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Keram, (not to be confused with the European 'DJ Keram') is an accomplished musician, film and television actor, is an out-of-the-box artist. His new album, Come To Life, executive produced by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, is a sprawling, other-worldly rock adventure that took an army of about 30 musicians, whose collective credits include Coheed & Cambria, Zappa Plays Zappa, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Mary Margaret O’Hara, and of course Rush.

The 10-song opus is an unpredictable hybrid of Americana, new age, electronica, roots, rock, theatre, experimental, jazz, pop, and then some.  It ends with the 21-minute title track. Recorded in Toronto and LA, Keram chose the musicians for their improvisation skills, including Lifeson who appears on “Devil Knows Me Well,” “Mary Magdalene” and “Moving Dark Circles.” The album was mastered by Andy Vandette (Rush, David Bowie, Dream Theater) and “Mary Magdalene” was mixed by Rich Chycki (Rush, Dream Theater, Aerosmith).

As an actor — who has appeared in the films American History X, Punisher: War Zone, Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy and Texas Chainsaw 3D and TV shows True Blood, The Mentalist, Saving Grace and The L Word — Keram (Malicki-Sanchez) brings that expression to his music too, writing from other people’s perspective, adopting character perspectives to explore his themes.

This Soundcloud page is dedicated to the original songs written and performed by songwriter Kyree Vibrant and her various bands before she became the lead singer of Half Past Four. These are her albums:
Angry Shoppers - Panty Pudding 1992
Jack and Jill (movie soundtrack with Norman Orenstein) 1998
The Vibrant Lounge - Neopolitan 1999
Kyree Vibrant - Apricot Lip 2000
Dandelion - Bird Shoulders 2003
Dandelion - Parallel Universe (soundtrack) 2003
The Mad (Movie Soundtrack/Score) 2006

and with Half Past Four
Rabbit In the Vestibule 2008
Good Things 2013
Land of the Blind 2016

Bio:
Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Kyree is as much a visual artist as she is a musical artist. She studied Film, Television and Media Arts at Sheraton College and has directed more than ten music videos for her own band and others, a short film and a feature. She took the first steps of her musical path with the piano and vocals. She joined legendary Toronto Progressive Rock band Half Past Four in 2005.

“I was taking singing and piano lessons when I was 9 or 10,” she recalls. “I come from a musical family – my mom’s a singer, my dad played piano and I've been writing original compositions since I was a child."

Upon moving to Toronto, her entry into the music scene was serendipitous.

“I was doing a gig for the Chinese New Year at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. And that’s where I met members of the Chronic Harmonic, a band fronted by local artist and filmmaker Chris Minzz, who had just decided to leave the band. So they were looking for a new singer and they brought me on and we became the Angry Shoppers. It was like progressive cartoon pop.”

Also a student of classical opera, it was initially jazz and lounge music to which Kyree gravitated, genres that exquisitely suited her wide vocal range.

“John Alcorn used to invite me to sing jazz songs when he’d play with Sandra Caldwell in venues all around Toronto and I was an original singer and collaborator with Jaymz Bee's Royal Jelly Orchestra.”

Before joining Half Past Four in 2005, Kyree wrote and produced four original solo albums of different musical genres. She has written music and scores for three award-winning/nominated films, Jack and Jill (2000), Love Is Work (2004) and, with Half Past Four, The Mad (2006).

“I like to express myself with prog-rock, more than any other genre,” she declares. “I love the story quality. I love the places that it goes. It’s an adventure. It’s got twists and turns. It’s constantly ever-changing and that keeps me interested.”

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