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About Me

Commander Keen

An eclectic mix of electronica, folk, ambient and experimental sounds. Please enjoy these home recordings, you can find some more here . you can also check out our website and buy our digital single here , as well as itunes. e-music etc.

We are currently working on our next mini-album, which is due out next year on Hackpen Records (Home of Mouse Eat Mouse/Dumb Instrument). Debut E.P My Tascam Dreams came out on the 24th of September 2007, and is available from Hackpen's online store and all good download stores.

My Tascam Dreams E.P
We have a VERY limited selection of these to sell prior to the "official" release date...get in, theres a £1.25 p and p charge...
Tracklisting;
1. Panic Attack
2.My Tascam Dreams
3.I Thought If You Heard This(Alternate Version)
4. You Know The Words
5.She Dances(Original Instrumental)

Also available on &

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/1/2005
Band Website: commanderkeen.co.uk
Band Members: stuart torrance - guitars,vox, laptop programming, glockenspiel, ukulele, noise making machines..., toy instruments, organette, being an arsey wankstain
rafe fitzpatrick - violin
craig mcginnis - bass, backing vox

other people on our recordings

simon petherbridge - trumpet

Influences: arab strap, aereogramme, fourtet, gareth dickson , sigur ros, boards of canada, mogwai, gorkys, the green kingdom, the hand , lucky pierre, gill scott heron, tom waits, the boggs, errors, lone pigeon, dilated peoples, crapdragon , she made the news , the list goes on...

Sounds Like: atmospheric noise, laptop noise, mouth related noise, glockenpiel noise, ukulele noise, organette noise, guitar noise, bass noise, tape noise and violin noise all put in a tumble drier and left on for all eternity
Record Label: Hackpen Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

a wee note...

hello all,long time no speak - hope your all well.just a wee note aboot the MTD remix thing, this is the first demo of one of the next ck projects - basically its a series of remixes using the samples...
Posted by commander keen on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:12:00 PST

bye

our last gig until I don't know when will be wednesday the 12th at Oran Mor with Old Solar and ElDog.It will just be Craig and I with a wee improvised semi-stripped down thing (i.e. no violin or trump...
Posted by commander keen on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:49:00 PST

feature on itm?

the 17 seconds interview is now online at itm? dot com too.http://www.isthismusic.com/commander-keen-3/love to all,sxxx
Posted by commander keen on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:50:00 PST

Aberdeen Gig Review

Mouse Eat Mouse / Dumb Instrument / Commander KeenAberdeen Tunnels (Fri 27th October)While any is this music? night is well worth going to - even with a 4-hour round trip - mental faculties aren't lia...
Posted by commander keen on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:02:00 PST

17 Seconds Interview + Aberdeen gig

Hello Everyone, A wee while back i did a wee interview with 17seconds music blog, you can find it here, http://www17seconds.blogspot.com/ (if its not there and your reading this sometime in the future...
Posted by commander keen on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:35:00 PST

New Angry Ape Review

By Michael HeneghanThere's definitely something going on in Glasgow, maybe it's in the water or, perhaps, it's all to do with the miserable weather Glaswegians endure, but the quality and quantity of ...
Posted by commander keen on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:44:00 PST

Glasswerk Review

Initially, this just seems like your run of the mill piece of ambience. With aspects of the sepia sinisterism of Boards of Canada alongside the sparseness of such acts as Mogwai or Low, there seems to...
Posted by commander keen on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:30:00 PST

New Tasty Fanzine Review

new review from the folks at tasty fanzine....http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums66sep07.htm "Commander Keen - My Tascam Dreams (Hackpen)Despite being the brain child of a singular Glaswegian, St...
Posted by commander keen on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:32:00 PST

various

Our Debut E.P. is available from our labels online shop, hosted by the lovely chaps over at resonance, to preview and then buy (no pressure)clickyAlso a huge thanks to Dave and Greame for playing last...
Posted by commander keen on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:45:00 PST

awesome new reviews!!!!

ok everyone, some awesome new reviews(as per the title)firstly, Ed Jupp of both 17seconds and Is This Music? had this to say:"This five track mini-album is, without a doubt, one of the finest things I...
Posted by commander keen on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:27:00 PST