The band's debut album, The Beginning, which consisted entirely of instrumental music, was released in 1990 with average success. By 1993, the band released the follow-up, The New Shape, with the line-up expanded to include Sławomir Romanowski and Robert Amirian. The album featured vocals by Robert Janson and Robert Amirian, along with guest vocalists including Edyta Bartosiewicz.
The band's breakthrough was the 1994 album Emu, which marked a significant change in musical direction, i.e. the band now had a lead singer, Anita Lipnicka, and started performing primarily in Polish. This formula was highly successful, and both Emu and the following 1995 album, Elf, sold more than half a million copies each. In 1995, the band won a Polish music award, the Fryderyk, for best Polish music group. Furthermore, the band provided a number of songs (mostly from Elf) for the soundtrack of the movie Młode wilki.
In 1996, Varius Manx appeared on the television show "Szansa na sukces", a kind of karaoke show in which the participants sing the songs of the visiting band. The winner of the show was the 19-year-old Kasia Stankiewicz. When, shortly afterwards, Amirian and Lipnicka both left the band, the remaining members asked Stankiewicz to join the band as new lead singer. This new line-up recorded Ego, which featured the band's biggest hit to date, the song "Orła cień".
In 1997, the band released its 6th album, End, which was a commercial hit, though it sold far less that the band's preceding albums.
In 2000, Varius Manx released their first compilation album Najlepsze z dobrych, which included four new songs along with remastered versions of the band's greatest hits. Shortly afterwards, Kasia Stankiewicz left the band and was replaced by Monika Kuszyńska. With her as lead singer, the band recorded the albums Eta (2001), Eno (2002) and Emi (2004).
In 2006, during the band's summer tour, the band members were involved in a car accident, which left lead singer Monika Kuszyńska paralyzed from the waist down. The band suspended its activities until 2010, then with a new lead singer, Lari Lu, with whom the band recorded the album Eli (2011).
The band's current lead singer, since 2013, is Edi Ann.
Wolni
Varius Manx Lyrics
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Jak nagi w swym pokoju nie skrępowany tak
Swobodny sam ze sobą lecz nie wie nic że ja
Po drugiej stronie z okna mojego tak co dnia
Tak dobrze już go znam
Tańczysz kiedy chcę i jesteś już mym
Świadomym tak wolnym w niewoli
Szczęśliwie tak wolnym w niewoli snem
Jak rano piję kawę jak budzę się ze snu
Jak naga w swym pokoju nie skrępowana tak
Swobodna sama z sobą lecz widzę że ten ktoś
Po drugiej stronie z okna swojego tak co dnia
I chyba już mnie zna
Tańczysz kiedy chcę i jesteś już mym
Świadomym tak wolnym w niewoli
Tańczysz kiedy chcę i jesteś już mym
Szczęśliwie tak wolnym w niewoli snem
The song "Wolni" by Varius Manx is a romantic and mystical ballad about two people who feel a strong connection with each other despite being separated by windows. The lyrics describe the daily routine of the two individuals who are unencumbered in their private spaces - one drinking coffee and the other dancing freely. They observe each other from afar, but are not sure if they truly know each other or if their connection is just a dream.
The chorus becomes more poignant as it highlights their shared sense of freedom in captivity - they are both prisoners of their own making, but with each other they feel liberated. The repetition of the phrase "tak wolnym w niewoli" meaning "so free in captivity" emphasizes the paradoxical relationship between freedom and captivity that the characters experience. The song’s overall message is not only about two individuals connecting with each other, but also about their search for complete freedom and liberation.
Line by Line Meaning
Jak rano pije kawę jak budzi się ze snu
As I drink my morning coffee and awaken from sleep
Jak nagi w swym pokoju nie skrępowany tak
Feeling free and unbound in my own room, naked
Swobodny sam ze sobą lecz nie wie nic że ja
I am alone with myself, but the one on the other side of my window doesn't know I exist
Po drugiej stronie z okna mojego tak co dnia
Every day, someone is on the other side of my window
Tak dobrze już go znam
I feel like I already know him/her so well
Tańczysz kiedy chcę i jesteś już mym
You dance when I want and you are already mine
Świadomym tak wolnym w niewoli
Conscious and free in captivity
Szczęśliwie tak wolnym w niewoli snem
Happily free in captivity, in a dream
Jak rano piję kawę jak budzę się ze snu
As I drink my morning coffee and awaken from sleep
Jak naga w swym pokoju nie skrępowana tak
Feeling free and unbound in my own room, naked
Swobodna sama z sobą lecz widzę że ten ktoś
I am alone with myself, but I see that someone is there
Po drugiej stronie z okna swojego tak co dnia
Every day, someone is on the other side of their window
I chyba już mnie zna
And I think they already know me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@ukaszbednarski7968
Wspaniałe czasy,coraz więcej ludzi wraca do tej muzyki,bo chciałoby wrócić do tamtych czasów,ja sam też bym chciał
@Pollyanna77
Piękne czasy, znają ten klimat Ci, w których żyli ❤
@mattplaysgroove152
Ale to jest kozacki numer
@lukaszzieciak1268
I to jest MUZYKA. Pan Janson to GENIUSZ!
@januszkam1151
A ja też jestem wolny w niewoli w USA. Pięknie dziewczyna śpiewa.Szacunek
@jarekjarecki9230
Chyba czasy Lipnickiej i Stankiewicz to jedne z najlepszych dla Varius Manx.
@elzbietakaffler5518
+Jarek Jarecki .....oczywiście....myślę,że Kuszyńska też wniosła coś fajnego.....:-)
@SomeoneWhoCares87
+Elżbieta Kaffler Kuczyńska wniosła bardzo mało ..... niestety tylko swoje kalectwo, nic więcej
@elzbietakaffler5518
to raczej nie sprawiedliwe...moje zdanie jest inne....
@januszkam1151
Wspaniała Kasia