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This page represents three artists:
1) Keith Kenniff - ambient electronic artist
2) Kevin Kendle - synth pop/rock artist
3) Frank Rössel and Martin Blechschmidt - synth-pop artists
Keith Kenniff:
Some people are natural-born musicians. Keith Kenniff is one of those people. At a young age, both he and his brother began to learn classical guitar, bass and drums under their father’s teaching, and before too long Keith decided to further pursue drums. He played in a variety of touring bands, from rock to jazz and classical, and took influence from each situation, learning from the successes and inevitable failures, discovering his musical likes and dislikes. He was finally drawn to study percussion at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music.
He took a keen interest in film, taking time to study it whenever he could to broaden his knowledge of independent and world cinema and filmscore. Through his interests in music and film, Keith developed a sense of space and restraint, which are evident in his musical projects.
His primary musical venture is the solo project ‘Helios’, showcasing his skill in percussion, his delicate touch on the guitar, his measured and spacious songwriting, and his self-taught electro-acoustic production.
Miami-based label merck released his first album entitled ‘Unomia’ which went on to receive international acclaim.
1) Keith Kenniff - ambient electronic artist
2) Kevin Kendle - synth pop/rock artist
3) Frank Rössel and Martin Blechschmidt - synth-pop artists
Keith Kenniff:
Some people are natural-born musicians. Keith Kenniff is one of those people. At a young age, both he and his brother began to learn classical guitar, bass and drums under their father’s teaching, and before too long Keith decided to further pursue drums. He played in a variety of touring bands, from rock to jazz and classical, and took influence from each situation, learning from the successes and inevitable failures, discovering his musical likes and dislikes. He was finally drawn to study percussion at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music.
He took a keen interest in film, taking time to study it whenever he could to broaden his knowledge of independent and world cinema and filmscore. Through his interests in music and film, Keith developed a sense of space and restraint, which are evident in his musical projects.
His primary musical venture is the solo project ‘Helios’, showcasing his skill in percussion, his delicate touch on the guitar, his measured and spacious songwriting, and his self-taught electro-acoustic production.
Miami-based label merck released his first album entitled ‘Unomia’ which went on to receive international acclaim.
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saschaweinmann wrote:
i'm getting lost in his tracks.
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shimmeryshelly wrote:
:) i'm lovin' this new album
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darrenbentsform wrote:
Darren Bent is interested to hear the new album, possibly on the coach to Wembley.
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slsfdj wrote:
New album is simply beautiful, but not as awesome as Eingya.
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kschro wrote:
Caesura is great.
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Ben_Woods wrote:
Psshh the new album reaches some of the finest moments for Keith, for example 'Mima' especially the darker vibe at around the 2 minute mark. This seems to be much more experimental than previous efforts, which im loving. Beautiful - as usual.
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acidtongue wrote:
time to abandon helios, i think. especially when the new goldmund album is so good. caesura - what a let down!
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BurntFingers wrote:
new little chilled out group - refreshment
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dlux132 wrote:
I'm on my 4th or 5th listen on the new album. I agree with Vacuous -- It's no Eingya, but its pretty darn good. There are some great moments in the album that are just as good as Eingya, but they are a little more sparse. Overall its a GREAT album.
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Makoski wrote:
hah doesn't he look like Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords in that pic!
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LORDValik wrote:
yes, new album is good. i like it!
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Vacuous wrote:
The new album is quite good... But it doesn't top his last 2 albums (blows ayres out of the water though). I guess it would be hard for him to top Eingya but at least his music continues to be quality
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domakesay wrote:
caesura is ok.. but a bit to 'pleasant' for me. hard to explain.
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nibus wrote:
@aulismedia - you could at least get his name right!
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aulismedia wrote:
When you listen to albums like Caesura, you instantly realize there’s a massive amount of ideas hiding behind aural simplicity of music. Music is sober (maybe with just a little bit of pathos), arrangements are expertly crafted, and the whole thing sounds like a humble anthem to a concept of beauty or some sub-concept of it. Read the entire review: Helios — Caesura
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wendell3 wrote:
Caesura didn't feel as epic for me as the last 3... Still nice though.
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xXTransystemXx wrote:
It's too bad that Keith doesn't compose more song like Fourteen Drawings...dark sounds. The other songs on Caesura are beautiful but all sound pretty much the same....
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Doom4s wrote:
It's just too hard to top 'Unomia'. Other than that, the new album is not bad.
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celestialroad wrote:
i'm not sure what everyone sees in caesura. it's very predictable and pretty forgettable. it's not awful or mediocre for ambient music, but i've heard this guy being compared to eno...
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klanguage wrote:
epic
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Recent Activity
- neurotic-fool tagged Helios with downtempo and electronic. 5 hours ago
- endlessgoodbye added Helios to endlessgoodbye’s library. Saturday morning
- f0xme updated the Russian wiki page for Helios. (diff) Thursday evening
- K1982J added Helios to K1982J’s library. Thursday evening
- n1p tagged Helios with ‘ambient’. Thursday evening
- ktara-gc added Helios to ktara-gc’s library. Thursday morning
- mecc wrote about Helios in a deleted journal. Thursday morning
- matthieudewit and thekid606 added Helios to their libraries. Thursday morning
- mecc wrote about Helios in a deleted journal. Thursday morning
- mecc wrote about Helios in I've seen... Thursday morning
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Helios- Caesura
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