Unplugged | No |
Cover band | No |
Members | 2 |
Jul / 2019 | • | ElectricCastle | Transylvania | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | StereoletoFestival | Sankt Petersburg | |||
May / 2019 | • | Electrovision | TelAviv | |||
Dec / 2023 | • | RISE by gigmit Talent Programme | Berlin, DE | |||
Sep / 2023 | • | MMB Showcase Festival 2023 | Bucharest, RO | |||
Sep / 2022 | • | Reeperbahn Festival 2022 - Showcase by gigmit | Hamburg, DE | |||
May / 2020 | • | Sound City Liverpool 2020 | Liverpool, GB | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | De Centrale | De Centrale, Ghent, BE | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Amikal Sonic | Lille | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | AB | Brussels | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Worm | Rotterdam | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Koncept Space | Sofia | |||
Nov / 2019 | • | Linecheck Music Meeting and Festival | Milano, IT | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Kiezsalon | Berlin | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | WelcomeToTheVillage | Holland | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | ValkhoffFestival | Nejmingen | |||
May / 2019 | • | LivEurope | Ancienne Belgique | |||
May / 2019 | • | LesGrandsVoisins | Les Grands Voisins, Paris, FR | |||
May / 2019 | • | AntiStaticFestival | Sofia | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | Printemps | Bourges | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | Le Sucre | Lyon | |||
Mar / 2019 | • | Stereolux | Stereolux, Nantes, FR | |||
Jan / 2019 | • | Extrapool | Nejmingen | |||
Jan / 2019 | • | Eurosonic | Groningen | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Live at Heart | Örebro, SE | |||
Jun / 2018 | • | Jazz in the Park | Cluj-Napoca, RO | |||
Apr / 2018 | • | Event | Köln, DE | |||
Feb / 2018 | • | Renee | Basel | |||
Feb / 2018 | • | Kauz | Kauz Zurich, Zurich, CH | |||
Jan / 2018 | • | MENT Ljubljana | Ljubljana, SI | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Centru NYE Party | Bucharest | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | What's Next in Music? | Vilnius | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Madame Claude | Madame Claude, Berlin, DE | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Waha Festival | Brasov | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Museum Night | Budapest | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Devet Festival | Belgrade | |||
May / 2017 | • | Mains D'Ouvre | Paris | |||
May / 2017 | • | La Malterie | La Malterie, Lille, FR | |||
May / 2017 | • | Taverne Gutenberg | Taverne Gutenberg, Lyon, FR | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | Milan Design Market | Milano | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | BUH | Florence | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Loophole | Berlin | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Pachanama Fest | London | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Katerblau | Kater Blau, Berlin, DE | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Bonnefooi | Brussels | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Chiroux | Liege | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Ubik Eklektik Festival | Hungary | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Garbicz Festival | Poland | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Klunkerkranich | Klunkerkranich, Berlin, DE | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Electric Castle Festival | Romania | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Kraniche | Hamburg | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Street Delivery Festival | Bucharest | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Natura Festival | Bucharest | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Airfield Festival | Romania | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Waha Festival | Romania | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Nachtasyl | Nachtasyl Hamburg, Hamburg, DE | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Moning Festival | Italy | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Urban Spree | Urban Spree Berlin, Berlin, DE | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Tagtraumer Festival | Germany | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Pracht | Leipzig | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Fusion Festival | Germany | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Landestelle | Landestelle, Basel, CH | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Particles Festival | Romania | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Klub Kegelbahn | Klub Kegelbahn, Lucerne, CH | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Dokapi Cafe | Linz | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Neue Heimat | Berlin | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Hinterhof | Basel | |||
May / 2015 | • | KC Grad | Belgrade | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Basm Festival | Romania | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Samo | Torino | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Jazz Club | Florence | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Salon des Amateurs | Dusseldorf | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | AU | Vienna | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | Golya | Budapest |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Karakter Records | |||
Elisabeta | Single | 2020 | |
Elisabeta | Remix | 2019 |
Disco Halal | |||
Memory | Single | 2021 | |
Memory EP | Single | 2021 |
Local Records | |||
Soundtrack for a Game of Chess, Pt. Two | Single | 2013 |
Disco Halal Disco Halal | |||
Memory (Remixes) | Single | 2021 |
Valeriu Borcos | |||
Soundtrack for a Game of Chess | Album | 2015 |
Karpov Not Kasparov | |||
Soundtrack for a Game of Chess (The Vocal Edits) | Album | 2016 |
Fleeting Wax | |||
Gipsy Remixes | Remix | 2017 |
Polychrome Sounds | |||
Soundtrack for a Game of Chess | Album | 2015 |
FiverHouseRecords | |||
The Vocal Edits | Album | 2016 |
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♚ 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.