K not K
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DE Berlin/Bucharest – Electropop / Dance / Synthiepop / Balkanbeats / Electronic / Melodic / Psychedelic / Experimental Pop / Dance Music / Oriental
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Karpov not Kasparov - Live for Waves Vienna 2020
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Karakter Records
Ab67616d0000b2734cf02976a053806f30139aec Elisabeta Single 2020
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Elisabeta Remix 2019
Disco Halal
Ab67616d0000b273066ece1a4f3e2789ba80639e Memory Single 2021
Ab67616d0000b273a134e5032e50611f316e6f30 Memory EP Single 2021
Local Records
Ab67616d0000b273358592edaa78f4ec03a38619 Soundtrack for a Game of Chess, Pt. Two Single 2013
Disco Halal Disco Halal
Ab67616d0000b273167efc29a95b52b2e04a4ce9 Memory (Remixes) Single 2021
Valeriu Borcos
Ab67616d0000b273b35337aaf32ac2ca68fe6578 Soundtrack for a Game of Chess Album 2015
Karpov Not Kasparov
Ab67616d0000b2735e89701b22f460f96058932b Soundtrack for a Game of Chess (The Vocal Edits) Album 2016
Fleeting Wax
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Gipsy Remixes Remix 2017
Polychrome Sounds
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Soundtrack for a Game of Chess Album 2015
FiverHouseRecords
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder The Vocal Edits Album 2016
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Minds on Fire
info@mindsonfire.co.uk
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Please click the link below for live vids, bio and pics!

https://knotk.com/LIVE

♚ PRESS                  :  

“ROMANIAN DAFT PUNK”
(Stereoleto)
 
“DANCEFLOOR NOSTALGIA”  
(BBC.co.uk)

“AN ELECTRO JOURNEY TO THE TIME OF THE GRANDMASTERS"
(3vor12.nl)

“THE BEST KIND OF PLAYFUL ELECTRONIC YOU’LL HEAR”
(RollingStone.in)

“BEST ROMANIAN ALBUM 2016” 
(Scena9.ro)

“SUPERBES AMBIANCES PSYCHEDELIQUES” 
(Tsugi.fr)

“WACKY BRILLIANCE”
(Quietus.co.uk) 

“BEST ROMANIAN ALBUM OF ITS GENRE IN THE LAST 30 YEARS”
(Muzici&Faze.ro)

“PIONEERING MUSIC, ARTFULLY DELIVERED”
(Gigwise.uk)

“WITH THE FOLKLORE IN THE BLOOD”
(LaNazione.it)

“TANZEN OHNE LAPTOP”
(Vice.de)  

♞ BIO                           : 

♚ One of Eastern Europe’s most
exciting musical exports, K not K (formally known as Karpov not Kasparov) makes optimistic-electronic music inspired by the game of chess. 
♚ During the past 8 years, the bandplayed in 38 out of 44 European countries on club or cultural stages, museums,
art galleries 
but also for important festivals sharing the stage with great
bands like GusGus, Underworld, AltinGun, Poni Hoax etc
♚ Debut LP "Soundtrack for a Game of Chess" has been nominated 'album of the month' by Vice Magazine, declared ‘one of the most valuable releases of the year’ by Radio Romania Cultural.
♚ The Vocal Edits (2016) was declared Best Romanian Electronic Release of 2016 by Scena9.ro
and stamped "probably the best Romanian album of its genre in the last 30 years" by the journalists of musical blog Muzici&Faze.
♚   Memory EP (2021) was featured on BBC6 . Full album announced for spring 2023.