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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:
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New group featuring:
Tom Arthurs - trumpet
Beat Keller - feedbacker electric & acoustic guitar
Christian Wallumrød - prepared piano
Tilo Weber - drums and percussion
check out video recorded live at Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin, Germany on March 6th 2022:
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