Name: Espera
Brand: Helios

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GI425lp-C1

Colour

Turquoise

Colour details

Beryl

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-08-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

804297842530

Total Cap

Turquoise LP

GI425lp

Black

Extended format: No

804297842516

Black LP

GI425cd

804297842523

Artist

Helios

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

Ghostly International

Boston-based ambient indie electronic artist Helios, also known as Keith Kenniff, is a talented musician who studied at Berklee College of Music. With his unique sound and style, Helios has captivated audiences around the world. His music blends elements of ambient, electronic, and indie genres to create mesmerizing compositions that transport listeners to another realm.

Helios draws inspiration from various sources, creating atmospheric and emotive tracks that resonate with listeners on a deep level. His ability to evoke emotions through his music is truly remarkable. As an accomplished musician, he has also released music under the moniker Goldmund.

If you enjoy artists such as Slow Meadow, Brian McBride, or Eluvium, then Helios' music will surely captivate your senses. With a discography filled with beautiful melodies and intricate arrangements, Helios has established himself as one of the leading figures in the ambient indie electronic scene.

Newest Listed Items

The catalog of American composer Keith Kenniff spans over a dozen releases as Helios and nearly as many as Goldmund since 2004. Kenniff's music deals with subtlety, and the variance between these projects loosely follows a few signifiers; Goldmund favors post-classical piano, Mint Julep, a project with his partner Hollie, is shoegaze pop, while the lines around his Helios project are intentionally hazier. Within the alias, Kenniff glides between minimal ambient electronics and more robust instrumentation, all run through his mini-cassette recorder for a distinct wobble. 2018's Veriditas, his first Helios LP on Ghostly International, found Kenniff shaping verdant landscapes of harmonic sound, focusing on texture over structure. He followed it up in 2020 with Domicile, an even quieter synth-toned ode to the indoors. Now he returns to the electro-acoustic movement that marked much of his earlier output; the music of Espera is lush, livelier, and perhaps the most singular in his run. Titles are telling in Kenniff's work, and Espera, a Spanish word meaning "wait," speaks to the producer's patient and cinematic craft. The record balances engagement and contemplation with a billowing accessible lightness, and reveals Helios at a compelling intersection, composing songs as vivid and three-dimensional as they are characteristically modernist and understated.

Espera

Music US

Discover Espera by Helios. Available in LP and CD formats. Released on Ghostly International. A lush and cinematic album that balances engagement and contemplation.