Bil Vermette has been playing electronic music for 30 years. In Chicago Area Experimental/Industrial group VCSR where we performed numerous live shows at local clubs, etc. Was in local group A Bunch of Teeth with Dos Boys and Tom & Chris Kastle. Recently featured in the Secret History of Chicago Music column in the Chicago Reader.
4 CD releases; Voyager, Emocean, Geophobia and BeyondHereBe.., as well as LP Katha Visions and cassettes Environ-Mentals and Observances. My 5th CD, Galaxies IV, a 2 disc set, to be released somtime soon. I try to create sonic landscapes and soundtracks for movies that haven't been made yet. Like a photographer (which I also dabble in), it's my goal to transport the listener to somewhere in their imagination. I'd like to thank the following for their help and friendship over the years: Dave Palmer, John Vignola, Emmons Page, Randy Jezerski, Chris DeMonk, Eve Szokoli, Milton Jenkins, Myron Jenkins, Tom Kastle, Chris Kastle, Dan Cooper, Bruce Walters, John Kowalski, Dave Kaufman, Michael Garrison, Jorge Rodriguez and of course Gary Vermette. There are many more but I will need another cup of tea...

The Hideout is proud to present Chandeliers as our Residency artist for May. Included in the cover is an 11x11 Poster and download of exclusive Chandeliers tracks.

Tuesday, May 7th
Analog Ambience and MIDI Sequencing
joined by The Diminisher, Deep Sleep, Axis:Sova

Tuesday, May 14th
Piano Phases and Moondog's Madrigals
joined by members of Mucca Pazza, Icy Demons, and Keefe Jackson

Tuesday, May 21st
New Material and Covers
Opening Set: Bad Guys (Areif Sless-Kitain, Jim Elkington, and surprise guest)

Tuesday May 28th
Early Material and Organ Phases
joined by members of CAVE, Bitchin Bajas

visuals by brownshoesonly and friends

Putting a danceable twist on art rock, Krautrock, and avant-garde influences, Chandeliers’ kaleidoscopic electronic jams are artful yet accessible. Together the quartet of Cameron Brand, Chris Kalis, Harry Brenner, and Scott McGaughey played with adventurous indie rock bands like Icy Demons, Killer Whales, and Michael Columbia and began making electronic music in 2004 as an escape from Chicago’s chilly winters, debuting live later that year at the University of Chicago. Their first recording, the Circulation single, arrived two years later, and the albums The Thrush, Dirty Moves, and Roulé (a split with like-minded Chicagoans Mahjongg) between 2008 and 2010 revealed more layers of Chandeliers’ entrancing energy. The group has opened for groups like Yeasayer, Shabazz Palaces, Javelin, Man Man, Sleigh Bells, and Cluster. The grooves continued on the album Founding Fathers, released in summer 2012.