Koven, sometimes stylized as KOᐯEN or KOVEN., are an English electronic dance music duo made up of producer Max Rowat and vocalist Katie Boyle. They are especially known for their drum and bass and

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, but also make

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, house, pop and other styles. The duo are signed to

Monstercat Monstercat (formerly known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian independent electronic music record label based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 2011 by Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen, the label released music on a tri-weekly basis unt ...

and hail from

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, England. Rowat started the project in 2011 and had several vocalists prior to Katie Boyle joining in 2014. They have guested on

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shows including BBC Radio 1 Dance Presents with Hybrid Minds. They released their debut album ''Butterfly Effect'' in 2020, which was nominated for Best Album at the 2020 Drum & Bass Arena awards.

Personal life

Katie is married, but not to Max.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

* ''Retrospective'' (Viper, 2018)

Extended plays

* ''Hereinafter, Pt. 1'' (Viper, 2014) * ''Hereinafter, Pt. 2'' (Viper, 2014) * ''Sometimes We Are'' (Viper, 2015) * ''Come to Light'' (

, 2016) * ''Reality Reach'' (Monstercat, 2018) * ''Higher Ground (Part 1)'' (Monstercat, 2022)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Remixes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:KOVEN English electronic music duos Drum and bass duos British drum and bass music groups Musical groups established in 2011 Musical groups from London Monstercat artists NoCopyrightSounds artists 2011 establishments in England