Chen Santa Maria - Jefferson Chopper 7"

CHEN SANTA MARIA Jefferson Chopper/Great Society 7" zum030/333-007 numbered green 1 through 49 numbered orange 50 through 109 The duo of George Chen and Steven Santa Maria document another phase in their collaboration of improvised sonic experiments. This co-release with 333 (7" single series that has worked with Deerhoof, Girltalk, Crack: We Are Rock) captures the band playing with rhythmic elements recorded with Brian Tester (Bulbs, Triangle) in pastoral Berkeley, CA. The pedals and effects used for this recording were stolen shortly afterward so this is the last of this type of sound, not by choice but necessity.  They toured Europe and UK in Spring 2010 (opening for Mount Eerie, High Places, Talk Normal, and Weasel Walter). Numbered edition of 250. "The surprise of the evening was Chen Santa Maria who hail from Oakland, CA (Oaktown represent!).  With just a suitcase-encased synth, a drum machine, guitar and bass, Chen Santa Maria put on a set that was somewhere between Black Dice,