Keith Berry
Encyclopedia
Keith Berry is a London
-based musician and composer, often working in the field of minimalist and ambient music
. He has released material on labels such as trente oiseaux, Crouton Music, Authorized Version, and Twenty Hertz. Berry claims to have been influenced by literary
and philosophic
sources, such as Aldous Huxley
, Lao Tzu, Nietzsche, Wabi-Sabi
, Zen
, and the I Ching
.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based musician and composer, often working in the field of minimalist and ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
. He has released material on labels such as trente oiseaux, Crouton Music, Authorized Version, and Twenty Hertz. Berry claims to have been influenced by literary
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
and philosophic
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
sources, such as Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel...
, Lao Tzu, Nietzsche, Wabi-Sabi
Wabi-sabi
represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete"...
, Zen
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
, and the I Ching
I Ching
The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...
.
Collaborative Recordings
- bleu : résultat [ chat blanc records ] CD 2006
- 58 Degrees North [ Iain Stewart, self release ] DVD 2006
Compilation Recordings
- Coincident [ Entr'acte ] CD 2006
- I, Mute Hummings [ ex ovo ] CD 2006