Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoë Keating has performed outdoors in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, in punk clubs, and before thousands of screaming teenagers in mainstream rock venues across North America and Europe.
Classically trained from the age of eight, Zoë developed her signature style improvising for late night crowds in her San Francisco warehouse space. Her album "One Cello x 16: Natoma", which rose to Number 1 on the iTunes Classical and Number 2 on the iTunes Electronica charts, is the direct result of that experimentation. Comfortably inhabiting her own territory somewhere between classical minimalism, experiemental electronica and steampunk, Keating's works have been called luminous, haunting and "the perfect music for apocalyptic landscapes".
An arresting sight onstage - with her 18th century instrument, tangle of red dreadlocks and bank of blinking electronics - Zoë reproduces her music entirely live, her feet dancing over an array of pedals to record and control her live orchestrations.
She has performed on NPR, composed music for several successful films and has collaborated with countless musicians, including 4 years in the chamber-rock group Rasputina. She has recorded with Amanda Palmer, DJ Shadow, Tarentel, John Vanderslice and Halou, just to name a few, appeared onstage with Imogen Heap and on Jay Leno with Paolo Nutini.
Partial Credits:
Ghostbird, 2008, dir. Scott Crocker
Feature documentary
Composer
The Devil"s Chair, 2007, dir. Adam Mason
Feature horror film
Composer
Frozen Angels, 2005, dir. Frauke Sandig and Eric Black
Feature documentary
Composer
2005 Sundance Film Festival selection and winner at the Nyon Festival and Toronto Hotdocs
I am A Sex Addict, 2005, dir. Caveh Zahedi
Feature narrative film
Composer, additional music
Woods for the Trees, 2003. dir. Sarah Kraft and Ed Purver
Performance theater production for San Francisco Fringe Festival
Composer
Aged 12 and Looking After the Family, 2007. dir. Jane Treays, ITV/Granada Television
Feature television documentary
Composer of contributed music
Awards:
San Francisco Artsfest, 2005. Emerging artist award
Belle Foundation, 2005. Artistic development grant
for booking inquiries, write to: info (at) zoekeating.com
