Brett S. Kelly

Efterklang Remix

2011-12-16T09:46:00.008-05:00

A year ago I was privileged enough to work with one of my favorite bands, Efterklang. They sent over the stems for "Raincoats" of the record Magic Chairs. After 6 months of work and 5 different versions I resolved to a final remix. Here is it:

New Piece: "Clasp"

2011-11-15T13:03:00.000-05:00

Clasp by Brett S. Kelly

New Exercises

2011-11-08T12:38:00.003-05:00

I've decided to start producing more exercises to post on Youtube. I first polyrhythmic tapping video has gain enough attention that I figured it's about time for follow up with more. So here it is, another tapping video with the instructions included.

New Electronic Piece: "Knots"

2011-10-03T11:33:00.001-04:00

Knots by Brett S. Kelly

The Cavalry is done

2011-06-28T12:51:00.003-04:00

Recently I've finished transcribing my piece for solo electric guitar. It took me quite some time and is going to be a nightmare for those who try to play it. Sorry, i'm not being arrogant...I just think the notational style is pretty complicated. At least it is for me!

The Cavalry - $10

Transcribing "The Cavalry"

2011-06-25T00:05:00.005-04:00

I can honestly say that I don't remember writing this song. There are times that I return to it just to see if it's still contained in muscle memory only to find that when I look at my fingers as I'm playing I can't make it through the song. In those moments I look away and allow for my hands to remember them on their own, void of any interruption from myself. I'm considering reworking this so the structure changes a little but haven't quite nailed a final version. For that past 6 hours I've been plugging away on the computer with my guitar in hand attempting to transcribe this monster. I made my first attempt about 5 - 6 years ago and was nowhere near the musical wherewithal nor the notational competency to even scratch the surface. This version is looking pretty good and I wanted to post it a little taste of what I'm going to be wrapping up before delving into the unknown (to me) world of writing for brass and woodwinds.

Online Store

2011-06-24T09:02:00.005-04:00

::: CDs :::

Tealights - "Take Us By Sea" - EP - $5

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Sorry no Ferrari - "Ternary" - LP - $10

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::: Sheet Music :::

Analects for String Trio & Computer Electronics - $15

(includes full score, individual parts, and audio cd for performance)

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Elegy (for Kevin Kelly) Solo Guitar - $5

(includes score)

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Torus For Solo Guitar - $10

(Includes Score)

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The Cavalry - $10

Oh boy...

2011-06-15T15:07:00.000-04:00

"What the Flux?" now on Bandcamp

2011-06-07T09:02:00.003-04:00

I've recently added my first solo album, "What the Flux?" for free on bandcamp. You can download each song for free (no minimum donation) or the whole album at once for a minimum donation of $1. Enjoy!

What the Flux by Brett S. Kelly

Analects (2011) for Electronics & String Trio

2011-03-29T13:04:00.006-04:00

This piece was written for the New Music Festival at KSU and was premiered on Monday, March 28th 2011. I would love to have more ensembles perform this piece. If you're interested, please contact me at brettskelly@gmail.com

Thanks for looking/listening.

Sorry no Ferrari Interview on LocalMusicATL.com

2010-08-02T16:07:00.000-04:00

Free mp3: "Auto Jet-Dry, Jet-Dry Complete"

2010-07-07T00:58:00.004-04:00

I released this song in 2006 on the "What the Flux?" EP. It's made of a few guitar samples and 2 drum samples. Enjoy!

Live Review: Performer Magazine

2010-07-05T17:12:00.000-04:00

LIVE REVIEW: Tealights
The Earl
Atlanta, GA
May 25, 2010
By: Sean Zearfoss
July 2010

After releasing their debut EP Take us By Sea last year, Tealights have been gaining fans throughout their Atlanta home. Residing in an already musically diverse city, Tealights add a great deal to their scene by crafting some of the most unique music in town. They come across as a mix of trip-hop, chamber pop, and classically infused electronica. Their recent headlining spot at The Earl showcased this sound perfectly and asserted that their music is best experienced live.

Tealights opened the show with a newer song entitled "Contemplation." The band began with a low, bass-heavy rumble, before drummer Brett Kelly set a deep groove that allowed singer and cellist Mary Knight to provide the melody and sparse vocals. Seamlessly, the band moved into songs "Exit," "Passport," and "Clouds" which were all from the EP. In particular, "Clouds," with its understated and introspective tone, was a highlight of the evening.

After "Clouds" and in the middle of the set, the band played "Recreational Knife Throwing." Without a doubt, this was the centerpiece of the night. With the tight staccato drums and quick tempo, the song created a sharp contrast to the first half of the show. The band rounded out the set with two more songs from Take us By Sea before debuting "Lemon Sandwich" to end the evening. Notably, there are many electronic-based bands in the city, but none quite like Tealights. Really, I cannot say that I have heard anything like them anywhere. See them live.

http://www.myspace.com/tealightstheband

http://www.performermag.com/Bands/Article/2010/Tealights

Tealights Tour Documentary

2010-03-05T18:31:00.002-05:00

Here's a photo documentary of Tealights' first tour up the east coast. It was created by our talented photographer Bartram Nason

Sorry no Ferrari: Setun - Ternary Demo

2010-02-04T21:56:00.001-05:00

New SNF jams are about to be ready. Here's what we're working with so far. Final mix is on Wed, Feb. 10th!

Tealights Photo

2010-01-19T09:28:00.003-05:00

Just found a good picture of Tealights performing at the Strand in Marietta, GA. We open this show for a screening of Food Inc.

New Song: The Girl in the House on the Lake

2009-12-22T11:44:00.001-05:00

End of the Year Press

2009-12-16T16:34:00.003-05:00

Tealights and From Exile have been receiving a TON of press in the last few days! Check out the links below to read more.

Tealights:

Electonik Mode

Pop Stereo

New Dust

ATL A-List

Music Zeitgeist

From Exile:

Jordan Munson

Skull n Bones

Atanamar

Ohmpark

Espyrock

The PRP

Mark Lee

Tealights and From Exile make Ohmpark.com's top 20 Albums of 2009

2009-12-14T22:08:00.004-05:00

Tealights' debut EP ranked #11 and From Exile's sophmore record "Monolith" ranked #5 in Ohmpark.com's Top 20 Albums of 2009! See the full list below:

FULL ARTICLE

Thanks Ohmpark!

Tealights on NPR/GPB

2009-12-08T17:29:00.002-05:00

ATLANTA —
A new group infuses the music of electronica with the organic sound of classical instruments.

Atlanta-based Tealights, formed in 2008, infuses the music of electronica with the organic sound of classical instruments. (photo courtesy Bart Nason)Twenty-somethings Mary Knight, Nancy Shim, Brett Kelly and 30-year-old Mikey Johnson comprise Tealights – an Atlanta-based band formed in the summer of 2008.

The band’s official debut EP, Take Us By Sea, was released in September.

Tealights has been touring the U.S. this fall and continues this week with dates in Atlanta and Savannah. The band’s members stopped by GPB’s studios recently to chat with Edgar Treiguts.

Click here to visit the Tealights' website.

From Exile Record

2009-11-14T19:52:00.003-05:00

My newest band, From Exile, is about to release a ton of physical stock of their new album. The CDs and shirts are being produced and we will be shipping orders later this month… Here is the T-shirt design:

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

Shipping is included; Orders to be shipped November 27th.

Monolith is available for digital purchase here:

From Exile Webstore (Bandcamp)

From Exile on iTunes

Written by Eric Guenther except for the tracks “Apparition”, “Veritas”, and “Monolith”, written by Eric Guenther and Ben Wetzelberger. Produced by Eyal Levi and Eric Guenther. Mixed by Eyal Levi. Mastered at Fullersound. Drums performed by Kevin Talley in June 2008. String recording on “The Unlearning Dissent” performed by Mary Knight (Cello) and Jim Campbell (Violin), and engineered by Brandon Montgomery at WonderRoot Studios in July 2008. Guest solo by Emil Werstler on “Apparition”. Guest solo by Eyal Levi on “In the Faded Silence”.

And, you can, of course, listen to the record in full here:

Tealights Show Review from soldoutmusic.com

2009-11-09T11:39:00.008-05:00

TEALIGHTS AT THE GOAT FARM ATL, 11/06/09

For a band with only six released recorded songs (7 if you count the no-longer-performed “Hello”), it's amazing how every time I see Atlanta-based electroclassipop group Tealights live they manage to alter the experience. The 3 shy, understated kids flanked by instruments have grown into a powerful 4-person band capable of turning glee into a trembling sigh on a dime. So when I say the donation-only, invitation-based performance on Tealights home turf-a hidden “goat farm”/farmhouse/living area hidden in open sight in Atlanta-completely and totally ruined the bar for live music forever (and ever, amen)-hopefully it comes across what a massive statement that is. First, the venue itself: imagine Nick Cave, or Fever Ray (or Nick Cave and Fever Ray?) designing the largest farmhouse available, filling it with a magic that’s palpable. That was where we were led, and where the three band bill — Little Tybee, Trees On Fire and Tealights — took place.

