Career
Chase met Karen O at Ohio's Oberlin College, and he joined the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2000 after the original drummer left the trio. Starting at college, Chase played for the rock band The Seconds. Chase has been described by the ''The New York Times, New York Times'' as "a consummate music nerd, a conservatory-trained jazz drummer who still plays in the city’s experimental scene." Outside of his rock work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chase has performed in a number of experimental duos with other musicians such as Stefan Tcherepnin and Seth Misterka, with whom he released a CD ''Duo'' on the Australian Heathen Skulls label in 2007. Other musicians he has played with include Jessica Pavone, Mary Halvorson, Yonatan Gat, Moppa Elliott, and groups Oakley Hall (band), Oakley Hall, Blarvuster, and klezmer-fusionists The Sway Machinery In May 2010 the Chase/Misterka Duo performed at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and then a month-long Australian tour. A second record ''The Shape of Sound'' was released to coincide. In 2013, Chase released the album ''Drums & Drones''. A follow-up, ''Drums & Drones II'', was released in 2018 by Canadian label ICM. Chase's Drone music, drone work has been inspired by his time working at La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House 78' 17"#Dream House environment, Dream House, NYC. Chase founded and operates Chaikin Records, a Record label, label named after his family's original name.References
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