ZOE KEATING: One Cello x 16: Natoma

Zoe Keating

One Cello x 16: Natoma

© 2005 Zoe Keating (837101082679)

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A rich landscape of layered cellos that appeals to a broad range of listeners, from fans of post-rock to acoustic ambient to classical.

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Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoë Keating has performed outdoors in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, in punk clubs, and before thousands of screaming teenagers in mainstream rock venues across North America and Europe.

Classically trained from the age of eight, Zoë developed her signature style improvising for late night crowds in her San Francisco warehouse space. Her album "One Cello x 16: Natoma", which rose to #2 on the iTunes Classical and Electronica charts, is the direct result of that experimentation. Inhabiting its own territory somewhere between classical and electronica, Keating's works for layered cello have been called luminous, haunting and complex.

Onstage, Zoë reproduces her music entirely live, her feet dancing over an array of pedals that control her live orchestrations and allowing "the moment" to take her compositions in spontaneous new directions.

She has performed live on National Public Radio's "Day to Day" and "Radio Lab", and on "Echoes" from Public Radio International. Zoë has composed music for several successful films, including "Frozen Angels" which aired on PBS and was best documentary winner at the Toronto HotDocs, Nyon and Berlin Int'l Film Festivals, and her music has been heard in modern dance productions around the world.

Zoë has collaborated with countless musicians, including 4 years and two albums with the chamber-rock group Rasputina, recordings with Amanda Palmer, DJ Shadow, Tarentel, John Vanderslice and Halou, four tours with Grammy-nominated English pop artist Imogen Heap, and an appearance in late 2007 with on Jay Leno with Scottish singer Paolo Nutini.

Born in Canada to an English mother and a American father, Zoë began playing cello in the broom closet of her English grade school. When her family moved to upstate New York, she joined youth and adult orchestras and took lessons at the Eastman School of Music. After obtaining a liberal arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, she moved to San Francisco and began playing cello in rock bands.

She is currently working on a new album to be released in 2008.

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  • author: cristina campbell

    this cd makes me feel like I'm embarking on an epic journey. It's primal and yet peaceful-incorporating melancholy tones that make me feel like I'm parterning up with Conan (yea the barbarin) on a long fantastic voyage. It's a fantasy book to the ears- I mean that in a good way!

  • Incredible.
    author: Nancy

    Incredibly creative, intense music.

  • Excellent music.
    author: Kim

    I was really looking forward to this after being familiar with Zoe's work with Rasputina and her previous solo EP. I can honestly say I was not disappointed and fell in love with this CD. The songs evoke a lot of emotion and imagery. A great CD for sitting down and listening or as ambient music, it will be rewarding either way.

  • It's an amazing collection of complex arrangements composed of simple notes.
    author: Brenda DeRamus

    I was pleasantly surprised when I listened for the first time. Now, I like to have Zoe's CD playing often in the background. There is a slight other-worldly quality to the music. As a student of the instrument, I find that it gets me musically grounded. It's a keeper!

  • uhhwow
    author: kate

    i saw her live and was blown away. this CD is amazing and copletely 100% awesome. alot. everyone should get it.

  • Great sounds, excellent vibes, rhythmn extreme
    author: Barbara

    Escalating into a rhythm of sonomic blues with a twist of jazz. Worlds away from the existialism of Borg's insight, but by fate targets right into it. Couldn't begin to explain the insight of it's lyrical mystism. Goes really deep. Into the abyss so to speak.

  • Blew me away
    author: Peter

    Everytime I listen to this disc I find more and more. Zoe's playing is extremely moving and powerful. This is a disc the should never be background music!

  • Too quiet, but great scenery music
    author: Dan

    The sounds of the cello are so calming, one almost forgets they are listening to music at all. The music fades into the back of one's mind, leaving a sense of serenity. The actual CD is far too short however, and is best set to loop in the background and forgotten. This ensures a calming ambiance.

  • Too quiet, but great scenery music
    author: Dan

    The sounds of the cello are so calming, one almost forgets they are listening to music at all. The music fades into the back of one's mind, leaving a sense of serenity. The actual CD is far too short however, and is best set to loop in the background and forgotten. This ensures a calming ambiance.

  • Very nice
    author: ckennedy

    I love this CD. My husband can't stop playing it either.

  • Worth every penny
    author: Victoria

    I love this CD. I was recently turned on to Rasputina and saw that Zoe performs solo as well and bought both of her CDs. She has a completely different sound from the band and it's fantastic.

  • Modern yet timeless music.
    author: Mike H

    It's artists like Zoe Keating that make me want to listen to music. I was first introduced to her music in San Diego at an Imogen Heap concert and I've been hooked ever since. If you ever get a chance to see her in concert you won't be disappointed. Her music has a modern yet timeless quality to it that makes it easy and enjoyable to listen to. Be sure to check out her other CD too, it's really good as well.

  • Absolutely entrancing
    author: Cathy

    I love it...I saw Zoe open for Imogen Heap this month, and she's a wonderfully talented cellist. The sample looping idea is so great...it's multitracking, but LIVE. It's such a simple, but amazingly cool technique. Not to mention that Zoe's choice of layering is really lush and just plain gorgeous; a terrific blend of classical and contemporary elements. 4 stars for now...can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

  • Hells Yeah
    author: Me

    What an amazing album. I found out about it by pure luck while browsing the intertron and am very happy that I did. Every song on the album is fantastic, each with it's own special something. Tetrishead is my favourite of the 8 though, my favourite of pretty much all the songs I have ever heard in fact.

  • Amazing!
    author: Alexis Bucsis

    I knew that it would be great. But, from the moment I put it in my CD player, I was blown away. Finally hearing the full 7 minutes of Tetrishead completely made my day.

  • Easily one of my favorite cd's
    author: Jeremy

    This cd is amazing. Each of the songs paints a vivid picture. I like listening to them while I'm writing or designing.

  • Natoma is Zoe Keating's breakthrough masterpiece. A must have!
    author: Josh H.

    I bought this CD because Ms. Keating is a member of one of my favorites, Rasputina. This particular album is absolutely astonishing in its luster and originality. Ms. Keating's work is polished and deliberate, as illustrated by songs like the soothing and graceful second track, Fern. Other tracks exhibit a more primal, somber style. Of these songs, We Insist is perhaps the most compelling. Natoma establishes Ms. Keating as a truly great composer and gifted cellist. This is definitely some of the most intriguing new music I've bought in a long time. I really can't recommend this album highly enough!

  • Excellent!
    author: justmike

    Of course, I bought the CD for Keating's association with Rasputina, and for the music geek in me that was fascinated with 16 tracks of cello. I was expecting a good deal more experimentation, or perhaps something a bit more eclectic, but I was not disappointed in the least. The classically-trained cellist comes out in full force as she weaves lush soundscapes, creating a perfect setting for any activity we like to do with the lights dimmed.

  • This is amazing...
    author: Hope Wills

    Seriously. I bought this for me and a friend, and I play it constantly. I've not switched cd's since I've received it from cdbaby.com Great service by the way. I'm telling people about your website from the shoe retail store that I work in. :) It's good advertising as I see it, since I talk to a lot of people throughout the day. Thank you sooo much, great cd. My friend likes it as well. Whoohoo! :) - Hope

  • Phenomenal layered-cello reveries from Rasputina's Zoe...
    author: Rick Smith

    Zoe Keating's full-length follow-up, Natoma, to her earlier cello-driven EP is the most satisfying musical escape I've found in quite some time. Keating, who wowed me for years as part of Rasputina, here cuts loose in a wholly different way, eschewing Rasputina's howling string tirades and flights of whimsy for a deeper, more personally resonating and provocative experimental sound: cello as ambient landscape of the soul. Sample it, then send for it -- you won't be disappointed.

  • Phenomenal layered-cello reveries from Rasputina's Zoe...
    author: Rick Smith

    Zoe Keating's full-length follow-up, Natoma, to her earlier cello-driven EP is the most satisfying musical escape I've found in quite some time. Keating, who wowed me for years as part of Rasputina, here cuts loose in a wholly different way, eschewing Rasputina's howling string tirades and flights of whimsy for a deeper, more personally resonating and provocative experimental sound: cello as ambient landscape of the soul. Sample it, then send for it -- you won't be disappointed.

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