Celebrating 61 Years Of Audio Innovation
International KEF Month
This 61st anniversary, we're looking towards the future of High-Fidelity. Come along as we discover new innovations that lie ahead, and bring more people with us on our journey to discover the power of great sound.
Journey through sound
High-Fidelity enters the Metaverse
With 61 years behind us, our journey enters new realms. We're empowering the fearless dreamers of tomorrow, today. From our first Absorbed drop and more, we're uniting sound lovers across physical, digital and virtual worlds.
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Mu7: Music On The Go, Without Missing A Beat
Our 61st anniversary brings our newest over-ear headphones: the innovation of KEF's most pure and accurate sound, delivered for your modern lifestyle. Discover Mu7 and explore the future of listening on the go.
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Our History
Our story first began at Kent Engineering and Foundry. Raymond Cooke, our founder, had a vision – propelled by his love for music and his refusal to compromise, he leveraged technology at every turn to ensure our position at the cutting edge of audio. We still carry those values with us today, in everything we do to democratise High-Fidelity sound.
In Pursuit of Perfection
Meet the people who make KEF what it is. Those who have poured unending passion into crafting the perfect sound experience, and continue to evolve our technology to reach new heights.
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“ We normally have electronic products as a completely different type of object that occupies the space in our living rooms...” – Hamid Bekradi, Head of Product Design
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“ I can sum it up as a perfect balance of creativity and a practical approach between the two teams – that was the beauty." – Hamid Bekradi, Head of Product Design
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEKEF Performance
“ It takes a lot of effort to make a speaker not sound like a speaker.” – David Bosch, Research & Development Engineer
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEKEF Engineering
“ In order to be able to build every model you’re probably looking at about 9 months – very skilled in what they do." – Graham Humphries, Assistant Production Manager
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEKEF Passion
“ When we hire people to come into this team, we are looking for something particular. An obsession, really." – Dr. Jack Oclee-Brown, VP of Technology
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEKEF Design
“ The design philosophy of KEF is all around this obsession with the sound and sound quality” – Hamid Bekradi, Head of Product Design
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Music and sound live all around us. What happens when you really listen closely? Meet the artists and sound designers shaping our everyday soundscapes, and dive deep with experts and cultural pioneers into the moments of sound that changed them.
EXPLORE SOUND OF LIFEThe Healing Power of Video Game Scores
Composer and journalist Alyx Jones looks back at the impact that the soundtrack of cult video game Journey has had on her own story.
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEFinding Empowerment in the Music of Asian Dub Foundation
How a band comprised of underrepresented faces empowered journalist Zab Mustefa to stand up to discrimination throughout her council estate upbringing.
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEHow Arctic Monkeys Changed The Life of a Music Journalist
Jenessa Williams recounts how the British rock band beat her then-favourite band McFly to the top of the charts, kicking off a series of fortunate events in the process.
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEDesigning Horror Soundscapes with Mark Angus
Responsible for the award-winning sound design of survival horror game Alien: Isolation, audio director Mark Angus shares how players’ imaginations become the weapon behind its scariest moments.
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBELack Of Afro On Building Beats From The Drums Up
Having grown up fully immersed in music, the multi-instrumentalist and producer explains how he dates a song just from the drum track alone.
WATCH FULL SERIES ON YOUTUBEGnarly on the Triumphs and Anxieties of Finger Drumming
When you have an infinite number of beats at your fingertips, it can get pretty overwhelming. Watch how up-and-coming professional finger drummer Gnarly has made an art out of a sea of sounds.
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Playlists
The past six decades have been filled with unforgettable musical legacies. Here, we highlight the iconic tracks that defined each era.
From sophisticated jazz and easy listening through sci-fi and psychedelia to the birth of rock as we know it, the sixties were revolutionary in every way.
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Whether it was hard rock, disco, reggae or the birth of electronic pop, the seventies were about ambitious exploration of the studio’s possibilities.
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The digital era ushered in new possibilities for clarity and gloss in the eighties – and hip hop, house and samplers turned music on its head.
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Dance music and electronica powered innovation in the nineties, but there were plenty of bands who kept up with the pace too.
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The “iPod generation” turned the noughts into a riot of reconfigured references to the past, while grime and bass music pushed things forward.
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The last decade has been a time of increasing sophistication as a new generation works through relationships between the digital and the real.
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