Album Of The Week

"Det här är lite halv-mystisk och suggestiv musik som i sina stunder är riktigt spännande."

- Tony Berg / Baretta Magazine -

"Kowa + Klein spelar stor kosmisk och stjärnbeströdd rock som tar sig direkt in i min själ. Ett album som jag tror kommer leva kvar i mitt hjärta."

- Micheles Kindh / Blaskan -

"Att beskriva Kowa + Kleins musik på det gemensamma debutalbumet (de har bägge spelat in skivor tidigare), 'Summertime' är inte helt lätt. Det känns inte som att musiken går att boxa in under en gemensam nämnare, vilket bara gör lyssningen än mer intressant."

- Robert Ryttman / Zero Magazine -

"Reading an account of the lives of musicians Marlon Klein and Win Kowa, one might get the impression their paths were never destined to cross. But destiny has a habit of provoking happy accidents, and auspicious evidence of such twists of fate can be heard on their collaborative debut."

- Kenneth Bremer / Blue Desert -

"Jennifer and Win Kowa are known for their participation in some legendary krautrock bands. Jennifer, still under her maiden name Jennifer Hensel, was the founding singer of Octopus, and Win was a founding member of Straight Shooter, later guitarist with Streetmark. When an album with these two is released on the label Sireena, which is not least known for krautrock re-releases, you naturally expect another forgotten pearl that has been dug up by the active label people. But that's not true. It was not until 2023 that the Kowa couple met drummer Marlon Klein."

- Norbert von Fransecky / Musik An Sich -

"This release as Kowa + Klein, which was founded immediately after Jennifer Kowa's death, is both the debut and also the farewell album with her. With guitarist and keyboardist, husband Win Kowa and drummer and keyboardist Marlon Klein, successful musicians of the German scene can be found in this band."

- Wolfgang Giese / Musik An Sich -

"This album is an impressive attempt to make a voice from the past heard again in the present, without to lapse into mere repetition. For lovers of German prog, art rock and vocal reconstruction projects it is certainly an interesting album. And for whom Jennifer Kowa's voice wants to be heard one more time in a new musical framework."

- Fred Pach / Muziekwereld -

"“After the tragic death of Jennifer Kowa in July 2024, her husband Win Kowa and their musical friend Marlon Klein decided to continue their musical career as a duo, called Kowa + Klein, extended with bass player Frank Itt. Their debut album ‘Summertime’ was made in honor of Jennifer and still features her angelic voice in several of the 10 songs on this record."

- Valére Sampermans / Rootstime -