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Here's our Video for Shallow Dive - Directed by James Tarling
Chin Chin. consisting of Frankie Binns, Teresa Connelly (TC) and Chris Cousin, are a gifted threesome that share a love for acoustic instruments, found sounds and electronic nuances. Following the release of their debut album 'Shallow Dive in 2005, the group have attracted a wealth of new listeners the world over with their distinctive, laid back sound
Fusing traditional elements of guitar, piano, strings and xylophone with dubbed out basslines and broken rhythms they have just released a 7"single, Deafness Becomes Me which is a continuation of the album and their EP 2ft Deep Ponds. They have been likened to Matthew Herbert, Four Tet and Cinematic Orchestra, but with an intimate acoustic tinge garnered from years of playing live.
Chin Chins roots in live performance stems from their diverse musical background. Composer and performer Frankie Binns is classically trained, earning his living as a music therapist, piano and guitar teacher. He also makes more music at home without the use of a studio, under the name of MAMANOGI, and helped compose a few of the tunes on NORMAL POSITION'S last LP, "Rave Killed The Romance". TC is a vocalist and guitar player, who also performs with Frankie in the duo JON CANK and in the NORMAL POSITION string quartet. Chris Cousin is a veteran producer and the co-founder of Deep-Water / Bathysphere Recordings, releasing his solo output as SofaLofa on labels including Ai and Fabric
It is this collective input that allows ideas to flow - such as taking a simple melody and manipulating it with a mixture of vintage analogue equipment and digital processing techniques. The real beauty lies in the fact that the studio trickery is never over apparent, allowing each layer of piano, acoustic guitar and gentle vocals to spill through into the listneners' conciousness.
Collaborating with fellow folktronica fan and video artist Cuttlefish, who's previous credits include working with Biosphere and Higher Intelligence Agency, has enhanced the visual magnitude of their live shows. Their performances at festivals including The Big Chill and Summer Sundae have been lo-tempo highlights of the highest order. April 2005 saw the trio celebrate the release of Shallow Dive with a live show accompanied by slide-guitar legend BJ Cole.
Although from the laptop-folk camp, Chin Chin will appeal to electronica, downtempo, chill and even post-rock fans looking for something enchanting to discoverP.S. I didn't write this, someone else did. I would have been far more self-deprecating. Well, I may have mentioned how handsome I am, my charming nature etc but I wouldn't have gone on about it too much
Shallow Dive is the only full album i've released so far. There are quite a few online shops you can buy it from if you wanted to do a search, but you can get it cheaper if you just went to my label's website.if you go on my profile page and click on the band website - www.bathysphere.co.uk - you can trawl through the label's stuff and go to the shop; here you can buy either an album or the latest single.
