Chandeliers (band)

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Chandeliers
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Electronic, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Art Rock
Years active2005 - Present
Labels Pickled Egg Records
Obey Your Brain
Captcha Records
Portions Music NYC
Ghost Arcade, LTD
MembersChris Kalis
Scott McGaughey
Lisa Armstrong
Past membersDan Jugle
Harry Brenner
Travis Murphy
Dan Quinlivan
Cameron Brand
Brett Sova
Jeremiah Chiu

Chandeliers are an electronic ensemble from Chicago, IL. The group was formed in 2005 by Chris Kalis, Dan Jugle, Scott McGaughey, and Travis Murphy and is based out of the Shape Shoppe recording studio/loft in Chicago. [1] The group's recordings and live performances cover an array of different musical styles and their sound has been likened to musicians such as Kraftwerk, Can, Chris Carter, Giorgio Moroder. [2] [3] Chandeliers have released four albums: The Thrush (2008), Dirty Moves (2009), Roulé (2011), and Founding Fathers (2012). [4] The group has toured nationally and has performed live musical scores to Wallace Berman's Aleph, Emlen Etting's Oramunde, The Junky's Christmas animated short, [5] and Marcell Jankovics' Son of the White Mare. [6]

Contents

Discography

Albums

EPs and singles

Remixes

Film Scores

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References

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