KiloWatts & Vanek

KiloWatts & Vanek

Focus & Flow

Out now on Dependent



Purchase CD at these international outlets:

Poponaut

Infrarot



MusicNonStop

Storming The Base



Album is also available digitally on Motor Music through iTunes.



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KiloWatts and Vanek is the collaboration of Jamie Watts from Philadelphia, and Peter Van Ewijk from Belgium.



KiloWatts & Vanek blow any prejudice about the futility of melting electronic and acoustic music to pieces. The US/Belgium duo took four years to save their album „Focus And Flow“ to hard disc, and put it online for sale on their website.



An enthusiastic fan asked both of them to perform two shows in Germany on a festival for electronic Music. That was the first time, Watts and Vanek met in Person, after having collaborated for several years. A few months later, Dependent owner Stefan Herwig stumbles across a link in the “Hybridized” Music forum, which highly recommends an amazing music album. The link leads to “Focus And Flow”.



The Dependent label was closed a good year before, but Herwig could not withdraw from the fascination and unique sound of the record, and started to look for a record label for KiloWatts & Vanek. After a few months, Dependent achieved interest from Motor Digital, the net label department of Motor founder Tim Renner. However, nobody seemed interested to release „Focus And Flow“ physically. This lead Stefan to reactivate his record label, and gave KiloWatts & Vanek a unique advantage: They are home on two separate record Labels. So far a truly unique structure.



James Watts --



James Watts began pruning his unique vision for electronic music in the days of tinkering with DOS-based trackers. His fluency in piano is evident throughout his work, as is his penchant for jazzy riffs, intelligent structure, wistful melodies, and an often cheeky take on the current state and history of electronic music as a whole. Basslines follow leads, musical structures preserve thematic cohesion, granular bits divide and come together, swelling into grand peaks before finally dropping into ass-shaking grooviness. It is safe to say that this guy breathes electronic music.



Peter Vanek --



Peter Vanek loves telling stories. One day he found a guitar, was taught some chords and started working on a stand up routine mixed with songs. He came into contact with Jamie Watts via Soulseek, an electronic music filesharing platform. They started collaborating and Kilowatts & Vanek sparked into existence. Their music caught on quickly and before they knew it they got signed. Peter Vanek loves words, lyrics and the sound of everything that feels organic and warm. He is a wizard that can turn emotion into music in an instant, using just his voice and his guitar.