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Based in Bristol, UK, Ryan Teague is a composer, producer and guitarist working in the field of electro-acoustic and minimalist composition. His music combines contemporary instrumentation and arrangements with electronics and processing. He also produces music and sound design for various film and TV productions. Working with an array of instruments and sound sources, Ryan's music often blurs the line between organic and processed sound, resulting in a unique range of soundscapes. The results are incorporated into a minimalist framework combining structured composition with improvised spontaneity, making for highly original contemporary works. Ryan has released music on labels such as Type Records, Sonic Pieces and Village Green, and has contributed to numerous compilations and other releases. He has subsequently worked with an array of musicians and ensembles and has toured internationally in support of these releases. As well as receiving extensive national radio play on BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music and Classic FM, Ryan's film and TV credits include work for Coca-Cola©, Subaru, Universal Music Group and the BBC, amongst others. Mastered by Andreas Tilliander.
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A Pennsylvanian by birth, Keith Kenniff is an honors graduate of Boston's esteemed Berklee College Of Music, best known as the brains behind dulcet ambient/electronic practitioners Helios and the fingers on the ivories of post-classical piano minimalists Goldmund (the latter's music once described by no less an authority than Ryuichi Sakamoto as "so, so, so beautiful..."). A succession of albums under those aliases has made Kenniff the darling of discerning critics and his music has also been widely used in film, television and advertising, not least on the soundtrack to Harmony Korine's 2007 comedy-drama Mister Lonely and the trailer for the 2009 Academy Award-nominated Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes. In 2007, Keith formed the band Mint Julep with his wife Hollie. Mint Julep was designed as a conscious departure from Keith's previous projects. Keith's project Branches sees him return to his twinkling piano keys and the intensely atmospheric strings of his earlier solo work. Branches sounds like a journey that ebbs and flows through a wondrous forest, accelerating and slowing up to reveal beauty in all its little nooks and crannies. The album is a haunting and beautiful work that will appeal to fans of Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nils Frahm and Hauschka.
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Mint Julep, the husband and wife team of Keith and Hollie Kenniff present their second album, Save Your Season. The album is the husband and wife team's follow-up to the ultra-rare, limited release Songs About Snow. This release is hallmarked by Hollie's seductive, dreamy vocals and soaring choruses, all of it etched with Keith's vivid, glinting keyboards and towering guitars. Opening track "Chasing The Wind Catching The Shadows" offers listeners an enticing taster of the sweeping harmonies, delicate vocals and luminous melodies that appear throughout Save Your Season. The LP then sweeps you into the hazy romanticism of "Aviary" and the soft propulsion of single "Days Gone By." Keith Kenniff is a critically-acclaimed musician best known as the brains behind dulcet ambient/electronic practitioners Helios and the fingers on the ivories of post-classical piano minimalists Goldmund (the latter's music once described by no less an authority than Ryuichi Sakamoto as "...so, so, so beautiful..."). A succession of albums under those aliases has made Kenniff the darling of discerning critics and his music has also been widely used in film, television and advertising, not least on the soundtrack to Harmony Korine's 2007 comedy-drama Mister Lonely and the trailer for the 2009 Academy Award-nominated Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes. For fans of M83, Beach House, Maps, Ulrich Schnauss, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, I Break Horses and Mazzy Star.
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