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Keith Rowe is a co-founder of the English improvising ensemble AMM, established in 1966. Already in the late 1950´s Rowe started experimenting with preparations on the guitar, influenced by the ideas of Marcel Duchamp. In the early 1960's he was a member of Mike Westbrook's band until his resolution never to tune his guitar again, made his resignation from the group unavoidable. Since then Rowe has exclusively played the table top guitar, as a soloist, in AMM and in various other groups.

ALBUMS


Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen
A Thought For Two
2024, File, MP3, Album, true blanking, ,
Experimental/Sound Art
John Tilbury, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen
Flicker, Scratch & Ivory
2024, File, MP3, Album, true blanking
Keith Rowe / Gerard Lebik
Dry Mountain
2023, CD, Album, Inexhaustible Editions, ,
Free Improvisation/Abstract/Experimental
Keith Rowe
Absence
2021, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Sandy Ewen, Keith Rowe, Damon Smith + Goosberry Marmalade
Houston 2012
2021, 2xCD, Album, Balance Point Acoustics
Keith Rowe
GF SUC
2020, ,
Experimental
Keith Rowe
An Assemblage / Construct For 45 Voices
2020
Formanex With AMM, Christian Wolff, Keith Rowe, Ralf Wehowsky, John Tilbury, Phill Niblock, ONsemble, Seth Cluett, Radu Malfatti, Michael Pisaro, Julien Ottavi, Kasper T. Toeplitz*
20 Years Of Experimental Music
2019, 10xCD + Box, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, Fibrr Records, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Contemporary/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Modern Classical/Musique Concrète/Noise/Drone
Kurt Liedwart, Julien Ottavi, Keith Rowe
L'Or
2018, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal/Musique Concrète
John Tilbury / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjørgeengen
Sissel
2018
Keith Rowe / Michael Pisaro
13 Thirteen
2017
Keith Rowe / Martin Küchen
The Bakery
2016, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings
Noël Akchoté, Keith Rowe, Taku Sugimoto, Anthony Taillard
Arst (La Passe à Quatre, Live In Nantes, 1999)
2016, 7xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads
Keith Rowe
The Room Extended
2016, 4xCD, Album, ErstSolo
Keith Rowe / John Tilbury
Enough Still Not To Know
2015, 4xCD, Album + Box, Sofa
Keith Rowe
Live At Fairchild Chapel
2015, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe / Ilia Belorukov / Kurt Liedwart
Tri
2014, CD, Album, Intonema, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
NG4 Quartet : Keith Rowe / Anthony Taillard / Emmanuel Leduc / Julien Ottavi
A Quartet For Guitars
2014, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Keith Rowe / Alfredo Costa Monteiro / Ilia Belorukov / Kurt Liedwart
Contour
2014, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe
The Art Of War
2014, CD, Mini, Ltd, ad Sensum Bonum, Hermes' Ear
Rick Reed / Keith Rowe / Bill Thompson
Shifting Currents
2013, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe / Graham Lambkin
Making A
2013, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Yuya Ota + Andrew Deutsch with Keith Rowe
Kannazuki No Uta
2013, CD, Institute For Electronic Arts, ,
Experimental
Oren Ambarchi / Crys Cole / Keith Rowe
Black Plume
2012, LP, Bocian Records
Christian Wolff / Keith Rowe
Untitled
2012, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe
September
2012, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Radu Malfatti / Keith Rowe
Φ
2011, 3xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe
Concentration Of The Stare
2011, CD, Album, Ltd, Bottrop-Boy
Keith Rowe & John Tilbury
E.E. Tension And Circumstance
2011, CD, Album, Potlatch
Martin Küchen _ Keith Rowe _ Seymour Wright
Küchen _ Rowe _ Wright
2010, CD, Album, Another Timbre
Keith Rowe
Atomy (1678)
2010, LP, Ltd, Num, Onement
Cornelius Cardew - Oren Ambarchi, Keith Rowe
Treatise
2009, LP, Ltd, Planam, ,
Experimental
Keith Rowe / Sachiko M
Contact
2009, 2xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura
Untitled
