Chaikin Records, owned and operated by drummer Brian Chase, is dedicated to the intersection of musical language in its diversity. A particular emphasis is placed on rock, jazz, classical, and sound art, and the ways in which they overlap. Focusing further within these broad circles, championed are the communities of the avant-garde: musicians and music scenes happening at the forefront of the ever evolving dialogue of creative discourse and expression. The word ‘Chaikin’ is Brian’s familial surname before it was changed to ‘Chase’ by his paternal grandfather. 

CKR 001 is Drums and Drones: Decade, a triple album and 144 page book, out on June 15th. https://www.chaikinrecords.com/drums-and-drones 

CKR 002 is Catherine Sikora and Brian Chase’s debut album, untitled: after, released on July 13th. https://www.chaikinrecords.com/untitled-after

CKR 003 is planned for spring of 2019, the debut album from 13 Million Year Old Ghost. 

upcoming:

• July 5th, Flywheel Arts (East hampton, Massachusetts), Drums and Drones w. Wendy Eisenberg and Vic Rawlings
• July 6th, Suntiki Studios (Portland, Maine), Drums and Drones
• July 27th, Rockefeller Center, w. drum ensemble IIII and Nick Zinner’s 41 Strings
• July 31st, National Sawdust, Drums and Drones/Brian Chase w. Ursula Scherrer and Zeena Parkins
• August 10th, Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon, Portugal), duo with Zeena Parkins

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Selected Discography

Drums and Drones in a nutshell  //  Background  //  Album  //  Links  //  on Just Intonation

music: for Modern Drummer (various topics); for Talkhouse (on musical ‘language’ and conditioned listening); for Ravelin (on drone); for Liquidrum (on playing techniques of Drums and Drones with videos)

food: cooking

yoga: notes

commentary: Akeidah; Parshat Toldot

http://www.5049records.com/podcast