JENNIFER: I was influenced by many artists from Rock to Pop music, from Classic to Jazz and from Blues to Folk. I was always open for good and groovy music that touched the heart and the brain.
.................................WIN: My roots are Blues and Jazz. My heros where Muddy Waters, Taste and Tony Williams Lifetime. Met Robert Palmer in younger days, who impressed me very much. I was very much influenced from New Wave. My new heros became The Police, The Pretenders and Joe Jackson. As a composer I am deeply impressed by Roger Waters and Sting. As a guitarist I must mention Andy Summers, Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck.
Sounds Like
sounds like us ;-)
Buy our records at www.CDBaby.com or download from Apple iTunes etc.
JENNIFER started gigging at the age of 13. She was founder and singer of the Prog Rock-Band Octopus.
1976 Octopus released their first album “The Boat of Thoughts”, 1978 a second album “The Ocean of Rock” followed. WIN joined Octopus in 1978. Octopus was an important part and a driving force in the „Rock against Racism Movement“ in Germany. Highlight was the “Rock gegen Rechts” Open-Air-Festival in Frankfurt with more than 60.000 people in 1978. 1979 Octopus released the album “Rubber Angel”.
At the end of 1979 JENNIFER and WIN left Octopus. Beside singing JENNIFER started to play bass. So they only needed a drummer to form the power trio THE RADIO in 1982. In the following years they played over 1000 gigs in Germany and Europe and headlined lots of Open-Air-Festivals. JENNIFER and WIN became endorser for SENNHEISER, PAISTE and ROLAND. In 1992 IC-Digit offered JENNIFER and WIN a worldwide record deal. 3 Instrumental CDs named WIN KOWA (Discovery Drive, Touchdown and Imagination) were released from 1992-1995. For the idea to involve JENNIFER's exceptional voice -non lingual- as an instrument, they responded a lot of appreciation. In consequence of all those positive reactions 2 CDs, now named -KOWA- (African Moments and Nippon Moments) were produced in 1996 and 1997. JENNIFER´s voice supported by African friends and other Ethno musicians completed the brilliant combination of interesting voice design and remarkable guitar solos. Among other things KOWA was invited to join compilations with Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Kitaro, Andy Summers and Dido. They also became part of the Café del Sol and Café del Mar series. At the same time KOWA went on producing commercials for international campaigns. They achieved awards all over the world. The Gold Comprix in London, the Golden Award of Montreux and Finalist of the Golden Globe in New York. In 2000 they produced the last CD (American Moments) for IC-Digit.
In June 2007 JENNIFER and WIN released their new CD (Gemini) on their own label ROUGE RECORDS worldwide exclusively distributed by CD Baby, Portland USA. In January 2008 they released their new Album "Scoring Tools". You can also download the music from:
I have been a fan of Win & Jennifer since I first heard their debut CD Discovery Drive on the Radio. The musicianship is outstanding and the grooves are guaranteed to keep your head nodding. Jen's Bass and vocals combined with Win's keys and blistering guitar work set the mood for every emotion. I have never met them but I consider them friends. I highly recommend that if you have never heard their music before, you are definitely missing out on a feast for your ears. Their new CD Gemini has been a staple in my CD player over the past few weeks and now I find myself looking forward to their next release which can't come soon enough! Take care and God speed in all your endeavors.
Kowa remember us, that there is more in music than computer programming. You can hear and feel that here are musicans with heart and soul who still know how to play instruments and create interesting voice arrangements. Powerfull guitar solos .... goose pimples garanteed ! Just sit back and listen, you won't regret it.
