KEOPE is the musical brainchild of Toni Bruna and Marcus Rossknecht - two artists who have known each other since 2005,
having originally met and created music in Santiago de Chile.
In July 2015, Marcus travelled to Trieste (Italy) with the aim to record an album with Toni in an abandoned quarry on the Slovenian border.
"Tropicalni" seems to exist in a vacuum. Stylistically, the nine tracks here owe something to multiple genres and reference
points - from folk, Balearic, psychedelic and electronica, but none really fit well. Synths drift in breezily, floating around the
wistful melodies - acoustic guitars sparkle, while flutes and melodicas evoke a little South American shamanism, and the beats
hint at a deeper connection to dance rituals.
Spontaneity, a reduced tool-set around the electric guitar, drum machines and an analog modular-synthesizer as well as the
sole communication through music between the individuals are the key elements of the project. KEOPE also welcomes guest
singers, instrumentalists and performers from an array of styles and cultural backgrounds.
To escape the constrictions of indoor recording studios and to enhance the contact with nature and the transcendent aspect of
music, KEOPE create their music outdoors with a mobile recording studio set-up. Being in an open air space without the
common sonic interferences, their sound became much wider, purer and more organic.
For KEOPE creating music is a sacred experience in which cosmic forces are involved from stars to atomic vibrations. Making
music is a unique experience, which is not repeatable and a pure celebration of now. KEOPE 's recorded tracks are therefore
often outtakes of live-performances or jams which capture the environment in which it is performed as well as the artists’
moods.
