Kel McKeown (+ Currently for most live gigs Chris Walmsley)
Influences
Stars of the Lid, Porn Sword Tobacco,
Boards of Canada, Luke Vibert, Aphex, Prefuse 73, Tortoise, Riow Arai,
Dabrye, Max Tundra, Aerial and Papa M, Murcof, Slint, Chris Clark, Manitoba (Start Breaking My Heart mostly), Fourtet, Cornelius, Do Make Say Think, Shuggie Otis, Max Richter,
Nick Drake, Sebadoh, Pavement, Phoenix, Smyglissna, Two Lone
Swordsmen, Pentangle, To Rococco Rot, Battles, Will Oldham, John
Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Beck, Beastie Boys, Fennesz, Plaid, L'Usine,
Jeffrey Lewis, DJ Shadow (Endtroducing....), Six Organs of Admittance,
Greg Davis, Plaid, New Order, Velvet Underground, Populous, Steve
Reich, Beatles, Terry Riley, Judee Sill, Deerhoof, Sufjan Stephens,
Ultramagetics / Dr Octagon / Kool Keith, Bitstream, Bullet's Hanged
Man Soundtrack, Akufen, Cat Stevens, Leornard Cohen, Gonzalez Solo
Piano, Goldmund, Dr Dre, Isotope 217, Devendra Banhart, Brian Eno,
Circulus, Casino vs Japan, Sigur Ros, DJ Krush, Autechre,
Squarepusher, Push Button Objects, Crunch, Jim O Rourke, Stereolab,
The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, Portishead, Kettel, Octogon Man,
Tarantula AD, Mountains, Daniel Johnston.
Kelpe is Kel Mckeown, from Loughborough, England. After tentative
pre-teenage forays into cassette recorders and joke rap bands with
friends, Kel devoted most of his teenage years to bone splintering
skateboarding mishaps before deciding that loops and samples might
provide him with a safer past time than trucks and wheels. Despite
adolescent attempts at computer music resulting in "crap rave efforts"
made on a commodore Amiga, the process of sampling and sequencing
provided him with a discipline and focus that is of fundamental
importance to the creative process that he currently employs in the
execution of his gob-smackingly impressive "head-nod-tronica"
work-outs.
Coming to the attention of DC Recordings in early 2003, his first
release for label was the 12" EP 'The People are Trying to Sleep', a
wide eyed carnival of fractured beats and warped electronics. This was
followed by the critically acclaimed album 'Sea Inside Body'
(September 2004) and most recently, by bedroom discotheque 12"
'Sunburnt Eyelids' (October 2005).
With influences ranging from the bleeps & bass of classic Warp artists
to the spectral folk of John Renbourn, and the minimalism of Steve
Reich to the percussive space-scapes of Do Make Say Think, the
diversity of the music that inspires Kelpe finds reflection in his own
sonic adventures, informing his ever evolving sound, combining as map
and compass to guide his lunar-bound b-boy throwdowns.
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Hearin' Aid presents Damon Frost (aka D-FROST Beats) and delivers a crazy 12" single called "//dATA-BWoY". It features five tracks fuelled with dirty hiphop beats, vintage samples and ultra-fat wobbly basslines. Pure digital FUNK, begging to defy any soundsystem!
Limited edition of 500 copies only!! available September 25 via.
Thanks very much for the great show in Nantes, last Thursday ! I was happy to have brief exchanges with you before the gig. please tell to Chris he's a great drummer ! I can't find his myspace page...
is it unhealthy that i haven't been able to stop listening to this for the past 5 years? Your samples blow everything else out of the water. Thank you. I know San Francisco is a pretty long journey, but it would show you a great time
I've been here in Xi'an now for almost 2 months now and I'm already starved of quality shows. I'll have to get a live set ready myself when I'm happy the material is strong enough and I work out how I'd do it.
Uploaded a new track called flux, love it if you'd have a listen and let me know what u think.
1) Googie Rene Combo – Smokey Joe’s Laa 2) Roy Head – My Babe 3) Roy Ayers – Brother Green 4) Motorbass – Genius 5) Asha Putli – Money 6) T-Rex – Jeepster 7) Mumford and Sons – White Blank Page *** 8) Alison Kraus & Union Station – Momma Cried 9) Elbow – Ribcage (Kinobe Mix) 10) Free Design – Harve Daley Hix (Stereo Lab Remix) 11) Seabear – Owl Waltz 12) Roots Manuva – Dreamy Days (SFA Dub) 13) Uncle Sam – Round The World Girls 14) Art Of Noise – Moments In Love 15) Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Weatherall Mix) 16) Lonnie Johnson – You Will Need Me 17) Dale Hawkins – Susie Q 18) Peggy Lee – Hallelujah (Love Him So) 19) Sebastien Tellier – Dixi 20) Kerrier District – 110bpm 21) Will Powers – Adventures In Success ^^^ 22) Abdoulaye Diabate - Djoro 23) Wajeed - Cake 24) Toumani Diabate – Africa Challenge 25) Pram – Hums Around Us (Psapp Remix) 26) Wolfgang Dauher Quintet – Take Off Your Clothes And See The Setting Sun 27) Phoenix – Too Young 28) Madvillain – Money Folder 29) Marcello Caldato – Re-Batacuda 30) The Bamboos – King Of The Rodeo 31) Stephen Jarvis – Untitled (Heavy Ambience Mix) 32) Lavender Diamond – In Heaven There Is No Heat 33) Kelpe – Look For Shining Things 34) Bob James – Nautilus (Re-Edit) 35) Rui Da Silva - Water 36) Hugh Masekela - Mama 37) Timmy Thomas – Funky Me 38) The Turtles - Buzzsaw 39) Billy Holliday – One Never Knows Does One 40) Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information 41) Rick James – Mary Jane 42) Love Unlimited Orchestra – Strange Games And Things
*** denotes my own current favourite piece of music played that week ^^^ denotes my favourite piece of music played by a guest
