Kinbrae + CEEYS
Entry Requirements: Over 18s only
We're delighted to be hosting a night of critically acclaimed ambient and neoclassical music with two bands of brothers.
Kinbrae is the musical project of twin brothers Andrew & Michael Truscott, based in Edinburgh and Dundee Scotland. Kinbrae play a mixture of brass, electronics, percussion and musique concrete to create a uniquely experimental yet accessible form of ambient, classical music.
In April 2019 the brothers released their second album ‘Landforms’, a follow up to the critically acclaimed debut ‘Tidal Patterns’, that explores the River Tay, its surrounding landscape and the impact growing up on its banks had on the brothers.
Released on London-based label Truant Recordings, ‘Landforms’ builds on the band’s debut release and sees Kinbrae move away from the more traditional modern classical timbre. The majority of the album was recorded at Edinburgh based musician Ben Chatwin's (Talvihorros) home studio, where the twins had the opportunity to be more sonically adventurous and use modular synthesizers and effects to shape much of the sounds on the album.
"Landforms sounds quietly majestic, like an ancient river slowly carving out nooks and crannies into the landscape of your mind" - Monorail
"[...] each moment like another movement from the same symphony or tone poem" - The Skinny
"Landforms is a delight to listen to and shows Kinbrae as masters of imagery through sound. They manage to portray the River Tay as it flows from its source to its end in a variety of clever ways, never overstating, but subtly bringing in sounds and melodies that are perfectly balanced without overstepping the mark. The use of percussion, field recordings and synths really take the listener on a journey that is unexpected but fulfilling." - Vinyl Chapters
“Landforms is a magnificent record carved out of the natural world and a wonder in its own right.” - Concrete Islands
“The record never stays still. Dynamically alert, Landforms fluctuates and leans into the healing power of water, becoming a therapeutic and cleansing element” - Fluid Audio
The work of Sebastian and Daniel – “an extraordinary piece of music” according to BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs – is marked by contrasts as well the idea of crossing musical barriers: in search of a shared language, their project CEEYS was born in East-Berlin.
Following their REWORKS of artists such as Peter Broderick, they released their debut THE GRUNEWALD CHURCH SESSION (2016). While CONCRETE FIELDS (2017) paid tribute to their musical roots, WÆNDE (2018) came to terms with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The EP Q3A (2019) saw their first solo work, their latest album HIDDENSEE (2019) is a sort of 1990s travel log. All releases are part of a back-to-back anthology.
CEEYS are represented by the labels 1631 Recordings, Oscarson and Neue Meister. CONCRETE FIELDS and WÆNDE are also available on both vinyl and CD while CONCRETE FIELDS is distributed digitally worldwide through Decca Publishing and Deutsche Grammophon. WÆNDE and HIDDENSEE are published by Kick the Flame Publishing in Leipzig. In 2017, they started their WÆNDE tour through Europe and played festivals such as Fusion or Reeperbahn.
The brothers studied classical music at academies in Berlin and Leipzig. Both have been featured on numerous releases. Sebastian has collaborated with Ólafur Arnalds and Viktor Orri Árnason on a virtual instrument for Spitfire Audio, he is part of Erased Tapes’ I+I=X and Masayoshi Fujita’s BOOK OF LIFE with whom he only recently toured Germany.
In 2017, they founded their boutique festival Q3AMBIENTFEST, where artists come together to create a bond between music and Potsdam's architecture.
With their music, CEEYS not only reveal a dialogue between artist and instrument but also revive experimental approaches from the GDR – but always with a light tone of humour.
New music and projects are set for release in 2020.