About

Pat Keista

Composer · Producer · Software Developer — Norwich, UK

Bandcamp Galactic Sound Station
Practice overview

I am a composer, producer and software developer working across ambient, experimental, electronic and environmental sound practices. My work explores isolation, place, cognition and emotional states through sustained textures, minimal structures and process-led composition.

Alongside artistic practice, I maintain a research background in creativity, systems and technology, which informs a reflective and methodical approach to sound-making. My practice is also informed by engagement with traditional musical forms and embodied rhythm, particularly within Scottish cultural traditions.

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Community & collaborative practice

Galactic Sound Station

Founder and lead of Galactic Sound Station, an ambient and experimental music collective bringing together collaborative and process-driven sound practices. Most recent release: Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts, Vol. 1 (2025), a conceptual ambient / experimental album.

See releases
Selected recognition & highlights

Awards, broadcasts, milestones

Schallwelle Award 2023

Co-writer on Apeiron by Terminus Void, winner of the Schallwelle Award 2023 for Best New International Artist.

United Nations Auditorium

Song “Supernova” performed at the United Nations Auditorium (2005).

Singapore Tourism Board

World tour invitation via the Singapore Tourism Board (with Sutra Asia).

UK Songwriting Contest

Semi-finalist across multiple years.

BBC & national radio

BBC interviews and repeated national and regional radio airplay.

Broadcast, film & media

Sync placements

Netflix

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

MTV / ITV2

Run’s House, Real Housewives of Atlanta

Peacock TV

Married to Medicine

Film

Lycanthropy (2006)

Singapore Airlines

Shuna catalogue

Live & site-responsive work

Performance

Performed internationally and across the UK in venues, universities and non-traditional performance spaces. Current involvement includes Soniferous Eden (Lancaster), a listening-focused, environment-led performance project.

Cultural practice & memberships

Scottish traditions

Member of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS). Active engagement with Scottish country dance and traditional rhythmic forms informs an ongoing interest in the relationship between movement, music, community and place.

Projects

Other names, other genres

Pat Keista

Ambient / Experimental · 2019–present

Shuna

New Age

Sutra Asia

World / Fusion

Brandy in Geneva

Rock

Weeva

Electronic / EDM

Education

Training

PhD, Information Systems
Grade 6 Piano
Grade 5 Music Theory
Classical training (LRAM, private tuition from age 9)
Instruments & tools

Setup

Piano / Keys
Guitar
Vocals
Logic Pro
Reaktor
Massive
Sylenth
Stylus RMX
Field recording
Professional affiliations

Represented by

Publisher — Sentric Music
PRO — PRS for Music