Witold Marek Czamara (born 2 September 1984 in Kraków), better known by his stage name Donatan, is a Polish musician, music producer and sound engineer. Donatan along with Teka co-created RafPak.
Life and career Donatan was born to a Russian mother and Polish father. He began producing music in 2002, with his debut album "Brudne południe", released in 2007. For eight years Donatan lived in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia, and has been married since 2004. Donatan is a self-declared adherent of Slavic Native Faith and has often been criticized for allegedly preaching pan-Slavism, paganism, satanism, recommending the Red Army, and promoting communist symbols including the hammer and sickle.
In 2013, he has been nominated for Best Polish Act at MTV Europe Music Awards alongside Cleo.
In 2014, it was announced by the Polish broadcaster, Telewizja Polska (TVP) that Donatan along with Cleo would represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the song "My Słowianie".
Discography
Albums Album title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsPOLRównonoc. Słowiańska dusza Released: 26 October 2012 Label: Urban Rec Format: CD, digital download1 ZPAV: DiamondHiper Chimera (with Cleo) Released: 7 November 2014 Label: Urban Rec Formats: CD, digital download 1 ZPAV: 2× Platinum
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album POL POLNew "Nie lubimy robić" (featuring: Borixon & Kajman) 2012 — 1 Równonoc. Słowiańska dusza "Niespokojna dusza" (featuring: Chada, Słoń & Sobota) — — "Z dziada-pradziada" (featuring: Trzeci Wymiar) — — "Z samym sobą" (featuring: Sokół) — —"Nie lubimy robić (Remixy)"2013 — —non-album single "My Słowianie" (with Cleo) 2 2Hiper Chimera "Cicha woda" (with Cleo featuring: Sitek) 2014 11 1 "Slavic Girls" (with Cleo) — —non-album single "Slavica" (with Cleo) — —Hiper Chimera"My Słowianie Remixes" (with Cleo) — —non-album single"Slavic Girls Remixes" (with Cleo) — — "Ten czas" (with Cleo featuring: Kamil Bednarek) — —Hiper Chimera "Brać" (with Cleo featuring: Enej) — 1 "Pełnia" (with Maryla Rodowicz)2015 19 3non-album single "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.
Music videos Year Title Directed Album Ref2012"Z dziada-pradziada" (featuring: Trzeci Wymiar)Piotr TutkaRównonoc. Słowiańska dusza"Niespokojna dusza" (featuring: Chada, Słoń, Sobota)"Nie lubimy robić" (featuring: Borixon, Kajman)Piotr Smoleński, Piotr Tutka"Słowiańska krew" (featuring: DonGuralesko, Kaczor, Shellerini, Rafi, Ry23)Piotr Smoleński"Z samym sobą" (featuring: Sokół)"Budź się" (featuring: DonGuralesko, Pezet, Pih)"Szukaj jej tu" (featuring: Paluch) UrbanCity, SSG"Noc Kupały" (featuring: Tede)Piotr Smoleński2013"Nie lubimy robić" (101 Decybeli Remix; featuring: Borixon, Kajman)Dariusz Szermanowicz, Łukasz Tunikowski, Grupa 13Nie lubimy robić (Remixy)"My Słowianie" (with Cleo)Piotr SmoleńskiHiper Chimera2014"Cicha woda" (with Cleo, featuring: Sitek) "Slavica" (with Cleo)"Brać" (with Cleo, featuring: Enej) "Sztorm"
References
See also Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014