Will Keen (born 26 February 1994), known by his stage name Keeno, is a British record producer and DJ from Winchester, known for adding orchestral elements to drum and bass. His debut album, Life Cycle, was released on 30 June 2014 through Hospital Records' imprint label Med School. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 198, the UK Dance Chart at number 13 and the UK Indie Chart at number 34. Keeno has also received airplay on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra drum and bass shows.
His song "Nocturne", released on 9 December 2013, was used as the title screen for the 2014 racing game Forza Horizon 2.
Keeno's second album, Futurist, was released on his 22nd birthday, 26 February 2016. The album's first instant grat single, "At Twilight", was released on 12 February 2016.
He released his third studio album, All the Shimmering Things, in November 2017.
After the closure of Hospital Records' MedSchool imprint, Keeno was taken under contract with Hospital Records in 2019 and in March 2020, his first single, "Troopers Peak / Old School Lane" was released on the label. His fourth studio album, titled I Live I Learn was released on 27 November 2020.
Personal life From the age of seven, Keen took part in a choir. He went to Winchester College and later studied music at the University of Manchester, although he left in January 2015 prior to graduation in order to pursue his music career full-time.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK UK Dance UK Indie Breakers Life Cycle Released: 30 June 2014 Label: Med School Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl 198 13 5 Futurist Released: 26 February 2016 Label: Med School Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl — 18 13 All the Shimmering Things Released: 3 November 2017 Label: Med School Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl — 5 — I Live I Learn Released: 27 November 2020 Label: Hospital Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl — — — LIGHT / DARK Released: 26 June 2026 Label: Keeno Music Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl — — —
Extended plays Title Details Track listing Sweetest Sin (with Whiney) Released: 17 September 2012 Label: Subsphere Formats: Digital download "Sweetest Sin" (with Whiney) "One More Time" (with Whiney featuring Louisa Bass) "Doesn't Matter" "Fire" (with Whiney) Nocturne Released: 9 December 2013 Label: Med School Formats: Digital download "Nocturne" "Tunnels" (featuring Louisa Bass) "Hold Ya" (featuring Whiney) "Whispers of the Waves" (featuring Louisa Bass) "Green Flash" "Golden Light" Preludes Released: 13 April 2015 Label: Med School Formats: Digital download, Vinyl "One More Moment" (featuring Cepasa) "Origin" "The Moon Under the Water" "Dignity Found" (with Whiney) Music for Orchestra: Drums & Bass Released: 7 April 2017 Label: Med School Formats: Digital download, Vinyl "Enigma" "Shelter from the Storm" (featuring Rou Reynolds) "Fading Fast" "Insomnia of an Anxious Mind" Troopers Peak / Old School Lane Released: 11 March 2020 Label: Hospital Records Formats: Digital download "Troopers Peak" "Old School Lane" Fall Beneath You (feat. Etherwood) / Equinox Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Hospital Records Formats: Digital download "Fall Beneath You" "Equinox" Courage Released: 17 March 2023 Label: Keeno Music (self-released) Formats: Digital download "Hypnotised (ft. Diandra Faye)" "Courage" "Disappear (ft. Fæ Vie)" "Frenzy (ft. Vio.let)" "Lights On" "Colours of Your Heart" "Hypnotised (ft. Diandra Faye) (Cinematic Mix)" "Lights On (Cinematic Mix)" "Disappear (ft. Fæ Vie) (Cinematic Mix)"
Singles Year Title Album 2010 "Winding" / "Hurt" Non-album singles 2011 "The View" / "You Know That Feelin' When" 2012 "Rephrase & Rewind"(featuring Fifi Smart) 2013 "Little Son" "Tinderbox" 2017 "All the Shimmering Things" All the Shimmering Things "Light Cascading"(featuring Becca Jane Grey) "Cosmic Creeper" 2020 "Behind the Glass"(featuring Kate Wild) Non-album singles 2024 "Perfect Memory"
Promotional singles Year Title Album 2013 "Nocturne" Life Cycle 2014 "As One"(featuring Pat Fulgoni) "Innocence" "Scripted"(featuring Louisa Bass) 2016 "At Twilight" Futurist
Other appearances Year Song Release Label 2012 "No More"(with Whiney) Sick Music 3 Hospital 2013 "Painted" Access Limitless "Isokime" New Blood 013 Med School 2014 "Scripted (VIP)"(featuring Louisa Bass) Hospital Christmas Cracker 2014Hospital 2015 "Dignity Found"(with Whiney) Hospitality 2015 "Ranua"(Muffler featuring Keeno) Stone Cold Spearhead Records "Artificial Skin"(London Elektricity featuring Keeno and Emer Dineen) Are We There Yet? Hospital 2017 "Never Too Long (Whiney featuring Keeno)" Talisman Med School
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