Tafkanik
Tafkanik is a singer, song-writer and DJ who explores a variety of electronic music.
He gained music and stage experience in the UK, Austria and Poland. He completed a music high school in Vienna followed by a diploma in „Singing and Stage Performance“ in London. Since he was a teenager he participated in numerous music festivals including „Donauinselfest“ in Vienna (Austria) which is one of the biggest open air festivals in Europe as well as one of the biggest music TV competitions „Szansa na Sukces“ in Poland.
Over the years Tafkanik was experimenting with different genres such as indie rock, jazz and pop. But his biggest interest and passion was always with electronic genres such as trip-hop, electronica, italo-disco and downtempo as well as alternative music. The current project which combines electronic music with a variety of live instruments was launched in 2009. Already that year his song Two Lovers was chosen as one of the outstanding songs in the Austrian music scene and awarded the „Spotlight“ status by Austrian national broadcaster radio FM4. The same song also reached the semi-final in the biggest song-writing competition in the UK--the UK Songwriting Contest, where it came ahead of several hundred other songs in the Pop category.
In 2010 Tafkanik was selected to represent Austria at the EuroVoice 2010 Contest, which took place in the Athens Arena in Athens. This TV Contest, which was hosted by the legendary Pamela Anderson and the president of this Contest the renowned composer Éric Serra, was watched by over 5000 people in the hall and an estimated 70 million viewers across the globe. Tafkanik was nominated for the Austrian Newcomer Award 2011. His single Stardance reached #2 in the Estonian Video Charts and also came into the TOP30 best music Video of The Year Chart of 2011.
He returned in 2013 with his Italo Disco influenced single Feels Like Heaven which indicates the direction of his upcoming album. As a DJ he performed in several venues across London as well as at the Glastonbury Festival where he performed his new song to a wider audience.
Info o Tafkanik
Tafkanik is a singer, song-writer and DJ who explores a variety of electronic music.
He gained music and stage experience in the UK, Austria and Poland. He completed a music high school in Vienna followed by a diploma in „Singing and Stage Performance“ in London. Since he was a teenager he participated in numerous music festivals including „Donauinselfest“ in Vienna (Austria) which is one of the biggest open air festivals in Europe as well as one of the biggest music TV competitions „Szansa na Sukces“ in Poland.
Over the years Tafkanik was experimenting with different genres such as indie rock, jazz and pop. But his biggest interest and passion was always with electronic genres such as trip-hop, electronica, italo-disco and downtempo as well as alternative music. The current project which combines electronic music with a variety of live instruments was launched in 2009. Already that year his song Two Lovers was chosen as one of the outstanding songs in the Austrian music scene and awarded the „Spotlight“ status by Austrian national broadcaster radio FM4. The same song also reached the semi-final in the biggest song-writing competition in the UK--the UK Songwriting Contest, where it came ahead of several hundred other songs in the Pop category.
In 2010 Tafkanik was selected to represent Austria at the EuroVoice 2010 Contest, which took place in the Athens Arena in Athens. This TV Contest, which was hosted by the legendary Pamela Anderson and the president of this Contest the renowned composer Éric Serra, was watched by over 5000 people in the hall and an estimated 70 million viewers across the globe. Tafkanik was nominated for the Austrian Newcomer Award 2011. His single Stardance reached #2 in the Estonian Video Charts and also came into the TOP30 best music Video of The Year Chart of 2011.
He returned in 2013 with his Italo Disco influenced single Feels Like Heaven which indicates the direction of his upcoming album. As a DJ he performed in several venues across London as well as at the Glastonbury Festival where he performed his new song to a wider audience.
Techno, Deep House