Jay Malinowski

Jay Malinowski (born 1982) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, visual artist and writer. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the vocalist and guitarist for reggae group Bedouin Soundclash.^[1]

Personal life

Born in

On February 16, 2010, Malinowski released his first solo album, Bright Lights & Bruises. The record was said to be like a diary for him.[11] Steve Bays and Paul Hawley of Hot Hot Heat provided backing instrumentation for the record. He toured in support of this album with Michael Rault and Kinnie Starr as opening acts.^[12]

Armistice

Malinowski recorded a five-song EP with Cœur de pirate and the Bronx at the Bronx's studio in Van Nuys, California under the band name Armistice. The EP was released February 15, 2011 and contains the single "Mission Bells".^[13]

Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast

After moving back to Vancouver in April 2012, Malinowski started collaborating with local string trio, the End Tree.^[14] The End Tree joined Malinowski, eventually becoming known as The Deadcoast in recordings and on stage. In July, 2012, it was announced that Malinowski would perform alongside Chuck Ragan, Cory Branan, Emily Barker, and Rocky Votolato for the European leg of the 2012 Revival Tour.^[15] In November 2012, Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast released a five-song EP, Indian Summer, to coincide with their tour in Europe as part of the Revival Tour. On February 11, 2014, they released an eighteen-song full-length album, entitled Martel.^[16] Malinowski explains that the concept behind the album was loosely based on a distant French Huguenot relative of his, Charles Martel.^[17] The album is divided into two distinctive parts, the Pacific and the Atlantic. The first single, "Patience Phipps", was based on a name that Malinowski found in his family tree.^[18]

Writing

In 2014, Malinowski inked an e-book publishing deal with HarperCollins for his book Skulls & Bones: 14 Letters from a Sailor at the End of the World.^[19] An illustrated novella, the book follows the travels of the sailor "Martel" through a series of letters written to his granddaughter, whom he lost contact with long ago. Telling of their ancestral past, his life at sea, and the choices upon which their lives have been built, Martel's letters illuminate the power of stories passed down through generations—stories that changed over time, and that ruptured their family narrative, tearing them all apart. The e-book's enhanced version includes songs and videos from the accompanying Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast album, Martel, which was released February 11, 2014, as well as original ink drawings by Malinowski.^[20] The book was released on September 1, 2015.

Visual art

After graduating Queen's University, Malinowski had a solo show at Gallery Bibbiane in Toronto. He paints mainly in encaustic with mixed media. In 2006, his work was part of a group show for Pop Montreal. The Crystal Gallery in Whistler housed a show of his in April 2014^[21] and he has recently been commissioned by the Burrard Arts Foundation to create a mural which will be mounted in the Gastown area of Vancouver, which Malinowski calls home. The mural was scheduled to be unveiled mid-September 2015. Malinowski created the album cover art for Bedouin Soundclash's first three albums.^[22]

Discography

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