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Chandeliers

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"Smooth, squeaky-clean swirls of synth bounce atop glassy percussion that sounds like gamelan from a can. It's pleasing to the ear, like Kraftwerk or Eno" -- [Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader}
"Casually synthesizing several of underground-Chicago's recent obsessions, Chandeliers channel an uncannily danceable brand of improvisational electronic music, veering, in the span of a few minutes, from dub abstraction to tightly wound Kraut-funk to blearily gorgeous electro." -- [Boston Phoenix, 50 States, Best New Band, Illinois}
"Chandeliers use a strictly democratic form of collective improvisation to devise their music, which is best described as a kind of live-action electro. But The Thrush is so thumpingly immediate, you would never guess at any kind of committee decision making. The opening 20 seconds of Mr Electric flick between Ed Banger directness and a Kraftwerk-like neon lyricism. The remix of Body Double closes the album in a furious hustle of Afrobeat drumming and rich Italo disco keyboards. In between, the synths mesh into arpeggios that seem as influenced by the post-punk end of the disco spectrum as Giorgio Moroder" -- [Sam Davies, The Wire}
"Bamboo" by TJ Hellmuth and Lily Skove

THE THRUSH // Enhanced CD / LP ------------------------------------------------------------ ---

CD/Films out on Pickled Egg Records Vinyl LP on Obey Your Brain in October

CIRCULATION EP // 7"+CD-R ------------------------------------------------------------ --------


Limited Edition 3 song EP released in 2006
SOLD OUT
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OTHER STUFF WE'RE DOING:
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ICY DEMONS
BRONZE
KILLER WHALES
MICHAEL COLUMBIA
MANDATE

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Member Since: 12/8/2004
Band Website: obeyyourbrain.com/chandeliers.php
Band Members: chris / dan / scott / harry / cameron
Record Label: Obey Your Brain (USA) / Pickled Egg (UK) / GA love
Type of Label: Indie

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Reviews from England

"Sometimes one could believe greater forces were at work. Just after receiving the electronic 'Music for Lampings' album, came this new album on Pickled Egg from Chandeliers. And indeed 'The Thrush' r...
Posted by Chandeliers on Sun, 18 May 2008 03:06:00 PST