Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, Tomek cut his teeth performing and recording with experimental/post-rock bands such as Primitivo, avant-rock joke band Krolowie Zycia, and electronica artists Meoma in the 1990s. After moving to the U.S. in 2000, he joined several bands in Denver, while continuing to gig with friends in Warsaw and Berlin and studying North Indian classical music with sitar maestro Roshan Jamal Bhartiya.

Tomek’s relocation to the Bay Area in 2011 didn’t prevent him from keeping things happening in Poland. In fact, he played venues ranging from Oakland’s grungy Night Light to the prestigious Littlefield Concert Hall at Mills College with artists such as Majaal (trip-hop), prog-pop quintet Anml Prty, singer-songwriter Cinnamon Lips, vocal/guitar improv duo Mantra Plonsey, and world music/groove with Voodoo Cabaret while collaborating with electronic artist/composer Bartosz Weber, spoken-word/avant-garde project Śmierć i łzy, Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra, the jazz-rock improv trio No To Do.

For the last few years his main focus has been performing with The Stinkfoot Orchestra, an ambitious 14-piece Frank Zappa tribute group, which features Napoleon Murphy Brock and occasionally Ike Willis.