Recently I was asked to write a bio of my "Leni" project. Here is what I came up with:

LENI is a Philadelphia-based sound artist also known as Kevin Lenihan. Leni began exploring layering sound while a college DJ at WXYC in Chapel Hill, NC. Then he acquired a sequencer and some effects and began to make his own experimental electronic music and collaborating with friends. Without a traditional musical background Leni takes influence from non-musical sources like photography as well as artists like Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, Black Dice and Yellow Swans to name a few. In 2005 Leni’s song “Up and Over” was featured on a compilation for the Broken Fader Cartel record label. After a year of living, studying and soaking up experimental music in Europe, Kevin returned to the USA and moved to Philadelphia. 2007 brought the release of Leni’s first album Radical Party, a collage of electronica, ambient, and noise music. Currently Leni is working on a collection of improvised ambient pieces entitled “The Polyps”.


I know I'm not a great storyteller (or musician) and it is hard for me to look at my "work" objectively. I would rather let the music represent itself. So I decided to start posting an mp3 each Sunday in order to tell "The Story of Leni." I have music on my hard drive going back 4-5 years and prior to that there are boxes of cassette tapes. I record almost everything, so chances are every mp3 will not be a "song." I know that some tracks will be bad or embarrassing, I can't avoid the self-edit but I have nothing to hide. To me each file is a part of a whole which I am proud to have created.

In no particular order and with the original file names this is:

Chapter 1

This track was recorded in May of 2005, shortly after I acquired my E-mu XL-7 Command Station. Listen to this chillout beat while Leni messes around with pans and tempo controls!