2009, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe
Untitled
2008, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe / Taku Unami
Untitled
2008, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe, Seymour Wright
3D
2008, 3xCDr, Album, Ltd, W.M.O./r
Keith Rowe
The Room
2007, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Annette Krebs, David Lacey, Keith Rowe, Paul Vogel
Untitled
2007, CDr, Album, Homefront Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Rowe* / Fuhler*
Rowe Fuhler
2007
Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura
Between
2006, 2xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Perlonex With Keith Rowe / Charlemagne Palestine
Tensions
2006, 2xCD, Album, Nexsound, Nexsound, ,
Experimental/Minimal/Free Improvisation
Oren Ambarchi / Keith Rowe
Squire
2006, CD, Album, For 4 Ears, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Loren Chasse, Phil Mouldycliff, Colin Potter, Keith Rowe
Debris Field Ambient Wash
2006, CD, Album, ICR
Keith Rowe / Mark Wastell
Untitled
2006, ,
Experimental
Keith Rowe / Sachiko M / Toshimaru Nakamura / Otomo Yoshihide
Untitled
2005, 3xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Korber* / Rowe* / Müller*
Fibre
2005, CD, For 4 Ears
Keith Rowe / Burkhard Beins
Untitled
2004, CD, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe / Axel Dörner / Franz Hautzinger
A View From The Window
2004, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe / Christian Fennesz*
Live At The LU
2004, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura / Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler
Untitled
2004, CD, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, Robbie Avenaim
Honey Pie
2004, CD, Album, GROB, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe / Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler
Rabbit Run
2003, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keith Rowe / John Tilbury
Duos For Doris
2003, 2xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe
29 October 2001
2003, CD, Mini, Sound 323
Keith Rowe & Oren Ambarchi
Flypaper
2002, CD, Album, Staubgold, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Drone
Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, Robbie Avenaim
Thumb
2002, CD, Album, GROB, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Otomo* • Rowe* • Sugimoto*
Ajar
2002, CD, Album, Alcohol, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Michel Doneda / Urs Leimgruber / Keith Rowe
The Difference Between A Fish
2002, CD, Album, Potlatch, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura
Weather Sky
2001, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Rowe*, Beins*
Grain
2001, CD, Album, Zarek, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation
Rowe* / Müller* / Sugimoto*
The World Turned Upside Down
2000, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Keith Rowe
Harsh, Guitar Solo
2000, CD, Album, GROB
Keith Rowe, Kim Cascone
With Hidden Noise
2000, CD, Shape, Anechoic
Evan Parker / Keith Rowe
Dark Rags
2000, CD, Album, Potlatch, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Ambarchi* / Fennesz / Pimmon / Rehberg* / Rowe*
Afternoon Tea
2000, ,
Glitch/Experimental
Keith Rowe & Jeffrey Morgan
Dial: Log-Rhythm
1999, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Jim O'Rourke, Tony Conrad, Richard Youngs, Faust & Keith Rowe
In God We Trust
1995, 7", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd, Table Of The Elements, ,
Experimental/Minimal
Keith Rowe
City Music For Electric Guitar
1993, 7", Whi, Table Of The Elements, ,
Experimental
Keith Rowe
A Dimension Of Perfectly Ordinary Reality
1990, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, Matchless Recordings
Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Barry Guy, Eddie Prévost
Supersession
1988
MIMEO / John Tilbury
The Hands Of Caravaggio
2002, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMM
Last Calls
2023, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings
Keith Rowe
Groovy Situation
2021, 7", Single, Irie Ites Records, ,
Reggae/Dub/Roots Reggae
R.P.M.
