KiloWatts (musician)

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Jamie Watts
Birth nameJames Charles Watts
Born (1980-01-24) January 24, 1980 (age 44)
Genres Electro-acoustic, downtempo, Psydub, psybient
Occupation(s)Producer, composer, musician
Years active2002–present
LabelsThoughtless Music, Native State Records, KiloWatts Music, Mothership
Member ofVoodeux, Invisible Allies, Skeetaz, KiloWatts & Vanek, Super Galactic Expansive
Website kilowattsmusic.com

James Charles Watts [1] (born January 24, 1980), also known by the moniker KiloWatts, is an American electronic musician. He has toured across Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States since 2002. His 2007 release Ground State was said to lead the devoted listener to a state of total hypnosis by Side-Line Magazine. [2] In 2006, Igloo Magazine called his album Routes "a lifetime of travel compressed into an hour of aural head-tripping." [3] His project with Tanner Ross, entitled Voodeux, was reviewed by XLR8R Magazine and could only be described as "...if maverick producers Ricardo Villalobos and Bruno Pronsato plundered Lustmord's harddrive full of tar-black ambience..." [4] His collaboration with Bluetech, called Invisible Allies, [5] was included in Headphone Commute's Best Of 2010 collection. [6]

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Discography

KiloWatts

Rena Jones & KiloWatts

Invisible Allies

Invisible Allies is KiloWatts and Bluetech.

KiloWatts and Vanek

KiloWatts & Vanek is James Watts and Peter Van Ewijk. Together they have released albums on Diffusion Records, [7] founded by Andrew Sega, and German-based industrial label Dependent Records. [8]

Voodeux

Voodeux is KiloWatts and Tanner Ross, who have released on Dirtybird Records and Mothership, founded by Claude VonStroke.

Skeetaz

Skeetaz is a collaboration between KiloWatts and Bil Bless. [9]

Super Galactic Expansive

Super Galactic Expansive is a collaboration between KiloWatts and Amagine. They have released two albums on Sound Tribe Sector 9's label, 1320 Records.

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References

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  2. "KiloWatts ? Ground State (Cd Native State Records) - review, free links at SIDE-LINE". Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  3. "Kilowatts :: Routes (Artificial Music Machine, CD)". July 13, 2006.
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  5. "About". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  6. "Headphone Commute's Best of 2010 : Music for Awakened Spirits and Open Minds". January 3, 2011.
  7. "Diffusion records 8.0". Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  8. "Dependent | since 1998". Dependent.de.
  9. "Skeetaz". Discogs.com.