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stephen chillemi
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Stephen Chillemi is a percussionist who lives in the CT area.
In 2002, he decided to start a band to play Beefheart material, Old Farts At Play, later to be transformed into Doctor Dark.
Before the Beefheart band, Stephen was the man behind Invisible Them, an avant-garde quartet. The band featured a synth / guitar, drums & percussion, bass and reeds.
August 2005, Doctor Dark performed at the Zappanale festival.
Later in the same year Stephen started Doot! together with
Peter Brunelli.
A couple of months later, he left Doctor Dark.
October 2005, ChollyHoss Productions was born.
From the website:
"ChollyHoss is the brainchild of Stephen Chillemi. As a
multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde torch-bearer Stephen has had the good
fortune to work with some fantastic musicians. ChollyHoss was created as a
way to assist these musicians in getting the exposure and support that they
deserve. Stay tuned as ChollyHoss pounds the pavement to bring you the
best in music that dares to be different."
Check it out at:
http://chollyhoss.com/main.html
The ChollyHoss logo was designed by Cal Schenkel.
July 2006, Doot performed at Zappanale 17. Besides Stephen Chillemi and Pete Brunelli, the line-up featured André Cholmondeley on guitar!
August 2007, Stephen took the stage at Zappanale 18, as special guest for Kimono Draggin'. They performed Captain Beefheart's 'Electricity'.
In 2008, Doot! morphed into Underground Sensation for a one-time-gig at Zappanale. The band featured Kilissa Cissosko: saxophone (The Voice Of Cheez), Jerry Outlaw: guitar (Bogus Pomp), Alex Pasut: bass (Bogus Pomp), Stephen Chillemi: drums, and Annemarieke Schoonderwalt: violin.
Doot! performed again at the 20th anniversary of the Zappanale festival, August 2009, with a very special line-up: Pete Brunelli on bass, Stephen Chillemi on drums and percussion, Michel Delville on guitar, Ivan Leirvik on guitar, Annemarieke Schoonderwaldt on violin and guest Bas Langereis on vocals.
November 2010, Stephen Chillemi did a couple of gigs with Scott
Schroen and Jeremy Hogsten
| düt!:
rough mixes (2005, cdr-promo, usa, private release) |
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| doot!:
out of the basement (2005, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. 'help i'm a rock' (frank zappa) & 'click clack' (don van vliet) |
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| doot!:
live @ mattatuck museum (2006, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. 'filthy habits', 'gumbo variations', 'pound for a brown dwarf nebula' (f.zappa) |
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| doot!:
live at brass city records (2006, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. 'filthy habits' (frank zappa) |
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| doot!:
doot! (2006, cdr, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. various frank zappa & jimi hendix themes |
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| doot!:
live at zappanale 17 (2006, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. 'chunga's revenge', 'filthy habits', 'pink / black napkins' (frank zappa) |
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| doot!: live at the space (2006, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) |
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zappanale 17 (2006, 2cd, ger, arf society) - incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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artists: zappanale 17 -
retrospective (2006, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| doot!: basement lounge omniverse trio (2007, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) |
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| doot!: secret session (2007, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) |
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2007 mega-sampler (2007, cdr-promo, usa, cholly hoss productions / private release) - incl. 'filthy habitz', 'pink / black napkins' (frank zappa) |
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| various artists:
zappanale # 17 (2007, cd, ger, arf society) - incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| various artists:
20 extraordinary renditions (2008, cd, uk, cordelia records) - all compositions by frank zappa |
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artists: zappanale
19 (2009, mp3-dvd, ger, arf society) - incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| various artists: 21 burnt weeny sandwiches (2010, cd, uk, cordelia records) - all compositions by frank zappa |
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random notes
September 28, 2003, Doctor Dark opened for John Sinclair. For the second part of the evening, Doctor Dark drummer / percussionis Stephen Chillemi was asked by John Sinclair to sit in to play the drums, which he did. A recording of this concert circulates on Suburban Poser Records.
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