Circle Line
2019, CD, Album, ICR
AMM
Until The Next Time
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Next Festival Records, ,
Free Improvisation
AMM
An Unintended Legacy
2018, 3xCD, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
MIMEO
Wigry
2011, 2xLP, Album, Bôłt, Monotype Records
MIMEO
Sight
2007, CD, Album, Cathnor Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
[N:Q]
November Quebec
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, Esquilo Records
4g
Cloud
2005, 2xCD, Album, Erstwhile Records
MIMEO
Lifting Concrete Lightly
2004, 3xCD, Album, Serpentine Gallery, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMM
Fine
2001, CD, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Music Now Ensemble 1969
Silver Pyramid
2001, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings
AMM
Tunes Without Measure Or End
2001, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
[N:Q]
[N:Q]
2000, CD, Album, Fibrr Records
MIMEO
Electric Chair + Table
1999, 2xCD, Album, GROB, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
MIMEO
Queue
1998, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMM
Before Driving To The Chapel We Took Coffee With Rick And Jennifer Reed
1997, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
AMM
Live In Allentown USA
1996, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
AMM
Laminal
1996, 3xCD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
AMM
From A Strange Place (Dedicated To The Tokuoka Family)
1996, CD, Album, P.S.F. Records, ,
Free Improvisation
AMM
Newfoundland
1993, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
AMM
The Nameless Uncarved Block
1991, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
AMM
Combine And Laminates
1990, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
AMM
The Inexhaustible Document
1987, ,
Experimental
AMM
Generative Themes
1983, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
AMM
The Crypt - 12th June 1968
1981, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Amalgam
Wipe Out
1979
Amalgam
Over The Rainbow
1979, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Free Improvisation
AMM
Ammmusic
1967, ,
Noise/Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMM
Ammmusic

APPEARANCES +


Keith Rowe
Unsettingly Horizontal
2012, File, MP3, 320, Another Timbre
Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz
A Bright Nowhere – Journeying Into Improvisation
2024, Blu-ray-R, HajduKino Productions, ,
Free Improvisation/Interview/Dialogue
Michael Francis Duch, Michael Pisaro-Liu
Mind Is Moving (IV) By Michael Pisaro-Liu
2022, ,
Contemporary
Trevor Watts Amalgam*
The Yorkshire Suite
2021, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Hi 4 HEAD Records
Various
Further Perspectives & Distortion - An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental And Avant-Garde Music 1976 - 1984
2019, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Sound Poetry/Post-Punk
Various
323[Complete] (Live @ Sound 323, 2001-2002)
2018, 5xFile, FLAC, Confront
David Sylvian
A Victim Of Stars 1982 - 2012
2012, ,
Prog Rock/Abstract/Soundtrack/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Acoustic/Synth-pop
Christian Wolff
Kompositionen 1950 - 1972
2011, 2xCD, Album, Edition RZ, ,
Contemporary
David Sylvian
Died In The Wool / Manafon Variations
2011, 2x CD Digipak, ,
Dark Ambient/Acoustic/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Laurie Scott Baker*
Gracility
2009, 2xCD, Album, Musicnow, ,
Minimal/Contemporary/Experimental
Various
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 1
2009, 3xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, WERGO, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Experimental
Chris Abrahams & Clare Cooper
Germ Studies
2009, 2xCD, Album, Splitrec, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Various
November Music 2009
2009, CD, Comp, November Music, ,
Abstract/Experimental
David Sylvian
Manafon
2009, ,
Acoustic/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Paul Baran
Panoptic
2009, ,
Abstract/Drone/Modern Classical/Free Improvisation
The Voltage Spooks
Boston 2007
2008, 2xFile, MP3, Austinnitus
Cornelius Cardew
Consciously
2006, CD, Album, Musicnow, ,
Political
Rick Reed
Dark Skies At Noon
2005, CD, Album, Elevator Bath, ,
Experimental
MEV* & AMM
Apogee
2005, 2xCD, Album, Matchless Recordings
London Improvisers Orchestra
Responses, Reproduction & Reality: Freedom Of The City 2003-4
2005, CD, Album, Emanem
Rick Reed
Ghosts Of Energy
2005, CDr, Album, Adv, Not On Label (Rick Reed Self-released), ,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
Various
LMC 13th Annual Festival Guitar Soloists
2004, CD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
AMPLIFY 2002 / Balance
2003, 7xCD + DVD-V + Box, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental/Interview
Various
60 Sound Artists Protest The War
2003, CD, Comp, Atak, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Brett Larner / Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl
Compositions For Guitars
2003, CD, Album, A Bruit Secret, ,
Acoustic/Experimental
AMM - Formanex
AMM - Formanex
2003, CD, Album, Fibrr Records
Pluramon
Dreams Top Rock
2003, ,
Leftfield/Post Rock/Shoegaze/Experimental
Various
The Wire 20 Years 1982-2002: Audio Issue
2002, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Mute, Wire Magazine, ,
Spoken Word/Free Jazz/Abstract/Free Improvisation/Dub/Experimental
Eddie Prévost
Material Consequences
