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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelpe's new album "Ex-Aquarium" is now available.
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cracking news bwoyee! I look forward to hearing it - be sure to let me know when it's up. Really glad that you're enjoying the album an' all. It's scary exposing yourself (in the metaphorical sense, of course. the literal sense comes later) to someone that you really admire. As I'm sure you know. So. yeah. Hooray!
Hey Kel, Good to hear from you - soz, havent been on myspace for a while. Got your new LP a few weeks ago, been meaning to leave some comments, needless to say it's excellent! very much been digging "shipwreck glue" - totally infectious! the ping pong balls. hoping to get down to your gig tmrw if all goes well.
Hello Kelpe. I uploaded another track from the album «Symbiosis of Contradictions». That small ambient song called “Weather in Numbers” is the soundtrack for the today’s sky outside my window. Just a weak sunshine behind the grey clouds. Hope you will like it! /Ivan
Yo Kel! I see that u play in Paris!!? I'll try to be there and I know well the Radio Campus Crew! Please tell me by email when u are in France. Peace.Speak soon.
Hey Kel, how are you? Sorry to bother you, just wondered if you wanted to hear this remix I’ve done of the new Radiohead single? You can just click below. Any support would be amazing. Thanks loads and speak soon
they are so fuckin great, i almost cried. i felt in love with guitars again!!! anyway, your music is great too. you may also like: IF THOSE TREES COULD TALK big up
