A song written a few years ago on acoustic guitar as a demo, finally coming to life...

New Track Clip

'War Contract' is a piece of music written for a short film entitled 'Crow'. It focuses around a man's decision to join the Armed Forces. To watch the 5 minute film, go to http://vimeo.com/34518351

War Contract

'Film Music' is the first piece of music I wrote which I believed could be used in Film. After watching a movie one day I was inspired by the music during and after the film. I got the laptop out and started putting this piece together. This piece is what led me onto other writing other tracks and pushed me to delve into a new area I hadn't been before.

Film Music

'Arcadia' was a piece I spent a lot of time over and really tried to research the sounds and origins of that arcade music style. At the time, I was writing material for games, mainly apps, and wanted to produce something with a retro and classic arcade feel. I played old school arcade games as well as really listening to the instrumentation behind it. I then wanted to take that, develop it and make it a bit more modern. I spent a while tweaking certain sounds and elements and I have to say, I'm really proud of this.

Arcadia

'Light Years' is another piece of game music I wrote, but this was different to others. While 'Arcadia' was written with a certain style in mind, this was actually written specifically for an app. The app was called Triangulited, on the app store about 3 years ago, but is no longer available. The game focused around the control of a UFO type space ship shooting various objects as you fly through space. I really wanted to give that stereotypical space and alien sound and bring it to modern times with some electric guitar just over the half way point. The fact a lot of people can't notice that the sound is a guitar until near the end is a compliment to both the mixing process and the time spent on getting the right sounds to fit within the piece.

Light Years

The idea behind 'Film Music Interlude' was inspired by various films and the way they use certain music throughout movies. I noticed that, while there was a main soundtrack to a film, noticeably in the end credits, sometimes the song would be broken down during the film itself. This could be an acoustic version of the song, the opening sequence of the original song or maybe a remix of the song. With this idea in mind, I took musical elements from my 'Film Music' piece, and added other instrumentation to it, and try and create another version of my original track, which could be used in another stage of a film.

Film Music Interlude

'Fading Away' is a song I wrote a few years back, and decided to perform in the band I was in during that time called Melan Choly. It isn't structured the same as your typical song but I wanted to try and make something with a real epic ending. Lots of local bands around that time didn't have anything that stood out or was anything different. I wanted to make something different. Not something happy and easy listening, but something that really had some emotion behind it and meaning. I plan on re-recording the track in the future.

Fading Away

'The Last Stand' was part of a small three piece single EP. It was by my band 'Melan Choly' at the time, which during the recording process was just myself and the drummer Lewis Manual. It focused around the single 'Load Up' but we wanted to add a bit of depth surrounding the track. I myself am hugely influenced by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, and I wanted to have a piece that focused around the guitar and nothing else. During the recording of Load Up, myself and the recording engineer, Shaun Olver, decided to put this together. We got the tones right on the synth and guitar, and recorded this in one take in what was one jam. I'm highly proud of this piece and no doubt always will be.

The Last Stand

'Load Up (The Boys Are Back!' was the first song I ever wrote which actually focused around a story. A lot of pieces before then were stories in themselves, but not actually about something in relation to me and my life in the real world. I started learning guitar from around age 8 and started performing in bands around the age of 12. It was during this time I met Lewis Manual. He was the drummer of a couple of bands, before we started performing with other people and moving on to other projects. Years later and we decided to make another band together. This is about us deciding to make music together again, moving forward musically and hoping people will join us for the ride. It gave us an output to express ourselves, highlighted in both the drum and guitar solos at the end.

Load Up (The Boys Are Back!)

'Reach Out Demo' is just that, a demo of my song Reach Out. I recorded this piece with Anvil Audio in Plymouth, Devon. The full production of Reach Out is expected along with other songs on an EP release in the future.

Reach Out Demo

Kjel Keast is an english singer/songwriter, composer, producer and engineer. Having been immersed in music from a young age, his involvement with music spiralled from early classical guitar lessons to studying sound engineering at college.

Starting a band in his early teens was where Kjel found his love for performing live; and after having fronted the band, he moved onto guitar and vocals for another band. Two years later and band number 3 was in the pipe lines, coinciding with an interest with playing drums and taking up lessons. This then lead on to forming an additional band, but taking a back seat on the drums, an experience which really helped him grow as a drummer and as a well rounded musician.

Over the years he has learnt, tested and accomplished working with many styles, which is recreated and reflected in his music. With songs ranging from acoustic to rock, and compositions varying from electronic to classical, Kjel has built up a wide collection of material and experience working with different genres.

Having experienced writing music to be used in apps and games for Foquita Productions, along with composing music for film, Kjel is eager to venture further into a Producer and Songwriter role. In addition, he is currently writing and recording demo's for a debut EP as well as looking for other artists to collaborate with.

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