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Kevin Joseph Sawka was born October 10, 1977 in Seattle, Washington. Kevin attended Heritage Christian School up until 4th grade, when he moved to Kenmore Elementary School. At an early age Kevin was involved in sports, as alot of young people are, excelling in baseball and soccer. Due to an accident with an Exacto knife Kevin decided to sideline his catchers mitt and exchange it for drums. His middle school years were spent at Lake Stevens Middle School for 7th-8th grades and 9th grade at Skyview Middle School. While in middle school Kevin joined the school bands, where he excelled in what else but the drums. His high school years were spent at Bothell High School where he continued his love for music. In 10th grade he met up with future bandmate, bass player, Jeremy Lightfoot.

Some of his early musical influences were the bands: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rush, Led
Zepplin and Primus.

Man…or machine? That’s the question that listeners, show-goers, and critics ask themselves about Kevin Sawka since the Seattle drummer started experimenting with drum ‘n bass styles in the late ’90s. The past released album, Cyclonic Steel on Dualdisc -a new CD format that is a cd on one side and a DVD on the other- demonstrates through both audio and video the superhuman quality of his performances and production.

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Top Tracks

1	Close Your Eyes full track	20
2	Montreal full track	13
3	Globalize This full track	12
4	New Life	10
5	Cotton Club full track	9
5	Brotherhood of the Drum full track	9
7	Get It On full track	7
7	Airplane Girl full track	7
9	Void of Truth full track	6
9	For Oily To Normal Skin full track	6
9	Move On (feat. B-Shorty)	6
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cyberchrist wrote:
August 2009

heard "battle at victory" on tap tap :) pretty neat stuff:)

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Mylffon wrote:
July 2009

good producer like kj sawka? who know?

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ollylawson wrote:
April 2009

amazing at bangface but not great for listening to non-live

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portik wrote:
February 2009

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te0k wrote:
February 2009

hey! where can i find or buy the song "axis"? its on a live video of youtube, but i want to know if this track its recorded on an album someone knows it?

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fuckethead wrote:
January 2009

cool

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biscuitlove wrote:
November 2008

Soooo much better live. I am a drummer and when I saw him last year I couldn't take my eyes of him, awesome skills! Looking forward to 12th December at Bangface.

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celebrators wrote:
November 2008

he was so good last night

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ChaosErebusNox wrote:
October 2008

does he produce the old-fashioned way as well, or does he only perform with drums/sampler/etc?

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bong_ra wrote:
October 2008

On video he looks great, but listening to his mp3's is boring..

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psy-eternity wrote:
June 2008

move on is just blowing my mind! great atmospheric d'n'b sound

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gagarintv wrote:
April 2008

Супер саунд!!!

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fikarojo wrote:
March 2008

amazou!

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DanHotSauce88 wrote:
November 2007

You're the fuckin, man.

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mochicrunk wrote:
October 2007

his drum technique is unstoppable

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SaSqreem wrote:
October 2007

this man must be a mutant

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afu-sake wrote:
October 2007

aiiiii!!

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GheP wrote:
August 2007

freckin amazing!

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AlecHawk wrote:
August 2007

win

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rubbish_rubbish wrote:
July 2007

deep deep deep deeep

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Dec 18 Xmas Bangface 71 The Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street, London Bridge, SE1 1RU, London, United Kingdom
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Dec 30 The Pnuma Trio Highline Ballroom, New York, United States
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Dec 31 New Year's Eve: KJ Sawka with Jungle Drummer with Dj Fu The Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY, Syracuse, United States
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KJ SAWKA CLONES HIMSELF VIA iPhone

11 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kjsawka

Sign Up for the KJ SAWKA NewsletterKJ SAWKA CLONES HIMSELF VIA IPHONE APPDear Readers,June 9, 2009 - Seattle - KJ Sawka has announced the worldwide release of DrumBanger, a simulation of his half-elec. …

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