Broadcast dies singer, Trish Keenan

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Broadcast dies singer, Trish Keenan A note from the Warp label reports that the death was caused by complications from pneumonia Iñigo López Palacios - Madrid - 14/01/2011
Trish Keenan, singer of the broadcast duo of Birmingham, died today of complications from pneumonia, which kept her hospitalized two weeks, as has been reported in a brief note their record label. According to some British media, the singer had contracted flu during a recent tour of Australia.
Keenan's death has been a shock, which revealed the influence of a group that started as a quartet in 1995. Since then had always maintained the status of cult band. Little was known of them ("There are few interviews with broadcast revealing something that goes beyond the serial numbers of equipment used," said the journalist James McMahon). Not even know the exact age of Keenan. Some media say that 35 years, others 42.
The same happened with their five albums. None entered the charts. But the last, Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Cults Witch of the Radio Age, 2009, was named best album of that year by the prestigious magazine The Wire. And the pain by the death of Keenan expanded Twitter yesterday, where fans from around the globe expressing their condolences and the news became one of the trending topics on the network. "Trish Keenan's voice was ghostly and beautiful. His letters, a modern ideal. We owe debt to Trish and his band. She injected intelligence, charm and color beats grim. Enriched and influenced catalyzed tastes and ideas," said Daniel Hunt yesterday, the electronic pop band Ladytron and devoted fan of Keenan, in an emotional context in which remembered c ow in the mid-nineties had gone behind the UK broadcast. "Making friends in other cities simply because we had this in common"
His music, dreamy electronic pop base, aroused such passions silent in a multitude of individuals. They seemed unfamiliar, but his performance of last year's Sonar filled and the announcement, just three days, that the band would perform at the Primavera Sound in the same city, in late May, was greeted with anticipation. As seal the statement concluded: "This is a tragic and untimely loss and cast deep low to Trish, a single voice, extraordinary talent and a wonderful human being. Rest in peace."
"With great sadness" the Primavera Sound Festival organizers have been informed of the death of Trish Keenan. The band was in the lineup of the festival, which takes place from 26 to 29 May in Barcelona.
A note from the Warp label, home of Broadcast, explains that the artist has died in hospital this morning, "after having battled the disease in intensive care for two weeks." The statement calls on supporters to respect the "desire for privacy at this time" family and friends of Keenan, who sends his condolences. The note concludes by reminding the singer: "This is a tragic loss and Trish will be missed deeply. A unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a wonderful human being. Rest in peace."
The thousands of condolence from users of Twitter have made the name of the singer in one of the themes of the time of the network. On Facebook there is already a group called Trish Keenan RIP (Rest in peace, in Spanish). The artist had been hospitalized last month after contracting the H1N1 flu in Australia during the tour the band.
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