The Chap (band)

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| origin = London, England

| genre = Pop, indietronica

| years_active = 2000–present

| label = Lo Recordings
Ghostly International

| website = [http://www.thechap.org www.thechap.org]

| current_members = Keith Duncan
Panos Ghikas
Claire Hope
Berit Immig
Johannes von Weizsäcker

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The Chap are an English experimental pop band from North London. Their music is a mix of electronica, rock, Krautrock and pop.

History

In early 2006, they toured Europe to support their second album Ham which gained much critical acclaim including an album of the month notice in The Wire. On 19 April 2008 (26 April in the UK), they released a third album, Mega Breakfast.{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chap-mn0000324799/biography |title=The Chap | Biography & History |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2020-02-28}} During 2008 and 2009, the band completed several UK and mainland European tours as well as their first US tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2009/03/30/the-chap-at-the-cake-shop-nyc-saturday-32809/ |title=The Chap at the Cake Shop, NYC, Saturday, 3.28.09 | Sentimentalist Magazine |website=sentimentalistmag.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724021157/http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2009/03/30/the-chap-at-the-cake-shop-nyc-saturday-32809/ |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

In May 2010, they released Well Done Europe, which received a rating of 7.7 from Pitchfork Media and in March 2012, they released We Are Nobody, which received a rating of 7.0.

Fun and interesting facts

The Chap's motto is: "Total administration corresponds to that historical moment when technical rationalization and instrumentality, in the service of capital, spreads beyond subject-external social and political relations to penetrate and determine, at a fundamental level, individual psycho-interiority."{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=The Chap |url=https://thechap.org/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240117091828/https://thechap.org/ |archive-date=17 January 2024 }}{{Cite journal |last=Downie |first=Gordon |date=2004 |title=Aesthetic Necrophilia: Reification, New Music, and the Commodification of Affectivity |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25164566 |journal=Perspectives of New Music |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=264–275 |jstor=25164566 |issn=0031-6016}}

Band members

Keith Duncan – drums, vocals, keyboards
Panos Ghikas – bass, vocals, guitar, violin, computer, keyboards
Claire Hope – keyboards, vocals, melodica
Berit Immig – keyboards, vocals (also plays in band Omo)
Johannes von Weizsäcker – guitar, vocals, cello, computer, keyboards

Berit Immig and Johannes von Weizsäcker first met when playing in the band Karamasov (Satellite Records).

Discography

2003: The Horse (Lo Recordings){{cite web |url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/chap-horse2.shtml |title=Untitled |website=popmatters.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030705203754/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/chap-horse2.shtml |archive-date=5 July 2003 |url-status=dead}}
2005: Ham (Lo Recordings)
2008: Mega Breakfast (Ghostly International/Lo Recordings){{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |title=The Chap: Mega Breakfast |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11576-mega-breakfast/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
2008: Builder's Brew Mini-album (Lo Recordings)
2010: Well Done Europe (Lo Recordings)
2011: We Are the Best (Lo Recordings){{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07487-the-chap-we-are-the-best-review |title=Reviews | The Chap |website=The Quietus |date=2011-11-28 |accessdate=2020-02-28}}
2012: We Are Nobody (Lo Recordings)
2015: The Show Must Go (Lo Recordings)
2020: Digital Technology (Lo Recordings){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chap-mn0000324799/discography |title=The Chap | Album Discography |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2020-02-28}}
2023: Burger Sauce (Lo Recordings){{Cite web |title=Burger Sauce {{!}} Lo Recordings |url=https://www.lorecordings.com/release/burger-sauce/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |language=en-US}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20240827195155/http://thechap.org/ Official website] (archived from original, now defunct, website)
[http://www.myspace.com/thechap The Chap] at Myspace
[http://www.last.fm/music/The+Chap The Chap] at Last.fm
[http://ghostly.com/artists/the-chap The Chap] at Ghostly International

Category:Musical groups established in 2000

Category:Electronic music groups from London

Category:English experimental musical groups

Category:English electronic music groups