K not K

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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Unplugged	No
Cover band	No
Members	2

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Gig History

	05	•	Sep / 2023	•	MMB Showcase Festival 2023	Bucharest, RO
	31	•	Dec / 2023	•	RISE by gigmit Talent Programme	Berlin, DE

Jul / 2019	•	ElectricCastle	Transylvania
Jul / 2019	•	StereoletoFestival	Sankt Petersburg
May / 2019	•	Electrovision	TelAviv
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	•	Jazz Club	Florence
Apr / 2015	•	Salon des Amateurs	Dusseldorf
Apr / 2015	•	Basm Festival	Romania
Apr / 2015	•	Samo	Torino
Mar / 2015	•	AU	Vienna
Mar / 2015	•	Golya	Budapest

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Releases

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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Publishing

Minds on Fire

info@mindsonfire.co.uk

Press Text

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.