Mel Keane is a composer, visual artist, and designer from Dublin, Ireland. Over the last several years, he has been an active practitioner and audience member within the DIY music scenes of Ireland, Lisbon, and Amsterdam. He has released several records, primarily on Irish label wherethetimegoes, and performed live extensively across the continent of Europe in venues such as Cafe OTO (London), Les Enstants Chavires (Paris), Cosmos CAC (Lisbon), and The National Concert Hall of Ireland (Dublin) under his birth name, as Frog of Earth, and as a member of Princ€ess (ensemble) and NECK (duo with Seán Being). For the last two or so years, he has been researching and making work in response to the pipe band tradition of Ireland (bagpipe and snare drum military adjacent marching bands). He plays live using DIY chanter pipes, software, and electronics.