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Tadeusz Nalepa (September 26, 1943 – March 4, 2007) was a guitarist, composer, vocalist and writer who debuted in Poland in July 1963. By February 1968, Nalepa had started a new band Breakout (the name referred to breaking out of pop trends in music). Breakout constructed a new, remarkable sound, recording ten albums, including "Blues Breakout" (1971) which turned out a milestone LP for Polish blues. After the band suspended their activity in December 1981, Nalepa continued his music career recording solo albums. He is known as the Godfather of Polish Blues and one of the most outstanding Polish musicians...

LA-based electronic musician, multimedia artist and mad scientist collector Steve Nalepa combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bioacoustic atmospheres and beautiful sinewave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborators — cultivated and acquired through years of producing spectacular audiovisual events and sharing bills with some of the worlds best electronic musicians — Nalepa is considered a key node in the west coast audiovisual scene and holds the appropriate title of Flavorpill’s “beat guru”. Nalepa has rocked it at Flavorpill's Friday's Off the 405 Series up at the...