Chessie (band)

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Chessie is an American experimental music group consisting of Stephen Gardner and Ben Bailes.

Gardner started Chessie in 1994, while he was a member of the Washington, D.C. post-rock band Lorelei. His first full-length as Chessie, Signal Series, was issued in 1998 and was named Best Dance and DJ Album that year by Amazon.com.[1] In 2000 Gardner was joined by Bailes and they have since worked as a duo.[2] While Overnight received critical acclaim[3] and a spot on a The New York Times music critic's best-of-2001 list,[4] a follow-up record did not materialize until 2008, when the group released Manifest on Plug Research. The repetitive nature of their music is inspired by trains and railroads.[5][6][7]

Discography[]

Albums[]

EPs and collaborations[]

  • Approach Limited 7", 1996
  • Lost, Not Found 10", 2000
  • Alpha-Arvonia DVD&CD (with Colby Caldwell), 2004
  • Suburban Shore (as Camping, with Henning Fritzenwalder), 2004
  • Dual Mode EP, 2006

References[]

  1. ^ Review of Overnight. Pitchfork Media, January 14, 2002.
  2. ^ Chessie at Epitonic. (click on "Bio")
  3. ^ Chessie biography, Allmusic
  4. ^ Pareles, Jon (January 3, 2002). "Best of the Obscure Among 2001's Albums", The New York Times, p. E1.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Mark (July 21, 2000). "Chessie", Washington City Paper 20 (29). Retrieved on March 24, 2009.
  6. ^ Ranta, Alan (February 19, 2008). "Chessie: Manifest", PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2014
  7. ^ Jenkins, Mark (January 21, 2002). "Chessie: Plugged-In Tracks Plus Some Surprising Fare", The Washington Post, p. C8.

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