K not K

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	<title>K not K - Musical Chess</title>
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♚&#38;nbsp;K NOT K ♚

&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;THE MUSICAL GAME OF CHESS&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; ︎ danceable︎ trippy ︎ oriental ︎ electro︎&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp;


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&#38;nbsp;🕊 NEWS : &#38;nbsp;♝ OUR LATEST VIDEO&#38;nbsp; ♞ LIVE IN PARIS 2025&#38;gt;MORE INFO HERE&#38;lt;︎


♝&#38;nbsp;OUR LATEST TRACK&#38;nbsp; ♞&#38;nbsp;I Won’t (Live at Balkanik Festival 2025)&#38;nbsp; {*}

 K not K · I Won't (Live 2025)♜ NEW FESTIVAL ADDED! ♖ BABA FESTIVAL&#38;nbsp; {1st August 2026}

&#38;gt;MORE INFO HERE&#38;lt;︎♜ JUST CONFIRMED! ♖ BRAVE FACTORY FESTIVAL&#38;nbsp; {22nd August 2026}

&#38;gt;MORE INFO HERE&#38;lt;︎


♜ BRIDGES OF SOUND ♖ SOLIDARITY TOUR IN UKRAINE 🇺🇦&#38;nbsp; {5th/16th June 2026}

&#38;gt;MORE INFO HERE&#38;lt;︎


♚
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♛ LIVE SHOW OPTIONS : 


(1) FULL BAND CONCERT &#38;nbsp;
(live
drums, live synths, performers/dancers)


(2) DANCE PARTY &#38;nbsp;
(live
electronics + drum machines) 


(3) MUSICAL CHESS &#38;nbsp;(live
soundtrack for a live game of chess 
played by the audience)


(4) CINE-CONCERT &#38;nbsp;
(live
soundtrack for a silent film projection)


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♚ PRESS &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; : &#38;nbsp;

“ROMANIAN
DAFT PUNK” (Stereoleto)
&#38;nbsp;
“DANCEFLOOR
NOSTALGIA” &#38;nbsp; 
(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”&#38;nbsp; (Scena9.ro)

“SUPERBES
AMBIANCES
 PSYCHEDELIQUES”&#38;nbsp; 
(Tsugi.fr)

“WACKY
BRILLIANCE”
(Quietus.co.uk)&#38;nbsp;
 
“BEST
ROMANIAN ALBUM 
OF ITS GENRE IN THE LAST 30 YEARS”
 (Muzici&#38;amp;Faze.ro)


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


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


“TANZEN

OHNE LAPTOP”
 (Vice.de) &#38;nbsp;

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♛ MUSIC&#38;nbsp;VIDEOS : 


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♞ BIO&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;:&#38;nbsp;


♚ Synthesizers vs Drums — an imaginary chessboard and plenty of intelligent irony—
 K not K (Karpov not Kasparov) is a Romanian duo 
that juggles ’80s aesthetics, Eastern European influences, 
and a synth-pop-disco style unlike anything else.

♚ Their name has already reached cult status, 
and their live appearances are true danceable performances, 
with strategic moves between beat and nostalgia.

♚ They’ve played concerts across&#38;nbsp; continents, 
from Oslo to Istanbul, from Lisbon to Shanghai, 
and released albums like Soundtrack for a Game of Chess,
 where each track feels like a surprise move.

♚ Every live show is a statement that joy can be a mix 
of humor, rhythm, and reverence for a kitschy past transformed into art.
 ♚ One of Eastern Europe’s most
exciting musical exports, 
K not K makes optimistic-danceable music inspired
by the game of chess.&#38;nbsp;

 ♚ During the past years they were very active in Europe (almost every country) and Asia (China &#38;amp; Japan tour) 
they played in museums, art galleries, clubs, festivals and shared the stage 
with Underworld, Gus-Gus, Altin Gun, Henge, Mehmet Aslan, Ko Shin Moon&#38;nbsp;but also cult electro veterans like Paddy Steer or Rodion GA.New single announced
for spring 2026.  China tour in April 2025! Solidarity tour in Ukraine July 2025!

 
♚ 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 electronic&#38;nbsp;album in the last
30 years" 
by the journalists of musical blog Muzici&#38;amp;Faze. 
♚ &#38;nbsp; Memory
EP (2021) was featured on BBC
6 . 


CONTACT:

+40722541717

✉️ EMAIL
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“Influences from Eastern folk music are mixed with jazz and electro-sounds from the
80s. The whole strongly reminds of the pioneers of electronic music such as Jean Michel
Jarre and Klaus Schulze.”

					
Heyta Melssen - 3vor12 (NL)

					
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“The fidgety intensity of early Hot Chip. Swiss electro-dance oddballs Yello’s take on the
dancefloor. The mesmerising, bloopy pulse of year-zero Acid House. Exotic melodies
suggesting Turkey as much as Japan.”

					
Kieron Tyler - Mojo &#38;amp; Guardian journalist (UK)

					
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“Chess is math and that’s why Karpov not Kasparov’s sound is a mathematical fusion of
electronic music, an early 80’s sound and some jazzy-oriental flavours. Like in chess, the
drum machine and the vintage synths take turns on the offensive, wrapping around one
another in a psychedelic waltz. Every move the instruments make nudges the track
towards a new direction and changes the course of the game. The result is danceable,
fluid and favourably inclined towards out-of-consciousness experiences.”

					
Matei Barbulescu - Europavox (FR)

					
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