- Zoë Keating
Zoë Keating is a Canadian-born cellist and composer based in
San Francisco ,California .In her solo performances and recordings (particularly the ongoing project she calls "One Cello x 16"), she uses live electronic sampling and repetition in order to layer the sound of her cello, creating rhythmically dense musical structures.
She also served from 2002 to 2006 as second chair cellist in the
cello rock bandRasputina . [http://www.rasputina.com/newforum/viewtopic.php?t=1415]Keating began playing the cello at the age of eight and attended
Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She is also aninformation architect and has worked on projects for theResearch Libraries Group and theDatabase of Recorded American Music .She is featured on Amanda Palmer's debut Solo Album,
Who Killed Amanda Palmer .Trivia
* Zoë's sister, Laura, works for
The Dresden Dolls selling merchandise at shows.
* Zoë's music is featured as the title music for the nationally syndicated television series Stranger Things.Discography
olo
*2004 - "One Cello x 16" (EP)
*2005 - "One Cello x 16: Natoma"oundtracks
*2008 - "The Secret Life of Bees" - cello
*2008 - "Not Forgotten" - cello
*2008 - "Ghostbird" - composer, cello
*2007 - "The Devil's Chair" - composer, cello
*2005 - "Frozen Angels" - composer, celloWith Amanda Palmer
*2008 - "Who Killed Amanda Palmer"
With Mar
*2007 - "The Sound"
With Rasputina
*2004 - "
Frustration Plantation "
*2005 - "A Radical Recital "With John Vanderslice
*2002 - "
Life and Death of an American Fourtracker "With Tarentel (band)
*2001 - "The Order of Things"
With Dionysos
*1999 - "Haiku"
ee also
*
Keating
*Rasputina External links
* [http://www.zoekeating.com/ Zoe Keating's Official Website]
* [http://www.rasputina.com/ Rasputina's Official Website]
* [http://www.barhopsessions.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=54010 An Exclusive interview with Zoe Keating at Bar Hop Sessions]
* [http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2008/08/25/quantum-cello/ Jad Abumrad interviews Zoe Keating] onWNYC 'sRadiolab
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