Keyboard Choir

Keyboard Choir

Keyboard Choir is a UK electronic group that forms in Oxford in winter 2004 and remains active. The project is centred on Sebastian Reynolds. It focuses on live performance built entirely from electronic sound sources, including keyboards, synthesisers, drum machines, samplers, effects units and laptops, and aims to create the movement and dynamics associated with a traditional ensemble.

Background and activity

From its Oxford beginnings, Keyboard Choir develops a live approach that treats electronic equipment as a performance ensemble rather than a studio-only tool. The group plays support slots for artists including Metronomy, Coldcut and Cadence Weapon. Its audience includes Brian Eno, who is described as an admirer of the project.

Recordings and coverage

Keyboard Choir releases the album Mizen Head To Gascanane Sound digitally, and it is also available through major online music retailers and independent record shops. The group is written about in publications including The Independent, Stool Pigeon, Plan B, Kruger and Drowned In Sound.