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Kaliber 44 is a Polish hip hop band; formed in 1994 in Katowice by Piotr Łuszcz (“Magik”), Marcin Marten (“Abradab”) and Michał Marten (“Joka”).|Since that time Kaliber 44 consists of only two members - brothers Abra dAb and Joka.|The band has released three albums. The first album called “Księga Tajemnicza. Prolog” (“The Mysterious Book. Prologue”) was released in 1996 and created a new genre - so called “hardcore psychorap”.|The second album, “W 63 minuty dookoła świata” (“Around the world in 63 minutes”) was released in 1998. After that, Magik left the band and started co-operation with Paktofonika. |The third album was simply called “3:44” and was released in 2000. In the winter of 2000 Magik committed suicide.|Since then Kaliber 44 didn’t release any new albums, but the crew is still active. Abra dAb started a successful solo career, with two albums already released (“Czerwony album” / “Red album” in 2004 and “Emisja spalin” / “Exhausts emission” in 2005). Joka had gone to the USA for a long time and after his comeback, he appeared as a guest on some of Abra dAb’s tracks (“Rap to nie zabawa już” / “Rap’s not just fun anymore”). |
