![News Added Jul 08, 2015 Composer Keith Kenniff started playing drums, guitar and bass at an early age. His musical path eventually led him to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with honors in 2006 with a B.A. in percussion. In 2001 Keith began writing ambient electronic music under the moniker Helios. […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10835458_896498823750413_7920697958442746206_o-320x146.jpg "Helios : Yume")
Composer Keith Kenniff started playing drums, guitar and bass at an early age. His musical path eventually led him to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with honors in 2006 with a B.A. in percussion. In 2001 Keith began writing ambient electronic music under the moniker Helios. The first Helios record, "Unomia", was released in 2004 on the influential underground IDM label Merck Records. His follow-up album, "Eingya", released in 2006 quickly became an underground ambient/electronic staple and made its way onto many critic's top 10 lists. The third Helios full length , "Caesura", was released in 2008, followed quickly by "Unleft" in 2009 and a free digital EP "Moiety" in 2011.
Keith also records and performs music for solo piano under the name Goldmund for which he has five releases, including the most recent album ‘All Will Prosper", released in 2011. His music as Goldmund, and under his own name has been featured in many films, such as "Mister Lonely" by acclaimed indie filmmaker Harmony Korine and can be heard regularly on programs produced by NPR, and the BBC. Keith has also written music for commercial clients such as Facebook, Google, Apple, MTV, Canon, T-Mobile, Christie's and and Paramount Pictures.
In 2008 Keith began the project Mint Julep with his wife, Hollie. Subsequently relocating to Portland, Oregon, the duo cut a limited release album, Songs About Snow, in 2008 and then released the EP, Adorn, in 2010 – effectively a trial run for further recording in their home studio, the fruit of which is a sublime follow-up, Save Your Season, released in 2011. The duo is currently working on their EP, "Broken Devotion", which will be released in mid 2013.
Keith has toured and performed extensively throughout the US, Europe Japan and Canada.
Yume is Kenniff's first album since 2012's Moiety, and it was intially announced via a Kickstarter campaign to release it (and a full-length from Mint Julep, Kenniff's project with his wife Hollie) on vinyl.
Yume is reportedly named for the Japanese word for dream, meant to describe Kenniff's approach to electronic music. The press release promises "a warm bed of sounds highlighted by luminous guitar lines, elegant piano work, and... crafted rhythms that are birthed from the multitude of electronic elements." You can stream "Pearls" below.
Oof, I love Helios.
Quite good