Ceeys
Potsdam, Germany
 CEEYS
 Ceeys
 Ceeys
CEEYS are the Berlin-born, Potsdam-based brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke, an instrumental duo performing an impressive hybrid of cello and piano...
CEEYS are the Berlin-born, Potsdam-based brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke, an instrumental duo performing an impressive hybrid of principally cello and piano, but also authentic electronic instruments from East Germany, the former GDR, combining this semi-antique gear with famous vintage analog devices from the former western bloc, as well as modern equipment. In addition, they integrate subtle handmade percussive sounds using the full acoustic potential of their classical instruments and processing it with numerous effects. Altogether, they create a captivating balance of classical and jazz, pop and alternative, minimal and ambient — experimental but accessible music.
“It is our remembrance of a childhood growing up in Europe’s largest prefab estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, East Germany. Of course today we know that, at least in the beginning, it was a well-intentioned, perhaps even luxurious, development built to offer more accommodation space to families living in the decrepit buildings of downtown Berlin. But the 80s was the last decade of the GDR and now the endless grey blocks of cold concrete, steel, and glass communicate only anonymity and oppression. On the other hand, we had our daily lives, with school, friends and holidays. Furthermore, in the mid-80s, we started to learn what was to become our main instruments, the violoncello and the piano, and we dreamt only of the day when we could finally play chamber music as a duo. Our first ever classical concert together we performed in a church. After the ‘quiet’ revolution in 1989 and the fall of the wall, and throughout the 90s, the region always kept a blend of an edgy feeling of departure and a vague melancholy. We like that the politics tried lots of things to bring more colour and life into the post-revolutionary landscape, but the strange feeling never fully left us. To carefully handle all the different facets of this time period we decided to release our musical version of what the Germans call ‘Betonfelder’ in the form of a trilogy spread across the next few years. CONCRETE FIELDS will be part one and is dedicated to our dear parents Harald and Gabriele Selke.” — CEEYS
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