I Never Metaguitar 6

Liner notes: "In these sick times, there must be a 6th volume of this on-going compilation covering "the parallel realities of contemporary guitarism". Our latest collection runs from A to Z with guitar pieces reflecting the sheer inventiveness and fabulous sonic visions inspired by this instrument of myriad manifestations. The cast of characters ranges from the "legendary" to the "obscure" but all are wonderfully committed players with one foot in the future and one in the past, a formula that puts one’s ass directly in THE NOW." E# - NYC.

  

Kazuhisa Uchihashi & Beat Keller

New duo Kazuhisa Uchihashi & Beat Keller: electric guitars

check out video-excerpt recorded live at Kühlspot Berlin on June 2nd 2022:

Arthurs-Keller-Wallumrød-Weber

New group featuring: 
Tom Arthurs - trumpet
Beat Keller - feedbacker electric & acoustic guitar
Christian Wallumrød - prepared piano
Tilo Weber - drums and percussion

New album by Joke Lanz & Beat Keller

The album "Songs From The Trash Can" by Joke Lanz & Beat Keller has been recorded in October 2021 at Lagerstudios in Winterthur, Switzerland. We are currently shopping for a label for this.
Joke Lanz: voice & turntables
Beat Keller: feedbacker electric & acoustic guitar

First reviews for Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller: "We Are Strong"

"Turkish singer Saadet Türköz collaborates with Swiss guitarist Beat Keller on We Are Strong – a pared-back selection of yearning folk music and textural jazz arrangements exploring Türköz’s Uyghur roots." - The Guardian 

"Saadet and Keller are extremely inventive throughout the album, and it is an excellent example of improvised music that draws on aspects of traditional sounds as well as free improvisation. It’s a heady mix." - London Jazz News 

Specially featured artist "New and notable" on Bandcamp

  

New release - Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller: "We Are Strong" out on Chinabot

"Experimental musician Saadet Türköz joins Chinabot to release We are Strong, an exploration of her unique fusion of classical avant garde and jazz with the traditional sounds of her Turkic Uyghur roots. An improvised collaboration with Swiss guitarist Beat Keller, We are Strong showcases her vocal talent and the enduring strength of Uyghur culture."

Saadet Türköz, voice, lyrics 
Beat Keller, E-Guitar, A-Guitar 
Released on August 6th 2021
Format: Digital / Tape
Recorded in January 2021 at Lagerstudios in Winterthur, Switzerland, mixed and mastered by Beat Keller 
Artwork by Saphy Vong
get your copy here or via bandcamp

 

Album release concert "Quiero ver a ese monstruo" by Ciao Ciao Cello

Album release concert on July 27 2021 at Kühlspot, Lehderstraße 74, 13086 Berlin, Deutschland > Link to event
Out on zOaR records ZCD 087 > buy album
Lorena Izquierdo Aparicio (voice), Beat Keller (feedbacker electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Jack Adler-McKean (tuba)

“Ciao Ciao Cello dance on the fine line between terror and joy with surprising improvisations that seem to emerge from a primal sonic place: music before the rules were written and after they fell apart.”
Elliott Sharp

+ guest trio
Axel Dörner, trumpet
Carina Khorkhordina, trumpet 
Burkhard Beins, percussion

New release "und ja, and yes," out on zOaR records

"With UND JA, AND YES, Messrs. Puntigam, Keller and Wilbertz present a virtuosic music that operates across varied moods while traversing barriers of genre and style. This is accomplished not with a flaming sword but with sly humor and pointed technique. These pieces are miniatures and in their own way pay tribute to the master of the miniature, Anton Webern, who distilled primal energy into compact arcs of crystalline sonic purity. In this album, the balance between improvised spontaneity and structural integrity is achieved with the manifestation of pithy statements that never wear out their welcome but instead leave a lasting impression in the ear in much the same way that a powerful flash will imprint upon your visual cortex."
Elliott Sharp     get your copy here

Recorded in November 2019 in Linz, Austria. Released on November 13 2020. 
Werner Puntigam: trombone & conch shell, Beat Keller: feedbacker electric guitar, Georg Wilbertz: drums & percussion

New release on B-Boim records

guitar and sine tones
b-boim records 033. released on october 21st 2020
composed by koen nutters
electric guitar, recording and mix: beat keller
sine tone track assembled by koen nutters
mastered by taku unami
special thanks to radu malfatti
get your copy here

Like The Grass

Album out July 3rd 2020 on Kit Records. 
Johannesburg composer and bow expert Cara Stacey, South African violinist and composer Galina Juritz, German harp player Antonia Ravens and Swiss guitarist and sonic explorer Beat Keller.
Recorded in Basel, Switzerland in 2018. Remixes by Michael Marshall (Object Agency, Poirier Marshall Partners) and Tom Skinner (Hello Skinny, Okumu Herbert Skinner Trio)