James Charles Watts[1] (born January 24, 1980), also known by the moniker KiloWatts, is an American electronic musician. He has toured across Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States since 2002. His 2007 release Ground State was said to lead the devoted listener to a state of total hypnosis by Side-Line Magazine.[2] In 2006, Igloo Magazine called his album Routes "a lifetime of travel compressed into an hour of aural head-tripping."[3] His project with Tanner Ross, entitled Voodeux, was reviewed by XLR8R Magazine and could only be described as "...if maverick producers Ricardo Villalobos and Bruno Pronsato plundered Lustmord's harddrive full of tar-black ambience..."[4] His collaboration with Bluetech, called Invisible Allies,[5] was included in Headphone Commute's Best Of 2010 collection.[6]
Jamie Watts
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| Birth name | James Charles Watts |
| Born | (1980-01-24) January 24, 1980 (age 44) |
| Genres | Psydub, psybient |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, composer, musician |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Thoughtless Music, Native State Records, KiloWatts Music, Mothership |
| Member of | Voodeux, Invisible Allies, Skeetaz, KiloWatts & Vanek, Super Galactic Expansive |
| Website | kilowattsmusic |
Invisible Allies is KiloWatts and Bluetech.
KiloWatts & Vanek is James Watts and Peter Van Ewijk. Together they have released albums on Diffusion Records,[7] founded by Andrew Sega, and German-based industrial label Dependent Records.[8]
Voodeux is KiloWatts and Tanner Ross, who have released on Dirtybird Records and Mothership, founded by Claude VonStroke.
Skeetaz is a collaboration between KiloWatts and Bil Bless.[9]
Super Galactic Expansive is a collaboration between KiloWatts and Amagine. They have released two albums on Sound Tribe Sector 9's label, 1320 Records.