K-essence

"K-ESSENCE creates atmosphere reminiscent of Nick Cave, Peter Murphy, Mark Lanegan and early Bowie records yet reaches for uncompromising rock
standing astride melancholic-psychadelic indie and gloomy gothic."
The man behind K-essence is Bartosz Księżyk, a singer-songwriter
and producer, former frontman of the indie-rock act NeLL.
The
K-ESSENCE debut album Prince of Pawns was released in 2014 on Requiem Records. The project was entirely crowdfunded on Megatotal.pl. A video for the
single Prince of Pawns was awarded BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the Filmmaker’s Day
2014. The record received very good reviews praising “[...]versatility” and “[...]capacity for writing stylish songs in a classical spirit.”
In October 2015 K-essence performed at Soundedit Festival premiering their new album We Prefer the Night. The LP, which features the acclaimed string quartet Altra
Volta, was released on Alchera Visions. An innovative, interactive video for Dangerous Man was been aired on MTV Germany and VIVA, and the album gained great reviews from
both German (Westzeit, OxFanzine, Polyprisma)
and Polish press (Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Gazeta Wyborcza, FuckYouHipsters), including praise from foreign press in Poland.
We Prefer the Night reached German radio stations, becoming Die Album der
Woche on Radio Hertz 87.9; the single Dangerous Man was featured on Negative White as the song of the week.
In 2018, K-essence released This Party Isn’t Over video, shot in California and Arizona. 15/02/19 Kayax released the single Bengal Tiger. The artists goes on tour of Germany and Austria supporting Ian Paice & Purpendicular.
K-ESSENCE rounded off the year with a fantastic live TV performance in the
semi-finals of Poland's Got Talent.
After the lockdown was imposed, K-ESSENCE has played for and talked live with fans
every Thursday on LiveFromStudio where he also premiered the latest album UNISON. The record was voted Album of the Week in Radio Bielefeld.