The farmhouse, hollowed to the bone other than a stage setup backed with a large visusal project screen and various tongue-in-cheek accoutrements (skeletons hanging from the rafters, hay bales, etc) instantly brought all in my group to rapt, giddy glee-we were in the presence, we discerned quickly, of the single greatest live music venue in existence, ever.

(Little Tybee sound checking as we walk into the Farmhouse for the first time)

Now, musically: Little Tybee opened and set an upbeat yet ethereal and spacey vibe, while Trees On Fire were a bit jammy for my tastes. They gain points, though, for a spot-on cover of MGMT’s “Kids”.

Tealights?

Tealights brought chills. This time around, their live sound-brought out by the crowd, by the venue, by the obvious electricity in the night air-was a band heavy on whipcrack percussion, allowing everything else-synths, vocals, etc-to float in and out of the mix. Opening with “Clouds”, Tealights crafted a dreamy soundscape reminiscent of the last bit of Jimmy Eat World’s “Goodbye, Sky Harbor” (yes, really), backed by projections of carnivorous fish, that quickly escalated into the awesome “Passport” (have I yet mentioned this is my favorite song of theirs ever?). What amazed me, though, was that at the night’s end when the full-band jam that ends “No Sound To Hear” kicked itself up a notch, the entire band locking in with one another in a way that radiated nothing short of intense musical joy. The snippets of old-skool jungle that pin “No Sound To Hear’ together rode underneath the flute perfectly, and as I looked around the farmhouse, the air cool and still outside, I saw nothing but rapt gazes and giant grins staring back at the stage. Tealights’ final song, the new “Conversational Knife Throwing” (with the stick-in-your-head-for-days chorus of “I want you to say/what you’ve been meaning to say”), has evolved even since they played the Tank in NYC in October-what was a rough sketch then has become a transcendent slice of joyously confessional electropop. I beg you, Tealights, get this version, the song as it is now, on tape (and then get it to me). That song, that space, those visuals-sea creatures in shades of color humanity could never hope to fabricate-it's the visual embodiment of what the Tealights sound is-brights and darks swirling into something that's immediately familiar and yet so new it's damn unfathomable. And that venue, essentially a haunted house of love with perfect acoustics-has spoiled me for live music forever.

With the Goat Farm show, it’s again proven-Tealights are one of the most forward-thinking bands right now, and, um, make no mistake here-they are creating what right now sounds like. So listen.

Goat Farm/Tealights Photos (courtesty Kristina Weise:)

Written by Russ Marshalek
www.soldoutmusic.com

Tealights November Tour

2009-11-05T17:05:00.004-05:00

Tealights is hitting the road again. We're going out west and will be gone until a little after Thanksgiving. Sorry no Ferrari has started writing new stuff for the first time in years and From Exile is still forming into a real band. Here are Tealights' tour dates.

11/11 - Alabama Music Box - Mobile, AL
11/12 - AvantGarden - Houston, TX
11/13 - Eric M Studio - Austin, TX
11/14 - G.I.G. - San Antonio
11/16 - Modified Arts - Phoenix, AZ
11/17 - Kava Lounge - San Diego, CA
11/18 - Room 5 Lounge - Los Angeles, CA
11/19 - Yayo Taco - Las Vegas, NV
11/20 - Mia's - Flagstaff, AZ
11/21 - Burt's Tiki Lounge - Albuquerque, NM
11/23 - Maxine's - Hot Springs, AR
12/4 - Legend's - South Bend, IN
12/9 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
1/4 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA

Brett S. Kelly

Efterklang Remix

New Piece: "Clasp"

New Exercises

New Electronic Piece: "Knots"

The Cavalry is done

Transcribing "The Cavalry"

Online Store

Oh boy...

"What the Flux?" now on Bandcamp

Analects (2011) for Electronics & String Trio

Sorry no Ferrari Interview on LocalMusicATL.com

Free mp3: "Auto Jet-Dry, Jet-Dry Complete"

Live Review: Performer Magazine

Tealights Tour Documentary

Sorry no Ferrari: Setun - Ternary Demo

Tealights Photo

New Song: The Girl in the House on the Lake

End of the Year Press

Tealights and From Exile make Ohmpark.com's top 20 Albums of 2009

Tealights on NPR/GPB

From Exile Record

Shipping is included; Orders to be shipped November 27th.

Monolith is available for digital purchase here:

From Exile Webstore (Bandcamp)From Exile on iTunes

Tealights Show Review from soldoutmusic.com

Tealights November Tour

From Exile Webstore (Bandcamp)

From Exile on iTunes