Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe (born 16 March 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both the influential AMM in the mid-1960s (though in 2004 he quit that group for the second time) and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums. After years of obscurity, Rowe has achieved a level of relative notoriety, and since the late 1990s has kept up a busy recording and touring schedule. He is seen as a godfather of EAI (electroacoustic improvisation), with many of his recent recordings having been released by Erstwhile Records.
Biography
Rowe began his career playing jazz in the early 1960s—notably with Mike Westbrook and Lou Gare. His early influences were guitarists like Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian and Barney Kessel. Eventually, however, Rowe grew tired of what he considered the form's limitations. Rowe began experimenting, slowly and gradually. An important step was a New Year's resolution to stop tuning his guitar—much to Westbrook's displeasure. Rowe gradually expanded into free jazz and free improvisation, eventually abandoning conventional guitar technique.
Podcasts:
Keith Rowe
ALBUMS
- Making A released: 2013
- Shifting Currents released: 2013
- September released: 2012
- Christian Wolff / Keith Rowe released: 2012
- E.E. Tension and Circumstance released: 2011
- Concentration of the Stare released: 2011
- Φ released: 2011
- Contact released: 2009
- [untitled] released: 2008
- The Room released: 2007
- Debris Field Ambient Wash released: 2006
- Tensions released: 2006
- Squire released: 2006
- Between released: 2006
- Fibre released: 2005
- [untitled] released: 2005
- Live at the LU released: 2004
- A View From the Window released: 2004
- Honey Pie released: 2004
- Rabbit Run released: 2003
- Duos for Doris released: 2003
- The Difference Between a Fish released: 2002
- Ajar released: 2002
- Flypaper released: 2002
- Grain released: 2001
- Weather Sky released: 2001
- Afternoon Tea released: 2000
- Dial: Log-Rhythm released: 1998
- A Dimension of Perfectly Ordinary Reality released: 1990
Rabbit Run
Released 2003- Segment 01
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Keith Rowe
ALBUMS
- Sound System Scratch: Lee Perry's Dub Plate Mixes 1973 to 1979 released: 2010
- I Am the Upsetter released: 2005
- 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection: The Best of Lee Scratch Perry released: 2004
- Rare Grooves Reggae 02 by Nova released: 2004
- Soul Fire: An Introduction to Lee "Scratch" Perry released: 2003
- Return Of Wax released: 1998
- Arkology released: 1997
- Larks From The Ark released: 1995
- Reggae Greats released: 1984
Sound System Scratch: Lee Perry's Dub Plate Mixes 1973 to 1979
Released 2010- Dub Plate Pressure
- Lama Lava Mix One
- Groove Dubber
- Groove Rider
- Lucky Skank
- Chim Cherie
- The Rightful Organiser
- Stagger
- Big Neck Cut
- Zeal of the Lord
- Dub of the Lord
- Returning Wax
- Bushdub Corntrash
- From Dub Four
- Root Train Number Two
- Locks in the Dublight
- Moonlight Version
- Dub History
- Groovy Dub
- Living Dub
I Am the Upsetter
Released 2005- Public Enemy Number One
- Professor Ironside
- Hot & Cold
- Back Biter
- Preacher Man
- Blackman Time
- Babylose Burning
- Justice to the People
- Cow Thief Skank
- Black Ipa
- Jungle Lion
- Bathroom Skank
- Words
- Dub Organiser
- Better Days
- Station Underground News
- Rebels Train
- To Be a Lover
- Herb Vendor
- Hurts So Good
- Curley Lock
- Golden Locks
- Woman & Money
Rare Grooves Reggae 02 by Nova
Released 2004- Sur la route de Mandeville (Jamaica)
- Rockers
- Unchained (extended mix)
- I Worry
- Black Gold & Green
- Monkey Do
- Yesterday
- Blood Dunza
- Burn Babylon
- Don't Try to Use Me (Disco version)
- Groovy Situation
- Groovy Dub
- Cassius Clay
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Blue Danube
- Nice Time / Late Night Blues
- Guerilla Priest
