drawing by Rosa Read
kgmr is a composer, songwriter, keyboardist, field recorder, sampler, and noise maker. kgmr writes for solo piano, rock trio, larger ensembles, and electronic instrumentation. Her music has been used in films, theater, and radio. She appears elsewhere as a guest keyboardist.
kgmr started writing and recording music in elementary school using a Casio keyboard, a Magnus organ, and a tape recorder. Her first compositions were imagined as soundtracks for horror films. Early sampling projects using prank phone calls and the tape recorder were unfortunately stopped by the police. As a child, she formally trained under Mlle. Yvonne Combe at the French School of Music.
The kgmr band is a Portland-based duo made up of kgmr (keyboards, samples, field recordings, noise, vocals) and Bobby Read (guitar, bass, drums, violin, samples, field recordings, noise, vocals). They invite collaborators on projects locally, nationally, and internationally.
Contact: info@kgmr.com
discography:
St. Roch (LP), kgmr, 2025
Keep Going Mystical Rider (EP), kgmr, 2022
Spin Down Night (EP), kgmr, 2021
this happened (LP), Half Ass West Studio Band, 2009
evening with fallen tree (LP), kgmr, 2008
migrate to carnivora (LP), kgmr, 2007
instant confidante (LP), kgmr, 2005
body language (EP), kgmr, 2003