Kinesis Danny Keane

• 1 Running 06:50
• 2 Passing Time 03:41
• 3 Cathartic Chaos 06:29
• 4 Somnolent Stomp 08:28
• 5 A Major Minor Waltz 08:29
• 6 Time To Go 05:30
• Total Runtime 39:27

Info for Kinesis

Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Danny Keane returns with Kinesis, a bold, genre-defying second album that captures the energy of movement, collaboration and creative freedom.

Few musicians move as effortlessly between musical worlds as Danny Keane. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer, the Anglo-Irish artist has spent years collaborating with some of the most adventurous names in contemporary music, including Mulatu Astatke, Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney, Damon Albarn, Penguin Café, and The Heliocentrics. With his long-awaited second album, Kinesis, Keane steps confidently into the spotlight with a deeply personal and strikingly original collection that confirms his place among the UK's most inventive musical voices.

Arriving six years after his acclaimed debut Roamin', Kinesis is more than simply a follow-up—it's a statement of artistic identity. Drawing from jazz, classical, Ethiopian music, Indian classical traditions, electronic textures, and progressive rhythms, the six-track album resists easy categorization while maintaining a remarkably cohesive emotional arc. Listeners who appreciate the boundary-pushing work of Mammal Hands, Shabaka Hutchings, Anoushka Shankar, and Nik Bärtsch will find much to admire in Keane's richly layered compositions.

"Ultimately, Kinesis is an album about embracing change without losing sight of the experiences that shape us. It celebrates movement as both a physical and emotional journey, while reaffirming Danny Keane's remarkable ability to connect musical traditions that might otherwise seem worlds apart. Richly textured, emotionally resonant, and fearlessly original, Kinesis is the work of an artist who has found complete confidence in following his own creative path." (jazzchill.blogspot.com)

Danny Keane

Danny Keane
was born into a family of varied musical and artistic heritage spanning from Ballet to Irish Folk Music; so music was an everyday occurrence for him from an early age. At the age of 8 he started formal lessons on the cello, but for Danny, a single instrument wasn’t enough to explore the musical world around him. He started to teach himself the piano and the saxophone in order to acquire a greater understanding of the variety of ways music could be expressed. Through improvisation, Danny naturally turned to composing. He tackled songs, instrumental works, chamber music and eventually he began writing for orchestra. Improvising inevitably took him into Jazz and, whilst training as a classical musician, he instigated his own bands and projects. Using these he developed a deeper knowledge of music and other styles of composition.

Danny went on to study cello at Trinity College Of Music London where he gained a 1st Class Honours Degree and was awarded the Silver Medal for string studies. After graduating he spent many years as a classical soloist and chamber musician, but his love for Jazz never dwindled and he established himself as a pianist on the London Jazz scene.

With his varied skills, and ability to bridge the gap between genres, Danny ultimately established a reputation as a versatile musician who became much in demand as a performer, string arranger and orchestrator – notably for the Black Country artist Scott Matthews, Progressive Pop artist Bat For Lashes, and Trip Hop pioneers Lamb. However, it is not only in these roles that has he made his name. He has also enjoyed a career as a session musician, musical director, producer, and composer for film and radio. He has contributed to numerous recordings, which has taken him to studios as prestigious as Abbey Road.

His rich and varied career has seen him collaborate with some of the worlds most respected and ground breaking artists including Anoushka Shankar, Mulatu Astatke, Nitin Sawhney, Damon Albarn, Penguin Café, The Heliocentrics and Charlie Winston amongst others. Having now toured each and every continent and connected to audiences around the World, Danny has seen, and heard, firsthand exactly what music represents to us – a deep complex multi-layered language of expression communicated in a way that does not discriminate. A common ground where we can express every aspect of our social and intellectual being no matter what our background or socio-political stance. Our necessity and ability to express ourselves with such dexterity and variety is ultimately what makes us so unique.

Danny’s musical journey has culminated in the imminent release of his first solo album Roamin’. With this album he has entwined a wealth of musical experience with some of the World’s first class artists.

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