Some people are natural born musicians, seemingly unable to feel content doing anything uninvolved in the music scene. Keith Kenniff is one of those people.
Both he and his brother were taught to play guitar, bass and drums when they were very young by their father (another musician) and before too long Keith had decided that he wished to pursue drumming that little bit further.
He played in a variety of touring bands, from rock to jazz to classical and took influence from each situation, learning from the successes and inevitable failures.
Throughout this time Keith was deducing exactly what he did and didn’t like about music, and was inevitably drawn to studying percussion at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music.
Aside from this he took a keen interest in film, taking time out from the music and study whenever he could to widen his knowledge of independent and world cinema and film music.
Through these two key interests Keith developed a deep sense and understanding of space and restraint, which play key roles in his musical projects. His main solo musical venture is under the alias ‘Helios’.
This project takes in many of his skills; his keen sense of percussion, his delicate touch on the guitar, his measured and spacious songwriting and also his electronic production methods which he has taught himself.
Miami based label Merck released his first album under this pseudonym which is titled ‘Unomia’ which received international acclaim. Less than a year after ‘Unomia’ had hit the shelves Keith’s second project saw the light of day, this was under the alias ‘Goldmund’ and was a selection of solo piano recordings.
The album, ‘Corduroy Road’ was released on the young British label Type Recordings. ‘Corduroy Road’ was again very well received internationally and certain tracks have been used in films and major television series extensively.