2001, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings
Various
Not Necessarily "English Music"
2001, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Leonardo Music Journal, Electronic Music Foundation, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Misère Et Cordes
Au Ni Kita
2001, CD, Album, Potlatch, ,
Experimental
Chris Burn Ensemble*
The Place 1991
2001, CD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
Cornelius Cardew
We Only Want The Earth
2001, CD, Album, Musicnow, ,
Political
Zeitkratzer
SonX
2000
Various
The ReR Quarterly Volume 4 Number 2
1997, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Eddie Prévost
Loci Of Change (Sound And Sensibility)
1996, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings
Cornelius Cardew - John Tilbury
Piano Music 1959-70
1996, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Various
The ReR Quarterly Volume 4 Number 1
1994, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Ambient 4: Isolationism
1994, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Drone/Experimental/Leftfield/Minimal/Noise/Post Rock
Various
(Y)earbook Volume 2
1992, CD, Album, Comp, Rastascan Records, ,
Avantgarde
Free Jazz Quartet
Premonitions
1989, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Tom Phillips (3) & AMM
Irma
1988, CD, Album, Matchless Recordings, Matchless Recordings, ,
Contemporary/Free Improvisation
Various
Rē Records Quarterly Vol. 2 No. 2
1987, LP, Rē Records, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Cornelius Cardew
Thälmann Variations
1986, LP, Album, Matchless Recordings, ,
Political/Contemporary
Cornelius Cardew
Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert
1985, 2xLP, Album, Impetus Records, ,
Modern Classical/Political/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Various
An Afflicted Man's Musica Box
1982, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMM III*
It Had Been An Ordinary Enough Day In Pueblo, Colorado
1980, ,
Free Jazz/Modern Classical/Noise/Experimental
MEV* / AMM
Live Electronic Music Improvised
1970, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Ecce Lizard
Cxemcast 097
2023, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Схема
Sean Tatol
Un Cavallo
2018, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Oath of Janta
Rene Hell
RA.397
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Resident Advisor, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient/Musique Concrète
Various
Mikroton
2014, CD, Comp, Stereo & Video, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Minimal/Abstract
Various
Presque Rien
2013, CDr, Comp, Num, Rhizome.s, ,
Experimental/Abstract
Various
The $100 Guitar Project
2013, 2xCD, Bridge Records (4), ,
Acid Rock/Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Avant-garde Jazz/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz/Classic Rock/Electro/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Industrial/Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Yu Kawabata
Do/Nothing Exclusive 007
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, do/nothing
Mike Shiflet
Secret Thirteen Mix 019
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Secret Thirteen Journal
Various
Nantes Is Noise
2012, CD, Fibrr Records
Various
Substantials #04 (20620080108200901192010cca)
2011, CD, Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu
Various
Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Volume 9
2010, M/cass, Comp, MC6, HalTapes
Various
Spectra - Guitar In The 21st Century
2009, CD, Comp, Quiet Design, ,
Experimental/Minimal
Various
Dolmen. Contemporary Art And Sound Series 2000 / 2006
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Dolmen Associates, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Minimal
Various
Nexsound Sampler #3
2008, CDr, Comp, Nexsound
Various
Blocks Of Consciousness And The Unbroken Continuum
2006, DVD-V, PAL, Sound 323, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Tempo Technik Teamwork
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Staubgold
Various
Guitar Series (Vol 1)
2004, CDr, Table Of The Elements, ,
Experimental
Various
Amplify 2002 3/4
2004, 2xCD, Erstwhile Records
Various
Haunted Weather: Music, Silence And Memory
2004, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Experimental/Ambient/Field Recording/Sound Art/Free Improvisation
Various
Festival Voor Nieuwe Muziek Happy New Ears 2003 > Kortrijk > Lille
2003, CD, Comp, Happy New Ears
Various
Staubgold Gravitation
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Sinedín Music, Staubgold, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Experimental
Various
45'18"
2002, CD, Comp, Korm Plastics, ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental
Various
Plastiq 1
2001, CD, Album, Les Disques De Merkel
Various
Maschinelle Strategeme
2000, CD, Comp, Ritornell, ,
Experimental/Minimal/Ambient
Various
Mottomo Otomo – Unlimited XIII
2000, CD, Comp, Trost Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Hope
1998, CD, Comp, Audio Research Editions, ,
Abstract/Musique Concrète/Noise/Experimental
Various
The Avant World Jazz Noise Project
1994, Cass, Comp, Pointless Music, ,
Experimental
Various
Guitar Solos 3
1979, ,
Experimental
David Sylvian
Died In The Wool / Manafon Variations
2011, 2x CD, ,
Acoustic/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
AMM III*
BBC Studio, London, April 23rd, 1979
File, MP3, Unofficial, 192, Not On Label, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
David Sylvian
Manafon