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 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][8]

In 2022, Gardner became president and CEO of Amtrak.[9]

Musical style

Reviewing Signal Series, M. Tye Comer of CMJ New Music Monthly considered Chessie a product of the closing gap between post-rock and experimental electronica in the late 1990s. He noted that the album was a sound collage with raw loops and influences from dub music and drum and bass.[10]

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. "Chessie: Overnight". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  2. "Epitonic.com". www.epitonic.com. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. "Chessie Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  4. Pareles, Jon (January 3, 2002). "Best of the Obscure Among 2001's Albums", The New York Times, p. E1.
  5. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  6. Jenkins, Mark (2001-11-23). "The Railroad Underground". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  7. "Chessie: Manifest, PopMatters". PopMatters. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  8. Jenkins, Mark (January 21, 2002). "Chessie: Plugged-In Tracks Plus Some Surprising Fare", The Washington Post, p. C8.
  9. "Stephen Gardner Chief Executive Officer | Amtrak". www.amtrak.com. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  10. Comer, M. Tye (October 17, 1998). "Reviews" (PDF). CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved October 5, 2022.


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