Kele Okereke (2,132 views)

[Seb]

Kele Okereke (13 October 1981)
Vocal Range: D2 - G5
Associated Acts: Bloc Party (1999 - present)
Years Active: 1999 - present

SPOILER: Click to show

{Discography}Bloc Party:
Silent Alarm (2005): F2 - B♭4 - E5
A Weekend in the City (2007): G2 - B♭4 - D5
Intimacy (2008): F2 - B4 - C5
Four (2012): A2 - G5
The Nextwave Sessions (EP, 2013): E2 - A4 - D5
Hymns (2016): F♯2 - G4 - B4
Alpha Games (2022): D2 - A4 - B4

Kele:
The Boxer (2010): D2 – B4 – C♯5
The Hunter (2011, EP): A2 - A4 - C♯5
Trick (2014): F2 - A4 - B4
Fatherland (as Kele Okereke, 2017): F2 - F♯4 - B4
2042 (2019): E♭2 -  G♯4 - B4
The Waves Pt. 1 (2021): D2 - A4 - B4

Significant High Notes:
G5 ("The Healing", "V.A.L.I.S.")
E5 ("Hero", "Like Eating Glass")
E♭5 ("Banquet", "Real Talk")
D5 ("Helicopter", "High Life", "Hunting For Witches", "Ratchet")
C♯5 ("Banquet", "Hunting For Witches", “Release Me”, "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", “Tenderoni”, "Where Is Home?")
C5 ("3 X 3", "Ares", “Devotion”, "Real Talk", "The Healing", "The Prayer", "Uniform", "Waiting for the 7.18", “Walk Tall”, “Your Visits Are Getting Shorter")
B4 ("Believe", "Better Than Heaven", "Coasting", "Day Drinker", "Emma Kate's Accident", "Halo", "How to Beat the Lie Detector", "Kettling", "Mean", "Of Thigns Yet To Come", “Rise”, "Savannah", "Secrets", "Silver Gold", "Smalltown Boy", "So Here We Are", “Tenderoni”, "The Good News", "They Didn't See It Coming", "Truth", "V.A.L.I.S.", "X-Cutioner's Song")
B♭4 ("3 X 3", "Ares", "Banquet", "Cavaliers and Roundheads", "Children Of The Future", "Coliseum", "Cyril's Blood", “Devotion”, "Goodbye Horses", "I Still Remember", "Ion Square", "My Business", "Only He Can Heal Me", "Positive Tension", "Real Talk", "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", "Talons", "We Are Not Good People", "Where Is Home?", "Year Zero", "Zephyrus")
A4 ("3 X 3", "Ares", "Better Than Heaven", "Biko", "Cavaliers and Roundheads", "Ceiling Games", "Coliseum", "Day Four", "Emma Kate's Accident", "Flux", "French Exit", "Guava Rubicon", "Halo", "I Still Remember", "Ion Square", "It's Not The Things You Say", "Kettling", "Letter to My Son", “Like Eating Glass”, "Little Thoughts", "Love As A Weapon", "Mercury", "My Hotel Room", "Octopus", "On", "One Month Off", "One More Chance", "Price of Gas", "Ratchet", “Rise”, "Road To Ibaden", "Savannah", "She's Hearing Voices", "Signs", "Silver Gold", "Skeleton", "So He Begins To Lie", "So Here We Are", "Talons", "Team A", "The Girls Are Fighting", "The Healing", "The Love Within", "The Marshals Are Dead", "The Once And Future King", "The One", "The Pioneers", "The Prayer", "The Way We Live Now", "This Is Not A Competition", “Unholy Thoughts”, "Traps", "V.A.L.I.S.", "Virtue", "Waiting for the 7.18", "X-Cutioner's Song")
G♯4 ("Back Burner", "Better Than Heaven", "In Situ", “Like Eating Glass”, “Meet Me in the Middle”, "Mercury", "My Business", "Paraíso", "Positive Tension", "Price of Gas", "Ready 2 Go", “Release Me”, "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", “Tenderoni”, "Trojan Horse", "Turn It Around", "We Are Not Good People", "Where Is Home?", "X-Cutioner's Song", "Year Zero", "Zephyrus")
G4 ("Ares", "Always New Depths", "Believe", "Biko", "Blue Moon", "Cain Said To Abel", "Children Of The Future", "Coasting", "Coliseum", "Day Drinker", "Day Four", “Devotion”, "Different Drugs", "England", “Everything You Wanted”, "From a Place of Love", “Goodbye Horses”, "Guava Rubicon", "Halo", “Helicopter”, "Hero", "How to Beat the Lie Detector", "I Still Remember", "Ion Square", "It's Not The Things You Say", "Jungle Bunny", "Kreuzberg", "Lead By Example", "Leaf Skeleton", Letter to My Son", "Like We Used To", "Luno", "Mean", "Mercury", "My Hotel Room", "New Blood", "On", "One Month Off", "One More Chance", "Positive Tension", "Ratchet", "Ready 2 Go", “Rise”, "Rough Justice", "Say It Right", "Sex Magik", "She's Hearing Voices", "Silver Gold", "Skeleton", "So He Begins To Lie", "St. Kaepernick Wept", "Strut", "Sunday", "Team A", "The Girls Are Fighting", "The Healing", "The Marshals Are Dead", "The One", "The Peace Offering", "The Pioneers", "The Prayer", "The Way We Live Now", "They Didn't See It Coming", "This Is Not A Competition", "Traps", "Truth", "Two More Years", “Unholy Thoughts”, "Uniform", "V.A.L.I.S.", "Virtue", “Walk Tall”, "We Were Lovers", "Year Zero", "You Should Know the Truth", "Your Visits Are Getting Shorter")
F♯4 ("Banquet", "Between Me and My Maker", "Ceiling Games", "Children Of The Future", "Coasting", "Day Drinker", "Do U Right", "Doubt", "Emma Kate's Accident", "Exes", "Flux", "Fortress", “Helicopter”, "Humour Me", "Into The Earth", "Kettling", "Letter to My Son", “Like Eating Glass”, "Little Thoughts", "Luno", "Montreal", "Obscene", "Of Things Yet to Come", "One Month Off", "Paraíso", "Real Talk", “Rise”, "Road To Ibaden", "Rough Justice", "Royal Reign", "Secrets", "Sex Magik", "Signs", "Smalltown Boy", "Staying Fat", "Straight Thru Cru", "Stunt Queen", “Tenderoni”, "The Love Within", “The Other Side”, "The Pioneers", "The Present", "Turn It Around", "Where Is Home?", "Won't Give Up", "You Belong to Someone Else", "Zephyrus")

Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Always New Depths", "Atonement", "Between Me and My Maker", "Blue Light", "Cable's Goodbye", "Callum Is a Snake", "Catching Feelings", "Capers", "Ceilling Games", "Children Of The Future", "Cruising (So They Say)", "Day Drinker", "Day Four", "Do U Right", "Evening Song", "First Impressions", "French Exit", "Hero", "If We Get Caught", "Jungle Bunny", "Leaf Skeleton", "Letter to My Son", "Montreal", "My True Name", "Nineveh", "On", "Portrait", "Ratchet", "Rhododendrons", “Rise”, "Road To Ibaden", "Royal Reign", "Secrets", "Selfish Son", "Sex Magik", "She's Hearing Voices", "Smalltown Boy", "So Real", "Step Up", "Streets Been Talking", "Strut", "Stunt Queen", "The Love Within", “The New Rules”, "The One Who Held You Up", “The Other Side”, "Traps", "Truth", "Two More Years", "Version 2.0", "Yemaya")
C♯3 ("Better Than Heaven", "By Any Means Necessary", "Evening Song", "My Business", "Price of Gas", "Ratchet", "Won't Give Up", "You Keep on Whispering His Name")
C3 ("Acting Out", "Cain Said To Abel", "Capers", "Catching Feelings", "Closer", “Everything You Wanted”, "Faith", “Goodbye Horses”, "High Life", "I Still Remember", "Kreuzberg", "Let Go", "Love As A Weapon", “Meet Me in the Middle”, "On", "Rough Justice", "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", "SRXT", "St. Kaepernick Wept", "Team A", "The New Year Party", “The Other Side”, "This Modern Love", "Uniform", "Waiting for the 7.18", "We Are Not Good People")
B2 (“All the Things I Could Never Say”, "Always New Depths", "By Any Means Necessary", "Capers", "Catching Feelings", "Compliments", "Cruising (So They Say)", "Day Drinker", "French Exit", "In Situ", "Into The Earth", "Letter to My Son", "Living Lux", "Nineveh", "Ocean View", "Price of Gas", "Real Talk", "Road To Ibaden", "Savannah", "Secrets", "Straight Thru Cru", "Streets Been Talking", "The Good News", "The New Year Party", "Version 2.0", "Where Is Home?", "Won't Give Up", "You Keep on Whispering His Name")
B♭2 ("Blue Moon", "Eden", "First Impressions", “Meet Me in the Middle”, "Positive Tension", “Release Me” "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", “Tenderoni”, "The Robot and the Psychonaut", "Where Is Home?")
A2 ("3 X 3", "Better Than Heaven", "Callum Is a Snake", "Closer", "Grounds for Resentment", "Hero", "If We Get Caught", "Jungle Bunny", "Kreuzberg", "Natural Hair", "Savannah", "Secrets", "She's Hearing Voices", "Skeleton", "St. Kaepernick Wept", "Straight Thru Cru", "Strut", "Stunt Queen", "Sunday", "The Love Within", “The New Rules”, "The Once and Only Future King", "They Didn't See It Coming", “Walk Tall”, "Won't Give Up", "You Belong to Someone Else")
G♯2 ("By Any Means Necessary", "Into The Earth", "Living Lux", "My Business", "Rough Justice", “Tenderoni”, "Trojan Horse")
G2 ("Acting Out", "Capers", "Everything You Wanted”, "First Impressions", "How To Beat the Lie Detector", "Savannah", "Streets Been Talking", "The New Year Party", "Uniform")
F♯2 ("Back Burner", "Living Lux", "My Business", "Secrets West 29th")
F2 ("Acting Out", "Ares", "Callum Is a Snake", "Grounds for Resentment", "Jungle Bunny", "My Hotel Room", "Ocean View", "Savannah", "She's Hearing Voices", "Skeleton", "St. Kaepernick Wept", "The Robot and the Psychonaut", "The Way We Live Now", "Trojan Horse")
E2 ("Cavaliers and Roundheads", "French Exit", "Guava Rubicon", "Secrets West 29th", "Sex Magik", “Tenderoni”, "They Didn't See It Coming")
E♭2 ("Back Burner", "The Robot and the Psychonaut")
D2 ("How to Beat the Lie Detector", "The One Who Held You Up", “The Other Side”, "The Peace Offering", "They Didn't See It Coming")

• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Grey denotes vocal fry/fry-mix.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Bolded Notes}C♯5: "Banquet"
C5: "The Healing"
A4: "3 X 3", "Coliseum", "She's Hearing Voices", "Skeleton"
G♯4: "Like Eating Glass", "Zephyrus"
G4: "This Is Not A Competition"
F♯4: "Between Me and My Maker", "Helicopter", "Letter To My Son", "Staying Fat"

C3: "Everything You Wanted", "St. Kaepernick Wept"
B♭2: "First Impressions"
G♯2: "My Business"
F2: "My Hotel Room", "The Way We Live Now"
E2: "Secrets West 29th", "Sex Magik"
D2: "How to Beat the Lie Detector", "The Peace Offering"

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}C6 ("She's Hearing Voices" [1][2])
G5 ("Different Drugs" [2], "Octopus" [1])
F♯5 ("Let England Burn" [2][3], "Mercury" [1])
F5 ("Ares" [2], "Ratchet" [1])
E5 ("Hunting For Witches" [2], “Like Eating Glass” [1], "Ready To Go" [3], "The Prayer" [2])
D5 (“Rise” [1])
C♯5 ("Smalltown Boy" [2])
C5 ("Traps" [2])
B4 ("Little Thoughts" [1], "Mercury" [1])

A2 ("Children of the Future" [3], "Real Talk" [3], “Rise” [3], "The Prayer" [pretty sure it's Moakes, tone sounds quite thick for '07 Kele but I mean maybe it's him?)
G2 ("Only He Can Heal Me" [3])
E2 ("Natural Hair" [3])
D2 ("Ares" [1][3], "Nineveh" [3], "Ocean View" [3])
C2 ("Biko" [2][4])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.