Chromatics (band)
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Adam Miller and Ruth Radelet of Chromatics performing in Austin, Texas, 2013
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| Origin | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | Official Facebook |
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Chromatics is an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2001. The band consists of Ruth Radelet (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar, vocoder), Nat Walker (drums, synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist). The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic". After numerous lineup changes, which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member, the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007, with their style streamlined into a electropunk-Italo disco indebted sound.
The band began incorporating elements of synthpop and post-punk on their third release, Night Drive (2007), which was met with critical acclaim, and their fourth album, Kill for Love, was released March 26, 2012. Several of the band's songs have been featured in television series such as Gossip Girl, Bates Motel, and Mr. Robot, and their track "Tick of the Clock" was featured in the film Drive (2011). In December 2014, the band announced their fifth studio album, titled Dear Tommy, that was preceded by a number of singles throughout the year.
Chromatics' first 7", "Beach of Infants/Steps", was a solo project of Adam Miller. It was released by Hand Held Heart. Throughout the years since, Miller has remained Chromatics' sole consistent member. The tracks were recorded in Seattle, Washington, on a Tascam 4-track. By the time the 7" was released, Chromatics had scaled up to a four-piece.
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