Ben Kealey is the former English touring keyboardist for the rock band

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. He was born in

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, England.

Career

Kasabian

Kealey was the drummer in the band in its original format, when the band was still called Saracuse. In 2006, he rejoined the band (now named Kasabian) as the keyboard and synth player. In 2009, he became a permanent touring member of Kasabian; he was not involved with most of the promotional work, but he did appear in the music video for "

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". He is credited on the band's albums ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2011) and '' 48:13'' (2014).

Film soundtracks

Kealey has played piano or other instruments on the soundtracks to several films, including ''

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'' and ''

I Give It a Year ''I Give It a Year'' is a 2013 romantic comedy film, written and directed by Dan Mazer in his directorial debut. It stars Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris and Simon Baker. Set and filmed in London, it was released on 8 February 2013. Mazer w ...

''.

Personal life

As well as being a Grade 8 pianist, Kealey is also a contemporary artist, who has completed a number of pieces so far which concentrate on urban art, painted pianos, and bicycles. Kealey writes poetry, music, and sketches. In April 2013, a piano designed by Kealey was unveiled as part of an urban art project at the

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Equipment

Kealey utilises a Hammond B200 organ, Muse receptor rack modules triggered by Novation controller keyboards and a Korg microkorg synth. He uses an Electro Harmonix Memory man delay pedal, a Boss digital delay/echo pedal and an Ibanez distortion pedal.

References

External links

Ben Kealey Urban Artwork
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kealey, Ben 1981 births Living people English people of Irish descent English rock keyboardists Musicians from Leicester