into electronic stuff, try his first self-titled album Smolik from 2001. Since then, he’s released a bunch of other solo albums, called 2, 3, and 4.
They’re all great but I especially recommend 3, which is full of dreamy, soulful tracks and includes guest singers like Victor Davies, Artur Rojek (ex-Myslovitz), Novika, and Mika Urbaniak (to name a few).
Collaborations
On the subject of collaborations, he’s worked with pretty much *everyone* in Poland plus tons of people outside of Poland.
His albums with Kev Fox are particularly great – check out the track “Queen of hearts” for example:
Other selected Smolik collabs to explore:
- Miuosh, Smolik, NOSPR – live album with rap artist Miuosh, a symphonic orchestra, and a bunch of guests like Natalia Grosiak and Piotr Rogucki
- Smolik and Emmanuelle Seigner – “Forget me not”
- Hey – “Mimo wszystko” (harmonica by Smolik). He’s also produced some of Nosowska’s (Hey’s singer) solo albums
- Myslovitz – “Ściąć wysokie drzewa” (guest guitar by Smolik)
- Monika Brodka – “Śpij” (harmonica by Smolik)
- Maryla Rodowicz – Jest cudnie album (various instruments and compositions plus arrangement and production by Smolik)
- Vienio, Pele – “Ej!” (keyboards by Smolik)
Cheri Cheri Lady remake
Last but not least, if you like 80s hits you’ve got to check out Smolik and Ralph Kaminski‘s remake of Modern Talking’s Cheri Cheri Lady, released in December 2024. Szacunek (respect) 🙌
Smolik playlist
If you still don’t know where to start, check out my playlist “Smolik and friends” on Spotify or on YouTube – it has all the songs mentioned in this article plus a few more.
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