Keith Kenniff is a Portland-based ambient indie electronic artist who works… Read Full Bio ↴Keith Kenniff is a Portland-based ambient indie electronic artist who works under the monikers Helios and Goldmund. He is also half of the shoegaze band Mint Julep, and children's band Meadows along with his wife Hollie Kenniff. In 2010 he began the record label Unseen.

Keith Kenniff started playing drums, guitar and bass at a very young age. His musical journey took him to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with honors in 2006 with a B.A. in percussion and composition. In 2004 'Unomia,' Keith's first album under the moniker Helios, was released, followed by the critically acclaimed album ‘Eingya’ in 2006. His third album ‘Caesura’ was released in 2008.

Keith also records and performs music for solo piano under the name Goldmund for which he has six releases on Unseen, Type Records and Western Vinyl, including the most recent album ‘Famous Places’. Keith has toured and performed extensively throughout the US, Europe, Japan and Canada.

Keith has an indie rock/shoegaze band with his wife called Mint Julep. The band will release their first full-length album, "Save Your Season" in 2011. In September 2010 they began another project of children's music called Meadows. They plan to release a full-length album, "The Littlest Star", in 2011.

Keith Kenniff's music has been featured on programs for NPR, the BBC, and can be heard in a number of documentaries and films, including celebrated indie filmmaker Harmony Korine's film 'Mister Lonely,' and a trailer for the 2009 film "Revolutionary Road" by Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes. Keith has also composed music for commercials and web advertising for clients such as Honda, MTV, Doctors Without Borders, Canon, T-Mobile, American Express, Audi, Levi's, AEG, Vinamilk, and Christie's.
http://www.unseen-music.com/

Discography

As Keith Kenniff

* The Last Survivor: Original Soundtrack by Keith Kenniff (2010)

As Helios

* Unomia (2004)
* Eingya (2006)
* Ayres (2007)
* Caesura (2008)
* Live at The Triple Door (2010)
* Unleft (2009)
* Ayres (Instrumental version. Remastered. Digital only release.) (2010)

As Goldmund

* Corduroy Road (2005)
* Two Point Discrimination (2007)
* The Malady of Elegance (2008)
* Live At The Triple Door (Digital only release.) (2010)
* Famous Places (2010)
* Corduroy Road (Remastered. Digital only release.) (2010)
* Heart of High Places (Remastered with bonus track. Digital only release.) (2010)

As Mint Julep

* Songs About Snow (CD-R/digital 2008)
* Save Your Season (2011)

As Meadows

* The Littlest Star (2011)

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MrPoopieButthole

8y↑17

A cold bite of the wind kicked up and sent a shiver down my spine. At the edge of a steep cliff I stood, and the shiver almost sent me off. I stepped away from the edge of the abyss-- heart racing. The snow made my feet so cold, and the chill of the wind nipped my uncovered flesh. Alone I was, like an exiled soul, I was lost and forsaken. I stood shivering near the cliffs end, and in a stroke of rage, the cold wind clenched its claws of ice to my shaking bones. Immense pain seized the very core of my being , as I foresaw the final moments of my entire existence. I was going to die. I collapsed to the frozen stone on which I stood, pain fading, heart slowing. Hypothermia cradled me to numbness as I lay staring at the stormy sky above. My state of delirium became quite comforting, and my mind began flipping through old memories like a vivid hallucination-- memories of home, of my mother, my childhood, the street I learned how to ride my bike on, my old dog Apollo. I thought of my first childhood sweetheart, and the way her lively hazel eyes pierced through mine, sending shivers down my spine. Laying on the frozen granite cliff, paralyzed, and numb, I slowly allowed my eyes to rest.

Rob C

This takes me back to when I would write out imagery or short stories to beautiful post-rock or other atmospheric, ambient music. I was a happier person back then.

ian daly

Andrew W dis you write this?

Matthew Becker

7y↑1

Andrew W this was so beautifully sad with such deep imagery and context thank you sir

Matthew Becker

7y↑2

HERE is where I stood at the cliff of my addiction. As I looked down the even further plumet of my life, fear ripped through my essence. was this it for me? then I felt a breeze stop me from falling forward as if it was the hands of my grandpa catching me. the wind whispered "know thy worth" tears flowing down my face of joy yet humble shame. the memories of my innocne and wrongs all at once. the days I would cook with my grandma in the kitchen. the smell of pasta sauce tickling my nose. the serenity of my grandpa's deep laugh, my first finger painting put on the fridge. yet all times I disappointed them and they still loved me. my failures ,heartbreaks, people I harmed and run away tactics. but still they held me with love. that was the day I turned around and never came back HERE