Szymon
Born: 18 / 2 / 1989
Location: Newcastle
Szymon Josiah Borzestowski (18 February 1989 – 2 December 2012), known by his stage name Szymon, was an Australian musician. His debut album, Tigersapp, was released three years after his death and was nominated for a 2015 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album and debuted at #21 on the ARIA Albums Chart.Szymon began working on his album in 2007, when he was eighteen years old. Production was put on hold in early 2010 due to mental health issues. Shortly after Szymon had committed suicide, in 2012, Mark Holland, a producer from EMI, continued mixing the songs, and the final result was released in August 2015, titled Tigersapp.Szymon's younger brother Dom, who is known by others as Donnie, is the drummer of the Australian indie rock group Gang of Youths.
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'We Thought These Songs Had Been Lost Forever': Szymon's Family Release His Final EP
"It's gentle and sweet and thoughtful and fun."
Album Review: Szymon - Blue Coloured Mountain
"[A] magical soundscape completely unique to Szymon."
Second Posthumous Release Announced For Szymon
"It’s a way for us to remember him."
Album Review: Szymon - Tigersapp
"An album full of dignity and beauty."
Listen: Szymon - Medusa
Szymon's third single Medusa is here and his album Tigersapp is right around the corner.. Szymon's singles has become steadily more upbeat with his third single, Medusa, bubbling with joy ahead of the release of his upcoming album Tigersapp. Past singles like Katyusha danced between solemn drum beats and warbling synths whereas Golden carried the majesty of the rising sun but it's how Medusa is covered in a sheen of bliss that makes it stand out. And when Szymon rolls into his falsetto it almost sounds akin to Josh Pyke circa Chimney's Afire. But, there's always a but, there's a hidden darkness within this track as Szymon reflects on how things were once. It's such an Australian trademark to do this, create an uplifiting sounding song but then have the subject matter contrast dramatically, it's almost black humour at times. For those who haven't heard of Szymon he is sadly no longer with us but as Dani Marsland wrote in her review of Katyusha, "There are three deaths. The first is whe
PREMIERE: Szymon - Medusa
New Music: Szymon - Golden
Szymon’s latest single, Golden, proves that beauty can last forever..
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