kwes.
Kwes makes music that is in love with life. Not in a big, demonstrative way but in a quiet noticing way. In a treasuring of details way. Born Kwesi Sey in the London borough of Lewisham, music as an expression of love was central to Kwes’ upbringing: “I remember on Friday nights my mum and dad used to banter over my dad turning the music up too loud because my mum was trying to watch Coronation Street. He’d be playing jazz records. Then the following morning mum would be playing Mariah Carey out of the tape-deck really loudly. They used to playfully argue,” he smiles. “It was quite a gorgeous thing to watch, thinking about it now.”
Observations of love shape his long-awaited debut album ‘ilp’: the enduring love between his grandparents, the innocence of overheard conversations, and his own reflections on his feelings for loved ones. ‘Long-awaited’ is no hype thing, either. Kwes is an artist that people have had their ears keenly tuned to for more than a minute now: he was demo-ing tunes with a teenage The xx when he was barely out of his teens himself. Over the past handful of years, in-between his own releases, he’s worked with artists that most young musicians could only dream of, including Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn, and Micachu - not to mention been sampled by Kanye West. A wholly disparate group that Kwes navigates with ease.
Discography
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Rye Lane (Original Score)
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPDD345
- Release Date
- 3 November 2023
- LP (special)
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Rye Lane (Suite)
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPDD345A
- Release Date
- 4 Mai 2023
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Songs For Midi
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP407
- Release Date
- 6 April 2018
- EP
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- ilpix.
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP372
- Release Date
- 15 September 2014
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Ilp.
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARP243
- Release Date
- 10 Oktober 2013
- LP
- CD
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Rollerblades
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP343
- Release Date
- 26 November 2012
- 7″
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Meantime.
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP331
- Release Date
- 30 April 2012
- EP
- CD
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Get Up
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP331DU
- Release Date
- 1 Dezember 2011
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- No Need to Run
- Label
- Young
- Catalogue Number
- YTDS045
- Release Date
- 31 Mai 2010
- 12”
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- kwes.
- ReleaseProduct
- Heart in Home
- Label
- Salvia Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- TIC007DL
- Release Date
- 12 Januar 2009
- Herunterladen
Appears On
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Young Turks 2010
- Label
- Young
- Catalogue Number
- YTDA2010
- Release Date
- 9 Dezember 2013
- Herunterladen
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Home Entertainment
- Label
- 2600 Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- TSH001
- Release Date
- 22 Oktober 2007
- Herunterladen