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Rachele Eve

About Me


Rachele Eve set out for the windy city with a hope-filled bag in 2006. On the search for a much more intimate yet driving sound, it was not even a month until she met her partner, Nikolai Giefer, a drummer and producer that relocated to Chicago after Hurricane Katrina. The two released Winchester Sessions, a collection of six new compositions, later to be revised under the name Joys and Toys. Unlike other duos, the balance of Rachele Eve's organic lyrical and vocal expression and Nikolai's adept syncopation made for a symbiotic relationship, both innate and unprecedented.
In October of 2007, Giefer introduced Eve to his former professor and record producer John Snyder, a veteran in jazz recording (Miles Davis, Etta James) and founder of Artists House Music Foundation. A couple months after Snyder's visit to Chicago, he invited Eve down to Louisiana to record. After months of seeking out local musicians and fundraising for the album, Rachele Eve, Nikolai Giefer, and multi-instrumentalist Packy Lundholm ventured down to Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana in July 2008. The three of them cranked out an astonishing fourteen songs in four days, making up Rachele Eve's first full-length album.
Entitled Mouth of Feathers, the distinct and unabridged instrumentation incorporates a modern yet vintage feel, colored with distorted guitars, toy piano, an accordion cameo, Wurlitzer, and Hammond B-3 organ. All behind her seamless whisper-to-wail vocal inflections the album is brave in parts and meek in others bringing about the entire spectrum of human emotion. The lyrical component of Mouth of Feathers illustrates more abstractly Eve's personal journey through being her own worst critic, finding a new love, and trying to make sense of society's strange antics. Rachele Eve's influences that are especially prominent on Mouth of Feathers include: Fiona Apple, Feist, Jon Brion, Regina Spektor, and Bob Dylan.
Eve, Lundholm, and Giefer returned to the windy city for the next steps towards completing the album and another addition was made-- a clarinet player by the name of Kate Drown--adding the finishing touches to Rachele Eve's long awaited record, now available on iTunes, CDBaby, and in print.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/03/2005
Band Website: racheleeve.com
Band Members: rachele eve guastella- songwriter/vocals/acoustic guitar
nikolai giefer- drums/production
other members include or have included: kyle theiss, paul guylas, danny shuma, matt macellaio, packy lundholm, nick miller, & kate drown
contact: [email protected]

Influences: The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Feist, Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, St. Vincent, Cake, Talking Heads, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Field Music
Sounds Like: rhythm guitar and puckered lips
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

"polar clothes"- new acoustic holiday ep

a couple wintery evenings ago, nikolai and I came home from a show at the whistler, set up two microphones, poured some more gin, and let the tape roll. hear the completely-one-take-acoustic-resona...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:21:00 GMT

lincoln hall TONIGHT!

good afternoon,come celebrate the Advanced CD Release of Grammy-nominated artist, Matthew Santos tonight at Chicago's newest gem, Lincoln Hall. the evening will be full of lovely surprises.2424 n li...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:53:00 GMT

let's HIDEOUT!

dear dear friends,tonight is THE night! where you will experience the Louisiana-born recording, Mouth of Feathers, live in full band form. The Hideout 1354 w. wabansia9:30pm 21+ $8with Deanna De...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 07:39:00 GMT

CD release show at the hideout: save the date

happy spring! if you are looking for an excuse to make a trip to the windy city, I have your answer& OUR CD RELEASE SHOW! on friday may 22nd we will be headlining at The Hideout (voted best rock ve...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 18:46:00 GMT

mouth of feathers has arrived!

happy belated new year everyone,after a few days in the mountains of colorado and a few more daysaccompanying Nikolais friends for a recording project in the Bahamas,Im back amongst Chicagos winter...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:00 GMT

open mic thank yous

a sincere thank you to all who attended our open mic at the Ashland this past wednesday. it only being our second one, we were surprised to see a full room of both music lovers and artists. everyone w...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:22:00 GMT

pilsen east performance festival

good day folks,well september has been a fine month for this little miss- celebrating a fellow musicians cd release, sharing the stage with another beautiful songstress, and for the first time ever, h...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:00 GMT

9.14.08 Smart Show CANCELED

This Sunday's show is canceled. Its difficult to play outside with projected rain. Make sure to check out the following!9.19.08 silvie's loung w/ packy lundholm 9pm10.01.08 heartland cafe feature 10pm
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:52:00 GMT

new photos, new music, new blog

hello all,well, we are back from the studio and ready to show you the music, the scenery, and the experience we had down at Dockside. the album was recorded in four days (two and a half days of tracki...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:49:00 GMT

rachele eve booking&contact info

hello all,if interested in a booking:email- [email protected] services or reasons to contact me:-personalized songwriting-have me as an opener-collaboration-cd/photograph/poetry purchasewhate...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:59:00 GMT