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Keser are a Scottish band from Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

and Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. The name Keser was chosen from a graffiti

Graffiti

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tag seen around Edinburgh. Keser consists of Gavin Clark and Kevan Whitley, and they debuted in 2005. According to Is this music?
Is this music?
Is this music? is an alternative music magazine based in Scotland, with a focus on the Scottish alternative music scene. Its first issue appeared in late 2003, featuring news of Bob Fairfoull's split from Idlewild, but its best known 'exclusive' was the first ever interview with Glasgow-based pop...

magazine, they

"achieve in their tracks a new sound drenched in guitar-based electronica...they are able to explore the syntax of electronica with awe and excitement", Issue 24 Winter 2006.

Keser fuse an experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

, unique guitar style with synthesised beats resulting in a progressive

Progressive electronic music

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form of guitar-based electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

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Keser are signed to UK indie label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

Alex Tronic Records

Alex Tronic Records is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Neu Gestalt, The Psychedelic Manifesto, Roys Iron DNA, 30K, Integra TV, Forward...

, and have released two album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

s to date, Esoteric Escape
Esoteric Escape
Esoteric Escape is the debut studio album by Scottish rock and Electronic music band Keser.-Overview:Esoteric Escape was recorded in 2006 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan...

and Robo Ghost
Robo Ghost
Robo_Ghost is the second studio album by Scottish rock and electronic music band Keser.-Overview:Robo_Ghost was recorded in 2008/2009 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan...

. The albums were both recorded at the Alex Tronic Records studio

Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...

, with label manager and record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

Paul Croan, who also releases music as artist Alex Tronic

Alex Tronic

Alex Tronic is Electronic musician, DJ, producer and label owner Paul Croan, who is based in Leith, Edinburgh, UK. He debuted in 2000 with a record entitled Mind Matters/Obsessional, which was released by Peyote Records...

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When performing live, Keser lean towards an instrumental, heavy, distorted and energetic approach but will also perform quieter ambient textures within their music. This musical dynamic draws comparisons to genres like shoegaze, art rock

Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...

, metal and post rock. Their live set up involves electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

, bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, keyboards

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

, drum machines, effects, samplers

Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...

and a laptop

Laptop

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Live highlights

Keser toured their debut album in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

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with shows in Norway

Norway

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and Denmark

Denmark

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during December 2006. Notable support shows since then include Christ.

Christ.

Christopher Horne , known on-stage as Christ., is a Scottish musician. He disclaims any religious meaning in the stage name; he describes it as short for his full name, and the full stop or period as indicating that status as an abbreviation.Christ...

, Ulrich Schnauss

Ulrich Schnauss

-Biography:Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German seaport of Kiel in 1977. He became interested in a range of music: My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Tangerine Dream, Chapterhouse, and early bleep & breakbeat tracks...

, The Phantom Band

The Phantom Band

The Phantom Band is a Glasgow-based band consisting of Duncan Marquiss , Gerry Hart , Andy Wake , Rick Anthony , Iain Stewart and Greg Sinclair . They are often generally described as indie-rock but are known to utilize a variety of genres and styles...

, Sleepy Sun, Amazing Baby

Amazing Baby

Amazing Baby is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York in 2008. The band began as an after-work collaboration between Will Roan, Will Berman and Simon O'Connor, who had known one another from the Brooklyn music scene, and who were working at the same ringtone company.The band's...

and Thomas Truax

Thomas Truax

Thomas Truax is an American songwriter, performer, and inventor of experimental musical instruments currently residing in London, England.-Biography:...

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A short headline UK tour took place in February 2010 after the release of Robo_Ghost.

Festival Appearances

UK Festivals:

Spectrum Festival, 2007

Stu Fest, 2007

Leith Festival, 2008

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009

RockNess Festival, 2009

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010

International Festivals:

Reeperbahn

Reeperbahn

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Festival in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, 2007

Sled Island

Sled Island

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Festival in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, 2009

North by Northeast

North by Northeast

North by Northeast is an annual five-day live music and film festival and music conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, held each June....

Festival in Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

, 2010

Notable Radio Sessions

Keser appeared live on Fresh Air FM Edinburgh during February and May 2007. Airplay

Airplay

* Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay...

for tracks from Esoteric Escape and Robo_Ghost also included BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...

, Xfm

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

, Radio K in Minneapolis, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Static Airwaves, Canada

Canada

and Leith FM

Leith FM

Leith FM is community radio station, covering the area of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was first set up in 2007 and is available on 98.8FM throughout Edinburgh and its surrounds as well as online. Leith FM 'Aiming to strengthen the community spirit and the identity of Leith'.-Daytime...

, Edinburgh.

The Keser track "4_Cycles" was listed as one of the top 10 discoveries of 2007 for DJ Al Chivers of Leith FM.

They performed live and were interviewed during a radio session on Tide/Phonanza 96,0 FM, Hamburg in 2007.

Members

Kevan Whitley (Guitar, keyboards, programming)

Gavin Clark (Bass, keyboards, programming)

Discography

Studio albums

Esoteric Escape
Esoteric Escape
Esoteric Escape is the debut studio album by Scottish rock and Electronic music band Keser.-Overview:Esoteric Escape was recorded in 2006 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan...

(2006, Alex Tronic Records)
Robo Ghost
Robo Ghost
Robo_Ghost is the second studio album by Scottish rock and electronic music band Keser.-Overview:Robo_Ghost was recorded in 2008/2009 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan...

(2009, Alex Tronic Records)

Compilations

Alex Tronic Records, Volume 1 (2007; Featured track "Horus Lives")

External links

Radio play

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