The Official Dlugokecki Website

Dlugokecki (pronounced Der-loo-go-ken-ski) is a band, trio and singer/songwriter based in Southampton, UK. For 23 years Ben Dlugokecki has written over 100 songs, released 6 albums, and his 7th album ‘Songs for an Idle World’ is released in October 2024. His musical influences include David Gray, Paul Simon, Elbow and Phil Collins.

The ‘Dlugokecki’ band have supported million-selling artists David Gray, Snow Patrol, Corinne-Bailey Rae, The Proclaimers, Passenger and Lu Lu on their world tours, playing to thousands of people.

Dlugokecki have also played alongside British Sea Power, Badly Drawn Boy, The Hoosiers, Nerina Pallot, Ben's Brother, Robert Vincent, Longview, Sandi Thom, Paddy Casey, The Bluetones, The Drifters, John Power (CAST/The La's), Nizlopi, Howard Jones, Alexander O’ Neil and the mighty Chesney Hawkes (the band even lent him their keyboard!).

Dlugokecki songs have been used on the soundtrack of Channel 4 hit show "Ny-Lon” and five tracks were heavily featured in episodes of Channel 4's "Hollyoaks”. They have recorded in Metropolis Studio, London and have had a twelve-day session in Ibiza at Craig Davids Villa.

In 2009 the band played the 'South by Southwest' Festival in Austin, Texas, also playing 2 shows in New York to great acclaim. The same year they played Shepherds Bush Empire alongside Passenger, Starsailor and Squeeze to celebrate the life of singer/songwriter Matthew Jay. In 2010, they released a 34-track double album spanning the 10 years of 'Dlugokecki’ – celebrating the event with a tour and sell-out show in their hometown.

Dlugokecki have performed at the top of the Spinnaker Tower, Old Trafford, Stonehenge, Blackpool pleasure beach, The Ferry across the Mersey and at 3,200ft at the top of Mount Snowdon in Wales.

In 2019 the band played 8 summer festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, Victorious and Swanfest. In May the band headlined the Cavern Club in Liverpool as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. The band finished the year with a sell-out hometown show, a new album and their first ‘Sofar’ performance. They released five new singles in 2019 - ‘The Bliss’, ‘Lightyears’, ‘Sure’, ‘You Don’t Even Know Who You Are’ and ‘X10’.

2020 started well with a 12-date UK tour planned, a sell-out show in Winchester under their belt and a new album all mapped out. Then came the Coronavirus! What resulted was the ‘Social Distancing Tour’ - a 12-date tour of Ben’s house that included playing ‘The Kitchen’, ‘The Garage’ & even ‘The Downstairs Toilet’. The tour was featured on Yahoo News and in local media including Flash FM, BBC Radio Solent & BBC South TV.

After a three year break due to the pandemic, Dlugokecki returned in 2023 with the release of two new singles ‘The Optimist’ and ‘The Dreams of a Kamikaze Pilot’. ‘The Optimist’ spent 2-weeks at Number 1 in the South Coast Chart. For the video for ‘The Dreams of a Kamizake Pilot’ the band were given a theme park to film in for a morning.

Current Members

Ben Dlugokecki - Vocals, Keys, Acoustic Guitar

Boyd - Drums

Aidan Hampson - Bass Guitar

Tim Jackson - Lead Guitar / Producer

Stu Brewer - Lead Guitar

Lottie Cuthbert - Vocals, Violin

Zan Wilkinson - Cajon, Harmonica

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Andy Wild - Piano / Living legend / Life member

Previous Members

Kelly Hampson - Backing Vocals

Marie Kitchen - Cello

Loz - Lead Guitars

Roxanne Johns - Backing Vocals

Neil Kerr - Bass

Garry Wood - Drums

Ben Ward - Lead Guitar