Chessie (band)

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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