if you’ve frequented Chicago’s local songwriter venues, you might have been fortunate
enough to catch one of the scenes newest best kept secrets… experimental folk
songsmith Kellen & Me. amidst preparation of his first full length album,
b3science caught up with the multi-tasking instrumentalist between sets,
night jobs and excessive pondering for a brief Q&A.
b3sci: so you’re a one man band?
kellen: yeah, i use a loop pedal for spontaneous rhythms and abstract
b3sci: so you’re a one man band?
kellen: yeah, i use a loop pedal for spontaneous rhythms and abstract
elements, but i do so that the focus isn’t on the pedal- it’s more on the song
and the melodies.
b3sci: do you prefer flying solo, or do you one day wish to rock a band?
kellen: at first i thought having a band was the ultimate goal, but what i
b3sci: do you prefer flying solo, or do you one day wish to rock a band?
kellen: at first i thought having a band was the ultimate goal, but what i
was looking for wasn’t coming, so i said fuck it, it’s not gonna stop me.
in the future a band could be great, but only the right band will do.
b3sci: have to ask. what’s you favorite dental instrument?
kellen: umm, gotta go with the mirror.
b3sci: the big one or little one?
kellen: the little one they go in your mouth with. i wish i had one of
b3sci: have to ask. what’s you favorite dental instrument?
kellen: umm, gotta go with the mirror.
b3sci: the big one or little one?
kellen: the little one they go in your mouth with. i wish i had one of
those… i think spys use them to look around corners.
b3sci: while were on the subject, who’s your favorite globalist front group?
kellen: you mean like the free masons? yeah them. really anybody that
b3sci: while were on the subject, who’s your favorite globalist front group?
kellen: you mean like the free masons? yeah them. really anybody that
uses symbolic imagery. you know the whole marketing of symbolic things
using subconcious imagery. i actually grew up in a town with a whole
bunch of masons. their were a bunch of temples with no windows and
stuff. they were always kind of interesting to me.
… they never let me in, but i did meet a mason when i was pruning apple
… they never let me in, but i did meet a mason when i was pruning apple
trees in wisconsin. he’d told me they’d been watching me ever since i
was a young child. he was a very serious man. i didn’t believe him,
but it peaked my curiosity.
b3sci: haha do you think their watching you right now?
kellen: it’s flattering, i wouldn’t mind if they were. i could definitely
b3sci: haha do you think their watching you right now?
kellen: it’s flattering, i wouldn’t mind if they were. i could definitely
use their support.
b3sci: how did you make that incredible video for “Batteries and Frequencies”
Kellen: i stumbled on this technique when i was in high school and just
b3sci: how did you make that incredible video for “Batteries and Frequencies”
Kellen: i stumbled on this technique when i was in high school and just
kind of started messing with it.. you plug a video camera directly into
the audio video output of a television, and then shine the camera into
the television. you’ll get all sorts of images from the light feeding back
depending on how you hold the camera. you’ll get all of these free
association kind of images.
b3sci: what are you looking to accomplish with your music
kellen: i’m playing music to make some sort of interpretation of my
b3sci: what are you looking to accomplish with your music
kellen: i’m playing music to make some sort of interpretation of my
own inner world and to bring it out into reality, and hopefully people
will want to listen to it.
b3sci: when can we expect a record?
kellen: yeah i’ve been working on new songs. i have a batch of stuff and
hope to have a full albums worth of new material out soon.
b3sci: looking forward to it. thanks for chatting
kellen: thanks for having me, bye.
That was an excerpt from an interview with blahblahblahscience.com
I'm related to this musical prodigy, he is my cousin.
b3sci: looking forward to it. thanks for chatting
kellen: thanks for having me, bye.
That was an excerpt from an interview with blahblahblahscience.com
I'm related to this musical prodigy, he is my cousin.
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