Kwes

Kwes (sometimes stylised as kwes, kwes., Kwes. or [o=o]. ) is a British record producer, songwriter and artist from London, England. Kwes is best known for his production and collaborative work. He has worked with a variety of artists including Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn, ELIZA, Kano, Kelela, Loyle Carner, Micachu, Nao, Nubya Garcia, Solange, Selah Sue and Tirzah. Kwes is also currently signed to Warp Records as a solo artist and released his debut album, ilp in October 2013.

Biography
Kwes began playing his grandparents' organ at the age of four and his grandmother bought him his first small keyboard aged 5. For his tenth birthday, he received a radio/tape recorder with a built-in microphone, which launched his interest in sound recording.

Kwes has chromesthesia (sound-to-colour synaesthesia).

His earliest synaesthetic experiences occurred around the age of 4 and he attempted to colour paper with the particular colours he was seeing when listening to music. These colours have been set since he first discovered his condition: "any form of a G-chord would have orange in it, and the other notes which are not G accompanying that G-chord would have an effect on the type of orange it is. Majors tend to be slightly brighter. Same applies for D which is always – yellow/green, E which is Yellow/gold, F which is violet/blue, C – Blue, A – light blue, B – yellow/gold/green."

His synaesthetic impressions of his own music are translated in the artwork to his solo releases, including "Hearts in Home" and "No Need to Run".

Singles

 * "Hearts in Home" (16 February 2009)
 * "Get Up" (13 November 2011)
 * "Bashful" (7 March 2012)
 * "Rollerblades" (26 November 2012)

Live session duties

 * Ebony Bones – Guitarist (2006–2007, 2008)
 * Bono Must Die now O. Children – Keyboardist (2007)
 * Jack Peñate – Laptop and keyboards (2009)
 * Kwesachu (with Micachu) – co-production and co-selector (2009–?)
 * Elan Tamara – Bassist (2009–2011)
 * Leftfield – Keyboards and Computers (2010)
 * Bobby Womack – Keyboards (2012–2013)