Kebu (musician)

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Sebastian "Kebu" Teir (* Kristinestad , Finland ) is a Finnish keyboardist, arranger, composer and producer of electronic music .

Music and YouTube channel Kebu

Teir's solo music project as Kebu started in 2010 with his YouTube channel Kebu , which over the years made him internationally known. Here he published synthesizer demo tracks and a short time later also cover versions of well-known soundtracks, self-composed songs and recordings of his concerts. His purely instrumental synthesizer music was heavily inspired by the founders of the electronic music genre such as Jean-Michel Jarre , Giorgio Moroder , Vangelis , Jan Hammer and Tangerine Dream . His famous cover versions of Giorgio Moroders The Chase and a faster version of Crockett's Theme from Miami Vice have already received over 18 million views on YouTube. His first album To Jupiter and Back pays homage to all these artists whose music he grew up with. Since his second album Perplexagon he has also mixed influences of modern electronic music such as trance into his own pieces.

Surrounded by over 10 analog synthesizers , he plays his concerts exclusively live. These are partially controlled by external sequencers so that everything is generated live on stage. He doesn't use samples or playback. His number 1 rule: No laptop on stage!

It takes up to four hours to set up its full setup before each performance and the decades-old instruments are very sensitive, so defects can occur at any time. Due to the tension during his concerts and his emotional, happy appearance on stage, the Finn has gained immense popularity, especially on YouTube , and has 176,000 subscribers and over 61 million video views (as of June 2020).

Career

Teir began his career in 2001 in the Finnish progressive rock band Prime Mover as a keyboardist, co-songwriter, backing singer and producer. After he was heard as guest keyboardist on the first single Mr. Zingelmann in 1999 , he became an official member of the band with the first official album. In the period up to 2007 he produced a total of three albums with Prime Mover: put in perspective (2001) with English lyrics, aka Drivkraft (2004) and Imperfect (2007) with lyrics in Finnish-Swedish , the band members' mother tongue, which is only spoken in small parts of Finland becomes.

The band played an extraordinary mixture of Scandinavian folk , krautrock and progressive rock and after their second album received good reviews across Europe from webzines, music magazines such as Babyblaue Prog-Reviews from Germany, as well as some interviews in regional newspapers. Her music was played on the radio in Finland, Germany and Chile, and for the first time gained greater attention.

On all albums Teir already worked with analog synthesizers from the 70s and 80s, which would later become his trademark. He also gained experience in semi-professional mixing and producing the albums. Already at this time he was nicknamed KeBu and produced the albums in his private KeBu studio in Espoo .

For logistical reasons he never played live with Prime Mover in front of an audience. However, this should change in 2007 when she joined the band Vinyl Jam . With the Finnish jazz musician collective, he released the single Test of Wind and the album Kino in 2008 and 2009 , appeared in smaller clubs and was also involved in the mixing of the two releases.

In 2008 Teir already owned an almost three-digit number of synthesizers and founded the band “Kouzin Bedlam” together with his cousins ​​Christian and Stefan Nyman. In 2009 the band created a YouTube channel and the song Writing appeared with his participation on the sampler Unleash The Power - The Finnish Heavy & Metal Compilation .

In 2010 Teir started his solo music project under his stage name, with which he later gained international fame. On his YouTube channel Kebu he published self-composed synthesizer demo tracks, cover versions and self-composed pieces. After a few live performances and a very good response on YouTube, he finally produced his debut album To Jupiter And Back in 2012 . The album was a success and debuted at number 28 on the Finnish charts. It was also nominated in 2013 for the German Schallwelle Music Award in the Best International Album category.

The maxi single Deep Blue followed in 2014 and, together with his band Kouzin Bedlam, the progressive rock album Longing for the Incomplete . He was also featured in the national TV program with an interview and a short live appearance with his original equipment and his own songs.

In 2016 he performed in Norway and released his second studio album Perplexagon , which immediately entered the Finnish charts at number 6. Perplexagon was also nominated for the Schallwelle Music Award in the Best International Album category.

In 2017 he started the Perplexagon Tour 2017 on the occasion of the album's release and gave over seventy concerts in eleven different countries in Europe. The final concert in Oslo in December 2017 was professionally recorded and was released on May 10, 2019 both on CD and as a concert DVD. In addition, Kebu was nominated again for the Schallwelle Award and won it for Best Artist . In the same year he was commissioned by his hometown Kristinestad to compose a piece on the occasion of the 100 years of independence of the Finnish state from Russia . On December 6, 2017, exactly 100 years after the declaration of independence, he played the 17-minute piece live with synthesizers supported by a symphony orchestra and choir.

In 2018 the EP Kring havet - Meren ympärillä followed , which is a professional recording of this concert.

In 2019 he contributed title and background music to the science program Kvanthopp on the Finnish national radio station YLE Vega . In May 2019 he gave individual concerts in Dresden , Berlin and Hamburg, among others , and returned to Germany in the fall to promote the album Live in Oslo .

After his last concerts at the keyboard festival in Herdecke and in Hanover , Kebu announced that he would produce a new album in 2020 and not give any concerts until 2021. In the spring of 2020 Kebu appeared as a guest keyboardist on the album Looking for you of Amberian Dawn .

Discography

Studio albums

  • put in perspective (2001, with Prime Mover )
  • alias Drivkraft (2004, with Prime Mover )
  • Imperfect (2007, with Prime Mover )
  • To Jupiter and Back (debut album, 2012)
  • Longing for the Incomplete (2014, with Kouzin Bedlam )
  • Perplexagon (2016)

Singles and EPs

  • Deep Blue (single, 2014)
  • Kring Havet - Meren Ympärillä (EP, 2018)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kebu - YouTube. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Christian Kautz: Music: Kebu for birthday - Kring havet - Meren ympärillä. May 13, 2018, accessed on August 30, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ Interview: Kebu At Abbey Road Roland Launch - YouTube. In: youtube.com. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Kebu's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Prime Mover - Biography. December 29, 2015, accessed August 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Prime Mover discography - 3 x CD (LIMITED EDITION) from Kebu. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  7. ^ Vinyl Jam. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Kouzin Bedlam - Bio. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  9. ^ Sebastian Teir - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Various - Unleash The Power - The Finnish Heavy & Metal Compilation 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Suomen Virallinen Lista. Retrieved August 21, 2020 (fi-FI).
  12. ↑ The Finnish musician Kebu performs at the airport on Mittelbayerische.de, accessed on April 19, 2019
  13. ↑ Kouzin Bedlam - Music. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kebu performance & interview in Min Morgon January 14, 2014 - YouTube. In: youtube.com. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Suomen Virallinen Lista. Retrieved August 21, 2020 (fi-FI).
  16. ↑ Winner 2017 - Sound Wave Prize. Retrieved on August 21, 2020 (German).
  17. ↑ Kebu - Synthesizer Concert. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Synthesizer wizard Kebu celebrates Finland. Retrieved August 21, 2020 (American English).
  19. ↑ Kebu - Bio. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Amberian Dawn | The Official Amberian Dawn Website. Retrieved August 21, 2020 (American English).

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personal data
SURNAME Kebu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Teir, Sebastian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristinestad