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About Me

Peter Vanek. born 1977 The Netherlands. Currently living in Antwerp, Belgium. Reading myself into oblivion.
Found a guitar. Was taught some chords and sent on my way.Started working on a cabaretshow (stand up mixed with songs). Recorded a cd called "WatNouNee?!cd"
Came into contact with Jamie Watts and started collaborating. Kilowatts & Vanek sparked into existence. Made a song called Lies, a song called Conviction, a song called Kaleidoscopean Eyes and a song called Gone. Demo was done.Got signed. Made more songs with KiloWatts and ended up with "RawQ".Nothing much happened. Found a warm home at Diffusion Records for RawQ.
Started working on solo material which ended up on the first ever Peter Vanek album called "Thin Air". Learned to live/love cubase/ableton/whathaveyounotMajor existential turmoil in the sense of "whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger"
Started working on more up tempo material slowly growing into a second Peter Vanek album: worktitle "Tenderfoot"Started working on a new cabaret show which will premier april 2008 with new dutch songs: worktitle "LeegLoper"Finished the secretive second Kilowatts & Vanek album "Focus & Flow", which will soon be launched.Started working on a short film in order to be able to write a concept album: worktitle "Spoor/Print"
Standing here now breathing atmosphere, bleeding beauty and feeling the universe shift around me. Loving every second.It’s all about the atmosphere; an ethereal dusk; the solitude of slow and silent motion. Break it down in little fragments, reverse thrust, u-turn and glue it all together again. These colors are seeping through the cracks of your conviction. I am a flowing through your lucid understanding. Skin leaks salted blood and the friction of two minds throwing sparks into entropic worlds beneath these melted skies. In the end, it’s all about the atmosphere... rewind...press play on tape. Background artwork by ReiNarDus [www.reinardus.com]!
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Member Since: 12/6/2005
Band Website: petervaneksound.com
Influences: - Nick Drake, Tindersticks, Sophia, David Gray, Ryan Adams, Spain, Lamb, Damien Rice, Arovane, Four Tet, William Shatner, Tom Mcrae, Air, Pinback, Portishead, A Guy called Gerald, Tom Waits, Beth Orton, Beth Gibbons, A Silver Mount Zion, Sigur RÃ³s, JosÃ© Gonzalez, Imogen Heap -
Sounds Like: an Indian Summer

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Record Label: Summer Rain Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

lonely when I slide

Been a busy couple of weeks, causing me to have produced exactly zero new tracks.Then again, what I've been doing has definitely been worthwhile and I'm positive I'll be doing way more of that in the ...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

Peter Vanek - Polaroids EP

...Venture into territories I've never been; my eyes explode....iTunes:Amazon: CLick HeremTracks: Click HereAlso available at:..>..>..>..>..>..> ..> Amazon Bell Mobility Full Track ...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:50:00 PST

KiloWatts & Vanek - Focus & Flow

KiloWatts & VanekFocus & Flow2008 End Of Time RecordsListen and Purchase HereFour years after their first offering, KiloWatts and Vanek have...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:35:00 PST

still

Every once in a while you get to work with someone and it just clicks.It clicked majorly this time.Check out his other stuff at http://www.myspace.com/julianedwardes In the meanwhile, thanks for stop...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:39:00 PST

Today was a great day

So we had our first full band rehearsal for the stand up show and honestly it rocked all kinds of socks. Four guys having a lot of fun while slowly moving into the right musical direction, fun fun fun...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:20:00 PST

More songs at Reverbnation

Just saying, click the link and get to hear material from the "thin air" cd.
Posted by Peter Vanek on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:28:00 PST

random ravings of a lunatic

Proof of Concept - View from aboveAuditory Canvas - DestinationsJust two of a couple of more than excellent eps on the delicious summer rain recordings.As for me:Peter Vanek - Polaroids is about to hi...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:35:00 PST

lament

I wanted to do something purer. It's just guitar and vocals, lots and lots of vocals. I'm still looking for a certain atmosphere of existential void and I think I kind of grazed it this time.I'm still...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:53:00 PST

Tonight and a heads up on K&V

First of all, let me repeat my bulletin:So this time I went out into the amazing world of rewire, slaves, masters, whathaveyounot and I'll be damned, but it totally worked out. [I'm talking music apps...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:41:00 PST

song craze

I'm in this extreme song craze at the moment. K&V just completed the second album which will hopefully be released by an interesting label. In the meanwhile I keep on recording stuff. So...
Posted by Peter Vanek on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:02:00 PST